Essential Anatomy

Download or read book Essential Anatomy written by Marc Tedeschi and published by Weatherhill. This book was released on 2000-04-04 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will familiarise healing practitioners and martial artists with basic concepts of the human body, as defined by both Western and Eastern medical traditions, allowing those engaged in healing and martial arts to develop a more complete, holistic, and scientifically forward-looking understanding of the body. Included are: an overview of Western anatomical concepts; an overview of Eastern medical principles; a comprehensive listing of Oriental pressure points and meridians in English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, cross-referenced to nerves, blood vessels, and other anatomical landmarks; twenty essential self-massage and revival techniques; detailed principles of pressure point fighting, as used in traditional Asian martial arts.