Interview Dr. Taewoo Kim PhD, the director of Kyung Hee University, Institute of Climate, Body and professor at the College of Korean Medicine in Seoul.

Dr. Poney Chiang is a leading expert in peripheral neuro-anatomy of acupoints and their associated neuro-modulation needle techniques. He has been invited to lecture at various international TCM and biomedical acupuncture symposiums and to conduct workshops in North/South America, Europe, and Australia. His current research interest involves an MRI-based study of the neuro-anatomy of acupoints on the scalp and their relationships to cortical functional regions. Dr. Chiang is the primary author revising Fundamentals of Chinese Acupuncture, (Ellis & Wiseman, Paradigm Publication) which is to feature original dissection and illustrations for more than 400 distinct acupoints. Dr. Chiang was appointed by the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner & Acupuncturist of Ontario as a license examination writer, and as members of the Disciplinary and Complaint committees where he volunteers his service to protect the public and ensure high professional standards for the Chinese medicine profession. He is also called upon to serve as expert witness at professional hearings.

We caught up with Pedro Serra de Matos, board member of APAMTC, Associação Profissional de Acupuntura e Medicina Traditional Chinesa in Lisbon, Portugal and had a nice chat at the beach.

TCM Community visited the Sino-German TCM Academy near Bonn, Germany which is one of the few TCM Schools in Europe that offers a Bachelors, Masters and PhD program in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

An interview with Prof. Dr. Michael Furian PhD, the research director of the Swiss University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The SWISS TCM UNI integrates and combines the competence and potential from teaching, research, and clinical everyday life according to best practice. It brings together the knowledge, experience, and lifeblood to develop holistically trained academic TCM specialists in Switzerland into medical professionals. “The TCM Community” 中醫共同體, the Global platform to exchange knowledge and experience about Traditional Chinese; Medicine, Philosophy, Food & Culture and to raise awareness, educate & inform. #tcmcommunity #thetcmcommunitygg #acupuncture #herbalmedicine #philosophy #food #culture #tuina

This is the second part of a two part interview with Felip Caudet that took place in Amersfoort, The Netherlands. Felip Caudet has been in practice as a physiotherapist and acupuncturist since 1999, and specializes in Japanese moxibustion. He studied with Tetsuya Fukushima and Hideo Shinma (son of Master Fukaya). Currently, he is recognized as the fourth in the lineage of Fukaya Style of Moxibustion due to his developments and contributions to the style. He combines his clinical activity in Spain with teaching around the world. He has published several books on moxibustion and articles in international journals such as the North American Journal of Oriental Medicine or Osaka Shinkyu Journal.

We met up with Felip Caudet in Amersfoort, The Netherlands. This is the first part of a two part interview. Felip Caudet has been in practice as a physiotherapist and acupuncturist since 1999, and specializes in Japanese moxibustion. He studied with Tetsuya Fukushima and Hideo Shinma (son of Master Fukaya). Currently, he is recognized as the fourth in the lineage of Fukaya Style of Moxibustion due to his developments and contributions to the style. He combines his clinical activity in Spain with teaching around the world. He has published several books on moxibustion and articles in international journals such as the North American Journal of Oriental Medicine or Osaka Shinkyu Journal.

This is part 2 of a two part interview with Rui Raggio, massage therapist for the Brazilian Olympic team. We visited the Aquatics Center, part of the Olympic Training Center Rio De Janeiro, which is a sports training facility in Barra da Tijuca, Brazil that opened after the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro.

This is part 1 of a two part interview with Rui Raggio, massage therapist for the Brazilian Olympic team. We visited the Aquatics Center, part of the Olympic Training Center Rio De Janeiro, which is a sports training facility in Barra da Tijuca, Brazil that opened after the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio De Janeiro.