?Nikolaus Klinger recently graduated from DDA’s 1st Level Tuina Internship Programme, which is run in cooperation with Conjoint Health Advisory Service, in Putuo District Shanghai.
?Niko, who hails from Austria, registered for our 1st level tuina training, and will return to complete the second level training in the summer.
The course covered a general introduction to Tuina therapy, the guiding principles and philosophy of TCM and the meridian system, and skeletal realignment therapies.
Niko, who has a background in Chinese nutritional medicine wanted to learn more about acupressure massage techniques and further his understanding in this wonderful Chinese health art.
Thank you to Dr Li Yong and his team of doctors, DDA’s Master Wang Ming Bo, and our team of DDA translators for all their hard work.
We look forward to seeing Niko back in the summer for his next level of training.
Translators Experiences
My name is Andy Chang. I was honored to be one member of the translating team and I was responsible for Wednesday’s interpreting work. On April 1st, Niko came for his first class and I was glad to meet him.
I realized that he was polite, patient, smart and that he liked Chinese food. We talked happily, while we had lunch.?
On April 23rd the first period ended. My job on the programme was only to translate, but I really gained a lot, in addition to practicing my oral English, I also learned about health; such as consciousness of keeping healthy and some easy, but useful methods to do that. I really enjoyed the days when I worked on the programme, and I loved everyone at DDA and Dr. Li’s clinic, because they are all nice and peaceful.
DDA TCM Tuina Course for Niko – Lucy Chen, Interpreter Experiences
The work as a translator for Niko has come to an end. I’m Lucy Chen, translator for Niko on Mondays. What l mainly did was to help Niko and his teachers communicate with each other and serve as the volunteer for Niko to practice massage techniques. Niko’s course began from joint manipulation and realignment techniques for the spine, leg and arms, and then came review of those meridian massage techniques that he had learnt. Niko learned the massage techniques for gallbladder, heart, pericardium, bladder, lung, and liver among others. Niko did a good job. And is pretty talented.
? ? I was lucky enough to try Tuina for the first time. When I was massaged along my gallbladder meridian, I sensed dull pain down my leg. According to the teacher, pain means that you have an energy blockage inside your body and the related internal organ is not in good condition. The process of gallbladder massage made me feel that my leg no longer belonged to me. After the massage strokes, came drumming along the meridian, and then massage along the whole leg to the foot. The acupuncture point Kunlun on the foot caused me great pain.?
After that was massage of the acupuncture points on the back and the arms, which goes without saying, was also painful. And on some specific points, the pain turned from dull pain to sharp pain and finally felt numb. The more strength was added, the greater pain it caused. Although the process of massage is painful, afterwards l felt very comfortable, relaxed and refreshed!?
? ? I also had a chance to try massaging Niko. The massage action seemed quite easy, but actually it is not. For example, when you massage the shoulder, instead of simply rubbing with your fingers, you have to use your wrists to add strength to the hands. What’s more, you need to move your whole body to add strength to the hands when massaging the meridians, not just use the strength of your hands.?
Additionally, drumming has to be sound and deep and avoid the bones; meanwhile the therapist must imagine that he/she is drumming the energy into the body. l only massaged Niko for several minutes, but felt very tired. Massage is a heavy job!
? ? ? Apart from the knowledge of TCM, l also now know a lot about Niko’s hometown, discovered his determination and patience during his study and got some health advice from Dr. Li, learning plenty of interesting traditional Chinese culture and funny stories from Mr. Wang Ming Bo.?
? ?This experience is marvelous and unforgettable. I can’t help but admire the wisdom of ancient Chinese people, realizing there is so much I need to learn in the future.?
Just as the saying goes, “You are never too old to learn “. I really hope that l could have more work opportunities like this. Many thanks to all the people who give me great help and support!
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