Robert is an expert in non-insertive styles of Japanese acupuncture. He has studied in Japan and the United States with leading practitioners of these methods. Robert is also part of a select group of acupuncturists who are introducing these non-insertive techniques to the United States.He is one of only five instructors in the United States to gain teacher’s certification from Shakuju-kai, the Japan-based educational association responsible for teaching Shakuju Therapy.