Merry Christmas!

Wishing everybody happy holidays!!! 

The reception of Taishido Acupuncture Clinic. Uncle Shakuju turns Shakuju Clauss??

The window of Taishido Acupuncture Clinic

About Kakisemi kun and the Summer Seminar

Hello! Thank you for reading Shakuju Association blog. Usually, I'm updating articles translated from Kobayashi sensei's writings in Japanese or other senseis' articles in Japanese Shakuju Association blog. But, today, I'd like to write about the other thing, the mystery of the funny creature of Shakuju Association. 

Some of you might have noticed that there is a non-acupunctural video on the video bar section on the right. Haven't you noticed yet? Hmm.

This one... 

Soo, do you want to know what this strange creature is? 

strange creature??

This is called Kakisemi kun. There is annual summer seminar for students of acupuncture students, and this is the special character for the summer seminar. 

The summer seminar in Japanese is Kaki (summer) Seminar, in abbreviation Kaki-Semi. The sound "Kaki" also means "persimmon" and "Semi" means "cicada" (in different Chinse characters though), so Kaki-Semi means summer seminar and persimmon cicada. Got it??

That's why this is designed for the mixture of a persimmon and a cicada especially for the summer seminar by O Sensei who is working at Taishido Acupuncture Clinic on Fridays. ＼(＾▽＾)／

Yup, we had the summer seminar in the weekend of 18th and 19th August. Many acupuncture students came to study Shakuju therapy. It started from the introduction of theory, abdominal contact needling, pulse adjustment, abdominal diagnosis and back-shu point treatment, then students went through the whole treatment procedures, so they treated each other in the last session of the seminar.  

Kaki-semi (summer seminar)

Do you still wonder what the video was?? Actually, for students who have attended the summer seminar three times (three-years education curriculum is common in Japanese acupuncture schools, except some universities), O sensei made the special Kakisemi-kun cell phone accessories (Kobayashi sensei also has it on his cell phone!). And this video is about how to make it.

Hope someday, Kakisemi-kun becomes the well-known Japanese character like "Dragonball"!! Oops, but I don't know what Kakisemi-kun can do... I don't think he can shoot "Kamehameha"...

Tai-ji and Total Lunar Eclipse

Tai-ji has the power to enfold everything. Tai-ji is where everything is coming from. Kobayashi sensei said "when you do a treatment, you have to be the Tai-ji". Worth taking time what this means...

Looking at the total lunar eclipse last night, many people would have felt awed by the mystery of the universe, the mystery of the Tai-ji.

As It Is

Whenever asked what the necessary disposition for a therapist is, I always answer "ability to accept things as they are".  However, it does not mean to believe theories easily or blindly. Rather, to perceive what is in front of you as it is, this is what the words, "to be able to accept things as they are" means. We are prone to modify received information as we judge. However, if we do like this, we can never grasp the original meaning that the information conveys. At first, let us follow our own feeling straight as it is. Everything starts from here.

*This article is translated from Japanese Shakuju association blog.

Beauty Under the Harvest Moon

In the entrance of Taishido Acupuncture Clinic, there is a night-blooming cereus, called "Gekka-bijin" in Japanese, literally translated in English as "beauty under the moon".  It is very beautiful, but blooms for only one night.

On Monday, September 12th, the harvest moon, it bloomed! "Beauty under the moon" bloomed under the harvest moon!