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Sifu Joe Martin: Self-Care Specialist
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Sifu Joe Martin
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Joe Martin began his martial arts and healing work in the
early ‘60s. He has
studied many martial arts, bodywork techniques natural healing methods over the years.
Grandmaster Joe Martin began teaching Martial arts in 1965 as assistant
instructor with Sensei Bob Alexander and has had special training from
many great masters from around the world. His knowledge of internal power
and its application in martial arts will transform your art to a level far
above your expectations in just a few hours. Grandmaster Martin teaches extraordinary workshop to instructors and students.
Grandmaster Joe Martin has had specialized training in Texas, New
York, California, Europe, Canada, and China.
Many of the extraordinary secrets taught in the workshop at CHI were handed
down to Grandmaster Martin’s teacher, Mantak
Chia by a Taoist monk (Master Yi Eng). It was Master Cheng Yao-Lun who
taught him the Shaolin Method of Internal Power that was regarded as a
national treasure of China. |
Here is a list of modalities Sifu Joe Martin has studied and used at the Center for Holistic
Instruction (CHI) prior to his retirement:
 | Graduate
of The Therapeutic Massage Training Institute |
| Certified
full instructor by Healing Tao USA & Universal Healing Tao
International. This is the system developed
by Mantak Chia. |
| Certified
Tai Chi, Qi Gong Instructor |
| Certified
Charka Technician by the World Institute of Technologies for Healing,
a.i.s.b.l. |
| Recognition
from the Tree of Light Institute, Inc. for the Body System’s Approach To
Natural Healing |
| Touch
for Health I – IV – Certified by the International Kinesiology College (IKC) |
| Professional
Kinesiology Practice (PKP) Level I |
| Reiki
Level II |
| Founder
of Esoma Kungfu |
| Awarded
“Grand Master of the Year” for 2004 by the World Head of Family Sokeship
Council, International Martial Arts Achievement Awards |
| President
of the ESOMA Society Of Martial Arts |
| Co-Founder
of the Center for Holistic Instruction, PLLC |
| Professional
Member of the National Qigong Association |
| Member
of the American Chinese Chi Gong Acupressure Association |
| Specialized
Training in: |
 | MAT
by Erik Dalton |
| Trigger
Point Therapy |
| Movement
Therapy |
| The
Berry Method® of Corrective Massage |
| Chi
Nei Tsang Chinese Abdominal Massage |
| The
MyoKinesthetic System |
| Hot
Stone Therapy |
| Structural Integration |
| Lomi Lomi |
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Qigong
Chi Gong is a set of meditative exercises developed over 2,000 years
ago by Taoist monks in China. By combining simple body movements, breathing and
mental imagery you can direct the flow of your body's energy to prevent disease,
build strength and to advance spiritually.
Healing Tao System
Using a series of ancient meditative and internal energy exercises, one learns
to increase physical energy, release tension, improve health, and acquire the
ability to heal oneself and others.
Chi Nei Tsang
Chi Nei Tsang practitioners work mainly on the abdomen with deep, soft and
gentle touch, to train internal organs to work more efficiently. All of the main
vital body systems are addressed: digestion, respiration, lymph, nervous,
endocrine, urinary, reproductive, integumentary, muscular and also
acupuncture meridian system.
Chakra Balancing
Chakra is a Sanskrit word meaning wheel, or vortex, and it refers to each of
the seven energy centers of which our consciousness, our energy system, is
composed.
These chakras, or energy centers, function as pumps or valves, regulating the
flow of energy through our energy system. The functioning of the chakras
reflects decisions we make concerning how we choose to respond to conditions in
our life. We open and close these valves when we decide what to think, and what
to feel, and through which perceptual filter we choose to experience the world
around us.
No physical manipulation is involved in the use of our techniques. Only a
light touch, if any, when it does not conflict with someone's philosophies or
sensitivities.
This is the Japanese word for "universal life force energy." It is an
ancient approach in which the practitioner is a kind of healer in the sense that
he or she serves as a conduit for healing energy coming from the universe.
The Reiki energy enters the practitioner through the top of the head or the
bottoms of the feet and exits through the hands, being directed into the body or
energy field of the recipient. Reiki is a very subtle form of healing and may be
done through clothing and without any physical contact between practitioner and
"student".
Your consciousness, your experience of Being, who
you really are, is energy. We can call it "Life Energy", "Chi",
"Ki". This energy does not just live in your brain; it fills your entire body.
Your consciousness is connected to every cell in your body. Through your consciousness,
you can communicate with every organ and every tissue, and a number of therapies are based
on this communication with the organs which have been affected by some kind of symptom or
disorder.
Thus, we have an interesting direction of manifestation shown through what we have
described.
1. A change of consciousness creates a change in the energy field.
2. A change in the energy field happens before a change in the physical body.
The direction of manifestation is from the consciousness, through the energy field, to the
physical body.
Consciousness---------1-------->Energy Field--------2-------->Physical Body
No physical manipulation is involved in the use of our techniques. Only a light
touch, if any, when it does not conflict with someone's philosophies or
sensitivities.
The Touch for Health System is a practical guide to
natural health that utilizes acupressure and massage to improve postural balance, and
reduce physical and mental pain and tension. It is an approach to restoring natural
energies that combines ancient Chinese energy therapies with recent Western developments
in kinesiology. It is a very practical tool for the massage therapist: it can be used
along with other massage techniques or as a stand-alone methodology for improving health
and enhancing health that utilizes acupressure and massage to improve biological recovery.
A more advanced study of Touch for Health
developed by Dr. Bruce Dewe. PKP is defined primarily as the use of muscle testing to
identify imbalances in the body’s structural, chemical, emotional or other energy, to
establish the body’s priority healing needs, and to evaluate energy changes brought
about by a broad spectrum of both manual and non-manual therapeutic procedures. The body
has innate healing energy and is at all times doing its best to care for itself, but
sometimes it needs to be helped into a better position to achieve this care. PKP also
recognizes that there are flows of energy within the body that relate not only to the
muscles but to every tissue and organ that go to make the body a living, feeling being. In
PKP we isolate a specific emotion that may be linked to the disorder or discomfort and
Tai Chi and Kung Fu
Sifu Joe Martin began his training at the age of 13 and has trained and
studied with extensively in the United States, Canada, Europe and China. For
more information click HERE
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