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        <title>Dennis Bartram An  Ancient Eastern Warrior Art expressed through the Science of Biotensegrity then applied through Natural Movement Behaviors</title>
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    <outline type="rss"  title="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 18pt; font-family: Times-New-Roman,Bold&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://revver.com/u/dennisbartram/&amp;quot; title=&amp;quot;37 years of Budo Training and Principles&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dennis Bartram&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; - The Journey Towards Tensegrity&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;copy; mmv Dennis Bartram&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;I initially met with Dr Hatsumi when he came to England&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; for the first time in 1986 to &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGnBnTaMi5M&amp;quot; target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot; title=&amp;quot;Every time he taught a technique, he would explain these principles. &amp;quot;&amp;gt;demonstrate his martial principles&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;. Although his martial skills were frighteningly &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;effective, another quality shone from him. He was friendly, gentle and his body &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;movement was graceful. He seemed to have plenty of time to evade attacks made on &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;him during demonstrations and seemed to float as he walked through various &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;techniques.&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;I watched in awe of a man twenty years my senior,&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; working with ease and with &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;fingertip precision to lock his opponents in tangled body configurations. To learn that &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;this man practised as an Osteopath totally intrigued me and made me ponder as to his &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;methodology. As he practised martially, he would say &amp;amp;quot;Budo and Medicine are the &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;same!&amp;amp;quot; and if medicine was practised poorly, it could kill. He told us to study nature &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;and learn from nature and that natural movement was all that was required to maintain &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;health. &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;That day in 1986 changed me,&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; I had found my mentor, a man who practised my hobby &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;and my occupation and described them as being one. I changed from a hard physical &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;disciplined Karate to a softer evasive body defence method. This also influenced my &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;decision to stop manipulating in the standard Osteopathic method and study Dr. &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Hatsumi's naturalistic approach. &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;I utilised body positioning and gentle movement into my practise methodology.&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Slowly I began to get the results from this body orientation approach. &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;In 1995, I went to visit Dr. Hatsumi to ask for guidance and the opportunity to &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;demonstrate these principles to him. He &amp;amp;nbsp;was impressed with my progress and told me &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;he would teach me on &amp;amp;quot;one to one basis&amp;amp;quot;. He painted a calligraphy for me, which &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;translated as mysterious hands. He said that this described what he saw as he watched &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;me practise.&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;In a private session, Dr. Hatsumi worked on a friend of mine&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; who had been a patient &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;for several years. This person had suffered from Osteopetro'sis a brittle bone disorder &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;from birth. He had suffered many bone breaks and traumas but in his twenties had &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;fractured his femur badly in his left leg. After many hours in surgery, they had to &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;abandon a traction correction, as they could not drill through the brittle bone. &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;This &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;left him after many months in plaster&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; with a bowed left leg. &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;This resulted in a &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;misaligned pelvis and a scoliosis of the spine.&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; He had a pronounced limp and had to &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;walk with the aid of a stick. Despite these and many other difficulties after treatment &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;from me, he even began martial training.&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://www.amatsu.co.uk/pages/enquiries.html&amp;quot; target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot; title=&amp;quot;Want Information Contact Form Here&amp;quot; onmouseover=&amp;quot;MM_swapImage('enq_but','','../images/but8.gif',1);MM_displayStatusMsg('Contact Details');return document.MM_returnValue&amp;quot; onmouseout=&amp;quot;MM_swapImgRestore()&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;text-align: center&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img style=&amp;quot;width: 138px; height: 44px&amp;quot; src=&amp;quot;http://www.amatsu.co.uk/images/but8.gif&amp;quot; border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; alt=&amp;quot;How to contact us&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;142&amp;quot; height=&amp;quot;40&amp;quot; /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp; &amp;lt;hr /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p align=&amp;quot;center&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;search.php?q=tensegrity&amp;amp;amp;t=1&amp;quot; title=&amp;quot;Hooked OK Then Here You Go Baack To Base&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Back To Home Page&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;" text="&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-size: 18pt; font-family: Times-New-Roman,Bold&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://revver.com/u/dennisbartram/&amp;quot; title=&amp;quot;37 years of Budo Training and Principles&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Dennis Bartram&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; - The Journey Towards Tensegrity&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;amp;copy; mmv Dennis Bartram&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;I initially met with Dr Hatsumi when he came to England&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; for the first time in 1986 to &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=&amp;quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGnBnTaMi5M&amp;quot; target=&amp;quot;_blank&amp;quot; title=&amp;quot;Every time he taught a technique, he would explain these principles. &amp;quot;&amp;gt;demonstrate his martial principles&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;. Although his martial skills were frighteningly &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;effective, another quality shone from him. He was friendly, gentle and his body &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;movement was graceful. He seemed to have plenty of time to evade attacks made on &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;him during demonstrations and seemed to float as he walked through various &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;techniques.&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;I watched in awe of a man twenty years my senior,&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; working with ease and with &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;fingertip precision to lock his opponents in tangled body configurations. To learn that &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;this man practised as an Osteopath totally intrigued me and made me ponder as to his &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;methodology. As he practised martially, he would say &amp;amp;quot;Budo and Medicine are the &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;same!&amp;amp;quot; and if medicine was practised poorly, it could kill. He told us to study nature &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;and learn from nature and that natural movement was all that was required to maintain &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;health. &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;That day in 1986 changed me,&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; I had found my mentor, a man who practised my hobby &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;and my occupation and described them as being one. I changed from a hard physical &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;disciplined Karate to a softer evasive body defence method. This also influenced my &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;decision to stop manipulating in the standard Osteopathic method and study Dr. &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;Hatsumi's naturalistic approach. &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;I utilised body positioning and gentle movement into my practise methodology.&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;Slowly I began to get the results from this body orientation approach. &amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;In 1995, I went to visit Dr. Hatsumi to ask for guidance and the opportunity to &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;demonstrate these principles to him. He &amp;amp;nbsp;was impressed with my progress and told me &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;he would teach me on &amp;amp;quot;one to one basis&amp;amp;quot;. He painted a calligraphy for me, which &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;translated as mysterious hands. He said that this described what he saw as he watched &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;me practise.&amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;In a private session, Dr. Hatsumi worked on a friend of mine&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; who had been a patient &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;for several years. This person had suffered from Osteopetro'sis a brittle bone disorder &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;from birth. He had suffered many bone breaks and traumas but in his twenties had &amp;lt;/font&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&amp;lt;span style=&amp;quot;font-family: Times-New-Roman&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;lt;font size=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot;&amp;gt;fractured his femur badly in his left leg. 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