Italy
Dr. Fulvio
Palombini and the
Italian School of Shiatsu of
Rome will host a celebration
on October 23rd – 24th,
2004, the 10th Anniversary
of the death of Rudy R. Palombini.
In November, 1991, the international
shiatsu congress was held in
Rome, Italy, hosted by Rudy
Palombini, who had nearly 25
years of experience. Rudy used
to be a masseur and worked
with many topnotch athletes,
including marathon runner Abebe
Bikila, an Olympic gold medalist.
Rudy was the official masseur
of the Italian Olympic team
and came to Tokyo in 1964 for
the Summer Games. He had heard
about Japanese shiatsu before
he left Rome for Japan and
was looking forward to meeting
a master of shiatsu. During
his spare time in Tokyo, he
visited the Japan Shiatsu School
and was treated by Tokujiro.
Rudy was so impressed with
the technique that he switched
from massage to shiatsu right
away. He trained under Tokujiro
and started to practice in
Rome.
(Excerpt from SHIATSU-DOH,
CHAPTER 10, Kensen Saito)
Congress
Schedule
-
22th Congress Opening with
Rudy
Palombini Memorial (9.00 p.m)
- 23 October Congress workshop
starts
Morning -
Inaba sensei with demonstration
of basic
Namikoshi system and
practical
demonstration of treatment
Afternoon -
Shigeru Onoda Shiatsu
Namikoshi ( evolution)
in Europe and
demonstration on
Lowback section
Sunday
morning -
Kensen Saito (Director
and owner of the Shiatsu
Academy of Tokyo (Toronto,
ON Canada) - discussion
of Shiatsu
Education and Standards
Sunday
afternoon -
Fulvio Palombini Shiatsu
Namikoshi
development in Italy and cevical
dorsal section
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