Kiyoshi Ikenaga - Accomplishments

Accomplishments

He established the Canadian College of Shiatsu Therapy in British Columbia and the Canadian Shiatsu Society of BC. He was appointed as the first Chairperson of the Canadian Branch of the Japan Shiatsu Association by the then Chairperson of the Japan Shiatsu Association, Tokujiro Namikoshi. Since then, he has endeavoured to popularize Shiatsu with Vancouver as his North American centre for the dissemination of Shiatsu. Graduates from the Canadian College of Shiatsu Therapy are participating as Shiatsupractors throughout Canada, the U.S.A., Europe and Australia.

He is a proponent of Tsubo Shiatsu as it elucidates anatomical and physiological references to the Tsubos of Shiatsu. He is the author of the book Tsubo Shiatsu, the monograph Shiatsu and Its Overseas Diffusion and Shin-ryo Performed by a Shiatsupractor. His father, Takuo Ikenaga, is the current Executive Director of the Japan Shiatsu Association.