CHONGKOL SETTHAKORN AKA 'JOHN' has
taught people how to apply ancient healing method as the
head teacher at the Old Medicine Hospital in Chiang Mai,
Thailand since 1985. In
1991 Chongkol went to USA as a visiting instructor at
the International Professional School of Bodywork (IPSB)
one of the famous school of massage in San Diego, California
for 6 months to teach NUAD BO-RARN THAI MASSAGE.
Along with his
full teaching schedule, he studied Level I (120 HRS)
Massage Technician Training, Level II (150 HRS) Professional
Massage Training and several electives of Western and
Oriental Massage such as Therapeutic Massage For Acute
and Chronic Problems (36 HRS), Tui Na Internship, Chinese
Massage (90 HRS), Jin Shin Acutouch (Japanese Method
of Healing Art) (30 HRS), T'ai Chi and the IPSB Movement
Form to enhance his expertise in Thai Massage. He is
now back in Thailand and running his ITM INTERNATIONAL
TRAINING MASSAGE in Chiang Mai. SINCE 1992
He and Arthur
Lambert are the authors of "Nuad Bo-Rarn, the Traditional
Massage of Thailand, published in 1992. Having long
experience and additional knowledge of Thai Massage,
Chongkol has authored a book
" Nuad Bo-Rarn, Ancient Massage of Thailand"
in 2001. And reprinted in 2002.
In 1994, he studied
additional course about anatomy for Thai Massage at
Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Associated
Medical Science, Chiang Mai University, Thailand.
In September and
October 2000, Chongkol, accompanied with his daughter,
went to Athens, Greece as a visiting Thai Massage instructor
at the European
& 17th CIDESCO Congress of Aesthetics and Health.
Recently, he has
been a tutor in Tai Ji Qi Gong (Chi Kung) and Tai Chi
Chuan (Long-Form Yang Style) for community in Chiang
Mai Town.
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