Tuan started his studies in massaging therapy in 2015 at “New Light
Blind Center”. After completing his “ANMA Massage” course successfully, he was
selected as one of the best students in the course. He was also selected to
give further studies and training in “ANMA Massage”. Tuan learned Korean ANMA
massaging techniques while training. Currently he is working as a massage
therapist at “Healing Palm Spar and Massage” in Bambalapitiya.
Tuan is a graduate in Management Information Systems. He also has a
higher diploma in computer base system designing, an advanced diploma in human
resource management and a diploma in Psychology.
WHAT IS ANMA?
Anma is traditional
Japanese massage and manual therapy based on principles of traditional Chinese medicine. It is
one of the Hands-on healing systems, such as Western massage, Chiropractic, and
other manual therapies. Traditional Anma aims to rebalance the flow of vital
energy through the meridians to promote good health. Modern Anma has come to
have a wider concern for Western medicine, such as in anatomy and physiology, and also for
the integration of Chinese and Western medicine.
Many symptoms; respiratory,
circulatory, digestive, obstetrics and gynecological,
urological, musculo-skeletal,
ophthalmological, otorhinolaryngological, and dental disorders. Anma was used to cure these
illnesses
THE ORIGIN AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANMA
Oriental touch therapy
originated in ancient China and was carried to Japan with the Analects of Confucius,
acupuncture, and some books on Chinese medicine via the Korean Peninsula around
the 6th century. The first law on medical policy was enacted in 701, during the
Nara Era. The medical policy included acupuncture and touch therapy, Anma, as
well as Chinese medicine and herbs. Status was established by law; Ph.D. in
acupuncture, acupuncture therapist, and student of acupuncture, and also Ph.D.
in Anma, Anma therapist,
and student of Anma. Trainees studied medicine and acupuncture for seven years each and
Anma for three years. In 984 the
first medical text, "Ishinpo" or Heart of Medicine was edited by
Tanba Yasuyori, where the art of Anma was recorded. However, after that, until
the Edo Era, Traditional Japanese
Massage, Anma therapeutic Anma
was disregarded as a folk medicine, and hardly written in medical books. Anma,
which spread among people as a folk medicine again entered medical books in the Edo Era (1600's). In this
time, Anma developed extensively. Ten guides and technical books of Anma,
written between 1648 to 1827 are still in existence.
many symptoms; respiratory,
circulatory, digestive, obstetrics and gynecological,
urological,
musculo-skeletal, ophthalmological, otorhinolaryngological, and dental disorders. Anma was used to cure these
illnesses
CHARACTERISTICS OF TRADITIONAL JAPANESE MASSAGE, ANMA
1. Anma is practiced with
clothes on, not directly on the skin,
Western massage is
practiced directly on the skin.
2. Lubricants (oil, powder,
etc.) are not needed during Anma.
Lubricants are needed
during western massage.
3. Anma is practiced
centrifugally, from the heart toward the tip of the limbs.
Western massage is
practiced cehtripetally, from the tip of the limbs toward the center of the body.
4. There are seven basic
techniques in Anma; Stroking, Kneading, Pressing, Vibration, Tapotement, Movement, and Kyokude.
In western massage, there
are six techniques; Stroking, Kneading, Pressing, Vibration, Tapotement, and
Friction.
In Western massage,
techniques of stroking and friction are frequently used
On the other hand, in Anma,
kneading and pressing are mostly used. Anma derived its name from its two
techniques; "An" means the applying the pressure and "Ma"
means stroking
