Hi Everyone,

Many of you may be new to the ICAK.  I began my journey with Applied Kinesiology in 1972.

I am also of Scottish/Irish heritage and collect everything that comes my way, well, almost everything.

Hence, I have a large archive of early AK material ranging from Dr. Goodheart's manuals, lecture notes and tapes to promotional material from AK lectures all over the world.

I would like to share some of them with you:

Recently I found a brochure in my archives of the first AK 100 hour postgraduate program taught by Dr. Richard Meldener in Europe.  Now that we have more AK members in Europe than on any other continent I thought  you may find it interesting.  You might like to compare it to the programs you are learning about now with your teachers.  This program was referred to as the "basics" of Applied Kinesiology as recommended by the ICAK education committee at that time.

Another interesting brochure from 1978 is a Cruise lecture in the Caribbean sponsored by Dave Walther and Paul White, both of whom are now deceased, yet they pioneered much of our teaching design.  I wanted to, but couldn't attend the cruise.  Notice the coloured graphics and design that Dave did so well.  This program was an "inservice" update on the teaching program of the 10 session syllabus.  I thought this was a great way to bring everyone up to date on the new teaching material and new teaching styles.  Of course, we all taught the same syllabus in those days.  Maybe it is something to think about in the future?

I have included a copy of the original Syllabus that the 100 hours covered.  These were all the basics,  Today many of our teachers have adapted their own interests to this syllabus.  You can compare and see if you are missing out on any of the older material.  Of course, the ICAK has progressed and added many more diagnostic and treatment methods to this list.  You can view the new list at:  http://www.icak.com/college/boards/ibs/approved_materials.shtml .  For those of you on this list who are not doctors, you may find many of the conditions AK doctors work with helpful for yourself and family.

Finding the optimal nutrition requirements for people is never easy for any doctor.  I have included a newsletter with an article by Dr. Walther describing the AK approach to diagnosing patient's nutritional needs.  He discusses the philosophy and logic that developed into the AK method.

Last, but not least, is a 1979 interview with Dr. Goodheart published in the American Chiropractor Journal.  This interview is unique in understanding Dr. Goodheart's with classic "kinesiology" as taught in University physical education programs.  He describes how he launched his first book and how many people bought it.  He describes the first $40,000 computer he purchased to store all the additional information gathered after that time.   "Operator prejudice" is defined along with bio-magnetism and the acupuncture circuits.  Lymphatic reflexes are more diagnostic than therapeutic.  Limitations of taste testing.  The AK contribution to the specificity of Subluxation correction.   Dr. Goodheart explains how he runs his office with a 4 month wait list along with his vision of the future of Applied Kinesiology.  

Enjoy this great interview.

I have included:

White/Walther Caribbean Cruise Seminar from 1978

Richard Meldener/Piet Martin First European ICAK Seminar from Nov 1980

Syllabus for the Seminars

System's DC Newsletter of Oct 1988 with ICAK's Nutritional Testing Policy

Interview with Dr. Goodheart published in "The American Chiropractor"  Oct/Nov 1979.

Best wishes,

Donald