Kappo
Kappō ( Japanese 活 法 , dt. "Resuscitation method") is an old collection of healing methods from Japan, which contains measures for first aid and other health problems. It is often taught by teachers of Asian martial arts and has also been passed on through them.
In the West it has become known as "Kuatsu".
Many methods use beats or percussion techniques. These cause certain reflexes in the body, the modes of action of which have now been clarified by modern medicine. Handles and other types of actions are also taught. There are also techniques from the transition area to Shiatsu , whereby these, in contrast to most Kappo techniques, are based on the manipulation of meridian points .
literature
- Werner Lind : The dictionary of martial arts. China, Japan, Okinawa, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Burma, Indonesia, India, Mongolia, Philippines, Taiwan, etc. Sportverlag, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-328-00838-1 , ( Edition BSK ).
- Robert Käsermann: kuatsu - Far Eastern methods of resuscitation and first aid 2nd edition. Budo-Verlag Sport-Rhode, Dreieich 1978
- Fritz Oblinger, Gerhard Kerscher: "Kuatsu and Acupuncture" Self-published by Oblinger-Kerscher, Hepberg 2020 ISBN 978-3-00-064343-9
Web links
- The Kuatsu network - information, literature and addresses in German-speaking countries.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eric de Winter: Kuatsu De Réanimation - Traitements Traditionnels Asiatiques Des Syncopes , EDITIONS CHIRON, Paris, 1975