This chart illustrates the kinesiology components of the PKP study programme.

BKP

The central section of the chart represents the 10 units that make up the International Certificate in Basic Kinesiology Principles. Each unit comprises approximately 35 hours of training. About half of this you do in the classroom with the teacher (ICPKP Faculty Member) and the remainder you complete by working with classmates, friends who become willing volunteers, and on this website where you can compare notes with other students working on the same units. BKP takes approximately 8 months of full-time study to complete.

The International Certificate in Basic Kinesiology Principles will provide you with a solid foundation in kinesiology on which you can build the skills needed to become a practitioner. The workshops are designed to be fun, easy and progressively add to your skills. Anyone can take BKP: mums, dads, students looking for a career, or mature folk looking for an escape from the 9 - 5 grind and build a business of their own. Anyone with a high school education and a willingness to learn, explore and grow can take BKP. Find an Licensed College in your area now.

The next Steps:

In the outer rings, each wedge of the chart represents a subject that you study once you complete the basics. For example, ECO represents the Personal Ecology side of life or the way we interface with our environment. EMS represents the emotional and spiritual issues that we explore (and is one of the larger areas of study).

The workshops in each subject are spread throughout the Certificate and Diploma in Professional Kinesiology Practice and the Vocational Graduate Diploma in Kinesiopractic® so that knowledge and experience is built evenly across all subjects.

You can find more details about each area of study by clicking on the chart above.

Below is a list of the areas we study in the PKP Certification Programme™. Lets work around the circle:

A&P
A&P is the anatomy and physiology section of kinesiology.

EMS
Here we explore the emotional and spiritual issues that each one of us faces daily and find new choices and healthy options.

PIB
In this section of study we look at the way we perform, how well we are integrated and our instinctual behaviours.

OCT
This section covers areas that are common to many natural therapies; for example, cultural sensitivity in a professional health practice.

JAF
How are joints, adrenals and flexibility related? Here is where we explore these relationships.

ECO
Represents the Personal Ecology side of life or the way we interface with our enviroment and things like nutrition and exercise enhancement.

BFR
Business, finance and records is a third level unit, not because it is hard but because we don’t need it until we are nearing the time when we move into a clinc.

VEF
VEF is the area where we look at Flower Essences and other more metaphysical issues.

MHP
Where we look at meridians and holographic perception.

BVL
The area related to blood, viscera and lymph.

PDG
The pelvic diaphragm and pelvic girdle are areas with the potential to cause pain and distress. We explore physical and metaphysical aspects.

RBT
This where we look at the regional body trigger points.

HMR
The study of hypertonic muscle release can enable us to help athletes who have muscles that do not release when they need to.

MST
Muscles, skin and other tissues are the area we look at here. We learn how to work with shoulders, wrists, knees and other areas where muscles ache.