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ZIN Product Number: 10336276
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 Format: Paperback, 143 pages
Edition: 1 ED
Publisher: Weatherhill, Inc.
ISBN: 0834804433
Release Date: Jan 3, 2002
| |  | | | In Brief
This unique book will familiarize healing practitioners and martial artists with basic concepts of the human body, as defined by both Western and Eastern medical traditions, allowing those engaged in healing and martial arts to develop a more complete, holistic, and scientifically forward-looking understanding of the body. Overviews of philosophical and conceptual underpinnings are followed by detailed drawings and diagrams of the body's internal systems, as seen by both traditions. Written in a clear and concise style, this beautiful and informative book presents information previously unavailable in any single text, making it an essential work for students, healing professionals, and martial artists.
• Lavishly illustrated with over 147 color drawings and 54 duotone photographs
• Easy-to-understand overview of Western anatomical concepts
• Detailed overview of Eastern medical principles, including information previously available only in specialized, costly medical texts
• Comprehensive listing of Oriental pressure points and meridians in English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, cross-referenced to nerves, blood vessels, and other anatomical landmarks
• Twenty essential self-massage and revival techniques
• Detailed principles of pressure point fighting, as used in traditional Asian martial arts
• An essential text for students, healing professionals, and martial artists
MARC TEDESCHI is an internationally respected artist, designer, and educator, who holds a fifth-degree black belt in Hapkido, a martial art that integrates both healing and combative techniques. He has practiced martial arts for more than twenty-five years, training extensively in Hapkido, Taekwondo, Judo, Jujutsu, and Karate. Long a student of Eastern concepts of human physiology and integrated medicine, he is the author of Hapkido: Traditions, Philosophy, Technique.
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| | | |  | | | | 1 | Overview | | | Introduction | 7 | | Concepts of the Human Body | 8 | | The Evolution of Healing Arts | 10 | | Healing and the Martial Arts | 11 | | Simplicity, Faith and Science | 11 | | 2 | Western Concepts | | | Introduction | 13 | | Overview | 14 | | Structural Levels | 14 | | Principle Body Systems | 14 | | Skeletal System | 18 | | Muscular System | 20 | | Nervous System | 22 | | Circulatory System | 24 | | 3 | Eastern Concepts | | | Introduction | 27 | | Overview | 28 | | Basic Principles | 28 | | Meridians | 32 | | Acupoints | 42 | | Acupoint Charts | 48 | | Meridian Reference | | | Contents and Key | 52 | | 12 Regular Meridians | | | Lung | 54 | | Large Intestine | 56 | | Stomach | 58 | | Spleen | 64 | | Heart | 66 | | Small Intestine | 68 | | Bladder | 70 | | Kidney | 76 | | Pericardium | 80 | | Triple Warmer | 82 | | Gallbladder | 84 | | Liver | 88 | | 8 Extraordinary Meridians | | | Conception | 90 | | Governing | 92 | | Penetrating | 96 | | Girdling | 98 | | Yin Linking | 100 | | Yang Linking | 102 | | Yin Heel | 104 | | Yang Heel | 106 | | Extra Acupoints | 108 | | 4 | Healing Applications | | | Introduction | 113 | | Massage Techniques | 114 | | Healing Acupoints | 120 | | Revival Techniques | 122 | | 5 | Martial Applications | | | Introduction | 125 | | Anatomical Targets | 126 | | Pressure Point Fighting | 128 | | Pressure Point Targets | 134 | | 6 | Appendices | | | Cross Index of Acupoints | 136 | | Further Reading | 140 | | Index | 142 |
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