Oran Kivity

Oran Kivity

Acupuncturist

Oran Kivity qualified as an acupuncturist in 1987 and has worked in private practice ever since. He later specialised in the treatment of addictions, working for eleven years in a day centre for drug addicts and alcoholics.

He taught acupuncture at Westminster University in the UK for ten years and was an teacher of Manaka style acupuncture in the UK with Stephen Birch, Junko Ida and Marian Fixler. He was the founding editor of Keiraku Chiryo - International Toyohari News, a Japanese acupuncture journal, and has contributed to many acupuncture publications.

Oran relocated to Asia in 2005 and now lives and practises in Taiwan. He has conducted trainings in Japanese acupuncture techniques in Malaysia, Thailand, Japan and Europe and most recently in Indonesia, where since 2014 he has trained over 100 doctors and acupuncturists to practise Manaka style acupuncture.