An Introduction to the Channel Sinews
An Introduction to Channel Sinews - With James Woodward
Dates: Saturday 21st March & Sunday 22nd March 2026
Times: Saturday 9.30am - 5.00pm, Sunday 10am-5pm
Location: The City College of Acupuncture
Cost: £250.00
CPD - 16 hours 30 minutes : All participants will receive a certificate on completion of the workshop, PowerPoint slides, handouts on the channel sinews and moxibustion.
This two-day workshop is designed to show all participants how to locate the source of muscular-skeletal (MSK) issues, and to demonstrate the necessary skills required to address the channel sinew system within Chinese medicine.
The channel sinews are the tendons, muscles, joints and connective tissues (including the fascia). Understanding the role played by the fascia, and pathologies of the channel sinews, is integral for pain relief, and for helping to heal MSK injuries.
James has spent 5 years researching the channel sinews, and he is now offering insight into how to address pain relief in patients.
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“The course was a balance mix of practical and theory. I felt that course was presented in a friend inclusive way that all practitioners from different styles of acupuncture can benefit from.”
“It was very much hands on and very clear explanation.”
You will learn
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How the classics describe the sinews
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What the pathways are
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How the Ling Shu classical pathologies are described
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What movements are related to each channel
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How palpation helps, and how movement and the quality of pain helps with diagnosis
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The power of Moxa cones and needling techniques
Day 1 - Morning Session
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What the channel sinews are, and their characteristics
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Yang channels - pathways, movements and pathologies from Ling Shu 13
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Yin channels - pathways, movements and pathologies from Ling Shu 13b
Lunch break 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Day 1 - Afternoon Session
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Palpations - whole hand for hot, cold, tightness, ropey, empty and fullness etc.
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Then for - index finger and thumb, limbs and back (this will include stagnation types)
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Chinetsukyu - hard (dispersing) and soft (tonifying)
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Moxa on the needle
Day 2 - Morning Session
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The Zong Jin - Ancestral Sinew
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Channel Dynamics - how they interact, with a recap of the movements
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Qi, blood stagnation and bi syndrome
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Classical needling techniques explained
Lunch break 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Day 2 - Afternoon Session
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Yuan (distal and proximal), shu (transport) and ji (great) needling
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Hui (extending) needling for tendon bi
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Fu (floating) - transverse needling for cold or muscle spasms
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Duan (gradual) needling for honey bi
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He gu (united valley) for muscle bi
Japanese Moxibustion
Dates: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th October 2026
Times: Saturday 10am- 5pm, Sunday 10am-5pm
Location: The City College of Acupuncture
Cost: £250.00
CPD - 16 hours : All participants will receive a certificate on completion of the workshop, PowerPoint slides, and moxibustion. All equipment and moxa will be supplied.
To book email Jamesholistic@hotmail.co.uk
This two-day workshop is a practical experience accessible to all styles of traditional acupuncture. Differentiation between types of moxa wool, selecting the grade to different moxa applications. Clinical relevance for chinetsukyu, half rice grain and moxa on the needle. The nuances between density and how it is relaxant to tonifying and dispersing. Half grain moxa is a beginner’s level that will help participants started in half rice practice.
James has trained with a variety of teachers to help broaden his perspective and expertise in moxibustion.
You will learn
Day 1
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What is moxa?
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Difference grades, densities, sizes
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Indications and contractions
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When to use it
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Chinetsukyu
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Soft - tonifying
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Hard - dispersing
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Variation of moxa cone for dispersing.
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Moxa on the needle
Lunch break 1.00pm - 2.00pm
Day 2
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Half Rice
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Demo broken down
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Practice on metal sheets and tissues (2 ply).
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Making, then burning practice and controlling the burn
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Practice on SP6, ST36
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Practice on a partner
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Combined moxa practice with acupuncture
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The 4 flowers, 6 flowers, arthritis cold invasion
James Woodward LicAc, MBAcC
James qualified at The City College of Acupuncture, achieving his Licentiate Diploma in Acupuncture in 2017, and his Diploma in Tui Na in 2019. He has been a body worker for 15 years, with experience in Swedish massage and aromatherapy since 2008. James is an Acupuncturist and Tui Na massage therapist who specialises in MSK issues, and he is a tutor of Acupuncture and Tui Na at The City College of Acupuncture.
Easy to get to by public transport, The City College is located on the edge of the trendy Hoxton and Shoreditch areas of London which have vibrant arts and entertainment districts with great places to eat, art galleries and bars. The Old Street area itself has recently been nicknamed “Silicon Roundabout’ and is a rapidly expanding centre for new companies specializing in computing, gaming, mobile apps and design.
Please check the TFL website (https://tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journey/) before travelling to the College building as currently, there is a lot of construction inside the station and the roundabout.
How to get to The City College:
By London Underground and Overground trains:
The nearest station to the College is Old Street Station which is situated on the Northern Line (underground) and National Rail (overground).
Once you arrive at Old Street station, please follow signs to Subway 4/Exit 4, then walk forwards along City Road (where you can see two very tall buildings, the Atlas building and the M by Montcalm, which is a very angular triangle-shaped building, in front). After approximately 80 yards, at the traffic lights, take the right fork into East Road, walking along the right-hand side of the Atlas building. Keep walking for another 200 yards, and you will find The City College on your left.