Keisuke Tanaka and Kohei Iwata formed the Fascial Distortion Model Asia Association (FAA) in 2002 and they have also trademarked the FDM seal and terminology in Japan in order to protect its use in their country. Tanaka has been a certified FDM instructor since 2005 and teaches FDM workshops and seminars in Japan on a regular basis. Kohei Iwata is also an FDM certified instructor and both men have worked tirelessly to set and maintain high standards of professional training in a country that has very different medical credentials than in the US. Both Keisuke Tanaka and Kohei Iwata have been given the honorary title of FDM.O.
