Deadly Pressure Points Demystified

Here's the key to learning pressure points and almost any other technique or strategy. Realize it's weaknesses. I would be lying if I told you this article will teach you how to kill someone by hitting a targeted spot on their body. It will get you started on your training.

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Downside to pressure points is that they generally

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1. Take years to learn well
2. Generally depend on pain compliance
3. Can be hard to apply during combat stress situations

Let's be real here. Targeting pressure points and sensitive nerve areas, many of which are smaller than a quarter in size, during a combat stress situation is not easy.

Add this to the fact that some pressure points are meant to be used in conjunction with other pressure points. For instance using your toe to hit one point down low and hitting a high point combines sending stress signals to the brain and overloads the targets nervous system.

Would it be easier (and faster) to learn how to walk through someone's knee cap and stomp their head?

So why learn pressure points?

One great thing about pressure points is that they can cause a lot of pain without a lot of injury. They are great when restraining someone in situations that don't require extreme amounts of violence.

Pressure Point Technique 1

Extend your middle knuckle and dig it in right below your earlobe, right where the lobe meets the neck. Now push hard in and toward the back of the neck. Do you feel that?

When you apply this on a partner, use both knuckles or your thumb tips and attack below both earlobes. Make sure that you drive both thumbs/knuckles inward and forward toward the back of his neck. Then drive forward with your legs. If you are using this move in self defense, it would be better to use your thumbs to dig them into his eyes.

Pressure Point Technique 2

Create a spear with your index middle and ring finger. Locate your partner's jugular notch, below the adam's apple right above the collar bone. Drive forward and down with your whole body.

Use these moves to create distance and space during combat.

Want a good way to train pressure points? Get a partner and have a pressure point grappling match. This is the fastest way to learn to apply pressure points on a resisting opponent. You might even put the MMA gloves on and train with punches and kicks thrown in. You might find that you are only able to apply some of these pressure points while in an extremely dominant position such as sitting on your opponent's chest.

Deadly Pressure Points Demystified

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