Shudo Demei: Bio

This year we are proud to offer a once in a lifetime opportunity to study Japanese Meridian Therapy with the legend: Shudo Demei Sensei. 

​If you are not familiar with him please check out his bio below:

Born: 2-17-1932

He apprenticed 3 yrs with acupuncture and moxibustion practitioner Miura Nagahiko.

12-31-1948    Acupuncture license & moxibustion license issued in Osaka Prefecture     
He opened his own practice in Ohita City in 1959. He has now been practicing acupuncture and moxibustion continuously for 53 years. Shudo Acu-moxa Clinic

He served 4 terms (8yrs) as the chairman of the Ohita Prefecture Acupuncture Association.

He served 1 term (2yrs) as vice-chairman of the All Japan Acupuncture Association.

He was a board member of for 7 terms (14yrs) of the All Japan Acupuncture Association.

He has been a member of the Japan Meridian Therapy Association for 45 years.

He was an instructor at Meridian Therapy Association Summer Seminars for 35 years.

He served as chairman of the Japan Traditional Acupuncture Society for 8 years (2000-2008)

He was the leader of a local acupuncturist study group (Gensai Jyuku) for 25 years.

He received an award of merit from the Japanese Emperor, The Order of the Rising Sun, (旭日双光章) for his outstanding contribution to the profession and his community.

He is the author of numerous articles in professional journals in Japan and the US and he is the author of two Japanese texts. Both Japanese texts have been translated into English and the first into German.

1. Japanese Classical Acupuncture: Introduction to Meridian Therapy, Eastland Press, 1990
2. Finding Effective Acupuncture Points, Eastland Press, 2003

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