Do pressure points really work in martial arts and on the street?

Well, it has been some time since I put pen to paper to write an article. But for those of you who remind me of my past articles, hello again and thanks for reading.

Do pressure points really work?

Consider this, the human body is vulnerable to attack in many ways, some require the application of a great force, others require a lighter force. The effects on the human body can be amplified by hitting or manipulating certain areas rather than others. The determining factor is: What kind of effect do you want to achieve?

But before going into a little more detail, I would like to point out this simple fact here and now. Using vital points requires some knowledge and a lot of practice, that being said, in this article I will cover a number of defensive tactics that can improve the correct application of just a few vital points, which will make your technique more powerful. and effective.

Now, there are many names for these impact points, pressure points, weak areas, to name just a few. However, the names do not matter, if you hit the right place, it will harm your attacker. But, if you are a 7 stone woman, a blow to a normal point on the body will have little effect on an 18 stone man attacking you. Rather, you must make maximum use of minimum force, so what are the best target areas to attack?

You see, there’s no point in learning how to defend yourself if you’re going to blindly hit anything and end up hurting yourself in the process. So it makes sense to use the body’s weakest vulnerabilities to maximum effect when forced to defend yourself in any self-defense situation.

Okay, I hear you say, so how do I find the weak spots right? Try to press a point on your body and if it hurts you will know that if you hit that point on someone else’s body, you will hurt them. Put it this way, if that same 18 stone man attacked the 7 stone woman and she punched him in the eye with her finger, it will hurt just fine, that’s a simple use of a target area, but you need to know where there are these targets and the best shot to use on these targets as well.

The downside to all of this is that many of the good hit points are the size of a fifty cent piece, so they are not very large. Not only that, you have to hit the target while moving, so your accuracy should be high. One way to help you learn where these goals are is to get a poster or something similar in a store or make your own and mark these points on this chart, pin it somewhere, and just reach out and touch each point until it becomes be familiar with its location on the body because, as stated above, if you are going to use pressure points, it must be accurate.

Now there is no point in hitting someone on the chin if their jaw is as hard as your fist. But what about the eyes, hit in the vicinity of the eyes and it will have the desired effect. Also, the nose and throat are sensitive places to hit, even a little touch can cause massive pain. Another sensitive area is under the nose, where it meets the upper lip; In the lower part of the body, the places that you cannot attack are usually covered by muscles, like the chest, for example. The solar plexus if you hit it with a closed fist or elbow can work effectively in this area, hit the V of the rib cage. The bladder area is also a weak point, especially if your attacker has had 8 pints of beer and it is full (be very careful, this is a dangerous area, especially if you kick it), even people with strong muscles of the stomach will bend.

Also, remember that all the major nerves and arteries are found inside the extremities. So the inside of the upper arm is more sensitive to a blow than the outside, the same goes for the inside of the thigh. If someone has their arms raised and hits you in the armpit, it will cause extreme pain. The back of the knee is more sensitive than the outside. The kick to the shin again, the inside is more sensitive than the outside, a kick at this point will cause a lot of pain.

Hitting and shoving if you find yourself on the floor, which by the way, you should try to avoid at all costs with someone on top of you, push your thumb into the adams apple area and you’ll get a response that usually goes away or down. . you. Either way, giving it time to escape, don’t waste time trying to push under the jaw, it probably won’t work.

If you can afford it, buy a punching doll and mark all vulnerable areas. To find some sensitive areas that you are unsure about, try poking yourself with a pencil, not the pointed tip, and see if it hurts because doing so will hurt someone else, this will tell you the best areas. On the back of the body there are a few points to consider when striking. The base of the skull where it meets the neck, the two kidneys two inches up and two inches out from the belt line, this is another sensitive area. The back of the legs, the back of the thigh, and the tendon behind the ankle are very sensitive if you kick hard enough that the attacker cannot walk.

In conclusion, if you want these tender points to work, you need to practice and remember where they are, you will also need to be accurate to be effective. A principle is to hit high and then low, it is a good method to adopt hitting the eyeballs and bottom balls together, as a man cannot defend both at the same time.

I’ve only covered a few vulnerabilities in this short article, there are many more, so place your chart at points where it hurts, use your thumbs, elbows, single-knuckle fist, and knees on these points and you can. incapacitate someone with little effort. The most important thing is to practice, practice and practice to make sure you know where these points are.

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