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After graduation from the Parker College of Chiropractic, Dr. Seung-Il Youn practiced chiropractic, applied kinesiology, and Oriental medicine in Dallas while attending AK, chiropractic neurology, and nutrition seminars. Dr. Seung-Won Lee had returned to Seoul Korea to open his clinic to practice a combination of chiropractic and medical approaches. They attended the AK seminars of Drs. Goodheart, Blaich, Schmitt, Leaf, Sprieser, and Lebowitz. In 1997, they became diplomates of the American Chiropractic Neurology Board. The concept of the muscle system and muscle test particularly as the most exposed part of the nervous system is demonstrated by these multi-dimensional physicians, whose expansion of the AK method of health into several other healing disciplines in South Korea is laudable.
Dr. Lee has taught chiropractic neurology to Japanese chiropractors and Korean medical physicians. Dr. Lee is also on the faculty of American College of Functional Neurology, a trainer in Neuro Linguistic Programming and Hypnosis since 2010. He is also an associate professor of the Carrick Institute (lecturer of functional neurology in Seoul and Tokyo), and an instructor at the medical college of Busan National University. Since 1997 he has been in private practice of a multi-disciplinary clinic (AK, functional neurology, orthopedics, functional medicine, NLP, and hypnosis) in Seoul, Korea.
In 2002, both of these doctors achieved diplomate status with the ICAK (DIBAK) and had started to hold 100-hour essential courses in applied kinesiology for the first time in October 2002. At the first seminar of AK, about 150 medical and Oriental medical physicians attended, again showing how AK methods have spread into a much wider world. This is because many Korean physicians are interested in the field of complementary and alternative medicine. The attendees of these seminars were from various medical fields such as orthopedic surgeons, neurologists, neurosurgeons, rehabilitation physicians, anesthesiologists, family medicine practitioners, oriental medical doctors, and chiropractors. ICAK-Korea has provided 100-hours courses of AK every year since 2003.
Drs. Lee, Youn, Chang-Sik In, and Jae-Woon Lee had translated Dr. Walther’s synopsis into Korean, which was the first book of applied kinesiology published in Korea. The official members of ICAK-Korea had translated Dr. Goodheart’s book You’ll Be Better: The Story of Applied Kinesiology into Korean in 2009.
ICAK-Korea was founded in March 2003, and Dr. Lee was elected president and Dr. Youn as vice president. In 2004, at the ICAK-International Annual Meeting in Boston, ICAK-Korea was approved as an official member of ICAK. In 2013, six doctors achieved the DIBAK. Those are Jae-Won Jung, MD, Won- Bae Moon, MD, Se-Hyung Park, MD, Eun-Sang Ko, OMD, Soo-Young Choi, OMD, and Dong-Ha Baek, OMD. The seminars of AK have been enriched by the participation of these diplomates. In January 2013, the osteopath Dr. Lindley-Jones held the lecture regarding “How to Unscramble Hidden Mechanical Problems with Applied Kinesiology” for the Korean physicians.
In 2014, ICAK-Korea translated Dr. David Leaf ’s textbook Applied Kinesiology Flow Chart into Korean.
In 2016, Dr. Scott Cuthbert presented AK at the Jangheung International Integrative Medicine Expo, the largest integrative medicine conference in the country, as well as at Kyung Hee University in Seoul.
Applied Kinesiology in Canada
In Quebec, the history of applied kinesiology (AK) began in 1978, when Dr. George Goodheart charmed the Canadians at its first conference in Montreal at the invitation of Dr Réal Choinière, DC, and Hervé Lafleur, DC.
AK’s first 100-hour basic course was taught in Montreal in 1980. Invited by doctors Judith Houk, DC, and Gabriel Tassé, DC, brothers Rod and Dan Gleason, DC, from Thunder Bay—officially Canada’s first DIBAK—offered their knowledge for two years. They are the founders of the Canadian chapter of ICAK.
Richard Roy, DC, was the first DIBAK in Quebec in 1980. He also participated in teaching a basic 100-hour course. It was in the Spring of 1982 that David Leaf, DC, presented himself at Spa Eastman at the invitation of Réal Choinière, DC. Already armed with his algorithmic diagrams, he charmed the audience, but especially Dr. Raymond Cyr, DC, who became a faithful disciple, then a friend, and went on for 28 years to organize the seminars of Dr. Leaf in Montreal. For her part, Sharon Reid organized Dr. Leaf ’s presence in Toronto for more than 10 years. A special word of thanks should be given to Monique Chardonnault-Leaf, DC, who supported those seminars for so many years. In Ontario, Dr. Emile Zmneck, DC, and Dr. George Milne, DC, ND, were among the first to get their DIBAK. Dr. Hans Boehnke, DC, obtained his DIBAK in 1989, and taught the introductory course to AK at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College for several years.
In those same years, a group of hard-working Ontarians met every month to share the knowledge they learned and applied in the past few weeks. These were Hans Boenke, DC, DIBAK; John Thyret, DC; Bill Dronyk, DC, ND; Bob Dronyk, DC, ND; Jim Crews, DC; Rod Johnson, DC, ND; John Schwarz, DC; Cam Colquohoun, DC, and John Millet, DC.
In 1993, Gilles G. Brisson from Quebec and Cameron Colquhoun, DC, from Ontario had the same idea at the same time to revitalize ICAK-Canada, which no longer existed, without even knowing each other! This group of motivated doctors succeeded in pooling their efforts to formally re-establish the Canadian Chapter of Applied Kinesiology.
In 1994, a meeting at Château Frontenac welcomed George Goodheart and was a great success. At this point, the Canadian chapter of ICAK had a new start with more than 70 members and the regular publication of an information letter and research papers. The chapter has members from across Canada: Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, British Columbia, and New Brunswick.
The first board of directors of 1994 who worked hard to structure the AK:
• Gilles G. Brisson, DC, President
• Pierre Deraîche, DC, Vice-President
• Cameron Colquhoun, DC, Secretary-Treasurer
• Free Members: Hans Boehnke, DC, DIBAK; Brian Blower, DC ; Jean-François Lafleur, DC; Michel Lefebvre, DC
• Regional Representatives: Michel Lefebvre, OC (Quebec); Jacques Bédard, OC (Ontario); Nikhil Bair-Patel, DC (Ontario); Brian Blower, DC (Center).
In 1996 a new meeting of ICAK-Canada took place in Saint-Sauveur, then in 1998 in Laval and in 1999 in Toronto. During the 2000s, David Leaf continued to teach several generations of doctors. In 2004 Dr. Chris Astill-Smith presented a series of functional biochemistry courses in Toronto.
Divisions within the organization led to the withdrawal of Quebec from the Canadian chapter for five years between 2000 and 2005. 2005 is a pivotal year when Canada, supported by Quebec having reinstated the training, held an international meeting in Toronto. Dr. John Millet, DC, hosted the event and was involved since 2000 in both the Canadian and international organization.
