By Jokokan Honbu

The stage was set around a mat area with benches on three sides and a judge's table on the last side. After 30 minutes of written answers to given tasks, the examinees could move on to the practical task, which was set by the course's instructor, cross country coach Jens Iversen, with Kimu Sensei as censor.

The mood was concentrated and focused, and increased as the examinees made it through the practical tasks and demonstrations of skill and understanding. A long process of 4 months would like to be crowned with a passing result.

In Jokokan, we have this philosophy: If we can "hurt", we must also be able to "heal" - we must know both sides.

The Shiatsu training is the basic training which provides knowledge about massage, anatomy and meridians. The Shiatsu training is subsequently supplemented with Ki courses 1, 2 and 3, which teach the participants to generate and activate ki (energy) and then by Ki & Meditation courses 1 and 2, which expand the participants' knowledge and understanding of the larger connections in human development. and opportunities for self-realization, where parts of Yakami-ryu's toolbox with 1,000 years of experience are used in an unpretentious and direct way.

The Shiatsu education is made up of 3 modules with theory and teaching as well as 2 mandatory internship periods, which follow respectively modules 1, 2 and 3. The modules are dependent on each other and build the participants' knowledge step by step. Each module consists of 3.5 hours of teaching including extensive course material followed by 6 x 1 hours of documented practice. A total of 10 hours of instruction in Yakami-ryu Shiatsu and at least 18 hours of documented practice.

Participants who have passed the complete Yakami-ryu Shiatsu module can later register for the Yakami-ryu Ki module and the Yakami-ryu Ki & Meditation module, which make up the complete Yakami-ryu Health education with a total of 30 hours of teaching and at least 60 hours of documented practice. The complete Yakami-ryu Health training must be passed before 1st dan, black belt.

The pass percentage was 72 %, which is very satisfactory in relation to the requirements that have been set to pass this basic education.

Jokokan Honbu-Dojo and the federation board wish the graduates hearty congratulations