Ko Bi Do is not a new invention, this massage technique is hundreds of years old, but right now in Japan there is a real Ko Bi Do boom, and all leading beauty salons offer rejuvenation using this proven technique.
You will find hundreds of instructions on the web on how to massage Ko B Do at home, and they are all dangerous. That is why we have prepared this material.
What is Ko Bi Do?
Translated from Japanese, Ko Bi Do literally means “the old way of beauty.” This massage is a descendant of Anma, also a massage technique is known since 562, which later gave birth to Shiatsu massage: a real succession of generations! It all started south of Mount Fuji back in the 15th century, in fact, with a fight between two yokozuna, or rather, two great masters of skincare, who were considered magicians who control time and age. In the ancient city of Suruga, both demonstrated their facial massage techniques, both presented their clients to the public, and as a result … friendship won: the two masters decided to combine their techniques to give Japanese women eternal youth. As a result, Ko Bi Do was born: a massage that not only stimulates blood circulation and relaxes muscles but strengthens them in the right places, and it turns out something like a non-surgical facelift. Ko Bi Do massage with different depths and strength of pressure, vibration, percussion (a special way of tapping) really transforms the appearance, tightens both muscles and skin, restores the clarity of the face oval, is able to remove bags under the eyes and nasolabial folds, while regulating separation of sebum, relieves ptosis and makes the skin denser.
Where to get a miracle massage?
And here the most interesting begins. The massage technique is patented only conditionally: in the years of its inception, art was passed from mouth to mouth and literally from hand to hand, history has not preserved the names of the founding authors, and even more so, it is not known whether their descendants are alive today. Only two centuries later, the so-called Association of Massage Masters of Ko Bi Do was created, the rules for conducting the procedure were fixed as the only possible and correct way to do Ko Bi Do, and a school for teaching ancient techniques was opened … Now sit down. Today in the world there are FIFTY specialists who have passed more than 3 levels of training (consider, they graduated from the university in Ko B Do), and have the right to practice this type of facial massage on their own. To teach this to assistants, trusting them with the preparatory and simplest stages of this difficult skill, Can only overcome the 5th level of training. Masters who have completed level 3 can only practice the simplest, simplest forms of Ko Bi Do.
Five out of fifty Ko Bi Do masters practice in France (two at level 5 and three at level 4), one in the USA (level 7), one in Canada (level 4), one in Italy (5th level), and one in Switzerland (5th level). All other Ko Bi Do gurus live and practice in Japan. Understand? In Russia, there are simply no specialists who have a legal certificate of ownership of the Ko Bi Do massage technique above level 3. And before that, in fact, we are not talking about super technology, but about the usual facial massage, which is given a fashionable name. All masters qualified from level 4 and above are listed by name on the official website www.kobido.com, so you can easily check this information.
Here is what Ko Bi Do master Josepha Sassey, who provides massages in France, in Colmar and Strasbourg, says: “The idea of Ko Bi Do is to switch the “yang” part of Yin to work on the balance of “chi”, life energy. It’s not just movement and touch – it’s a philosophy. In this massage technique, there are 48 types of movements and each has about the same subspecies, degrees of intensity, and depth of influence: first we start from the chest to stimulate blood circulation and massage the left side of the face, the Yang side associated with the organs, then the right side, Yin associated with the internal organs,” she explains.
The main types of Ko Bi Do movements include:
- Stroking;
- Sliding strokes;
- Kneading;
- Smoothing;
- Trituration;
- Vibration;
- Circular movements with pressure;
- Circular movements without pressure;
- Grasping (pinching);
- Stretching.
What could be the danger of such a massage?
Ko Bi Do is performed on heated skin: before the procedure, it is strongly steamed by applying a hot towel soaked in oils. Of course, this is very good for tissue elasticity, but temperature, warm-up time, and the reaction of individual skin to temperature are important here. Of great importance is the sequence of pressure, vibration, and tapping all over the face (first on one side, then on the other) and the stimulation of reflex zones.
If the technology is violated at any stage, you can get harm instead of good. Excessive force when pressing can lead to bruising or swelling, and trauma to the capillaries. When stretching, there is a high risk of overdoing it, and instead of tightening the skin, get the exact opposite result. Needless to say, it is simply dangerous to contact an uncertified specialist, and at home, you will either harm yourself or simply not get any effect.
What was there about age?
From the point of view of the authentic philosophy of Ko Bi Do, it is possible to interfere with the natural processes in the body only after the aging process has begun. In ancient Japan, it was associated with fertility – the ability to have children, and in those years this age was approximately 30 years. Up to 30, a woman was considered young, and her energy flows did not need to be corrected. In principle, this is not far from modern standards: scientists have proven that a decrease in the activity of collagen and elastin growth in tissues begins after 25 years, and before this age, anti-aging procedures should not be done.
Yes, there are incredibly effective technologies in the world, both modern and those that came to us from antiquity, but you need to apply them consciously, not engage in amateur performances and check how qualified the specialist you trust yourself is.
