Pressure Points Used For Fighting

Pressure points used for fighting do exist, but they're pretty much impractical because the person fighting against you won't be standing still like for you like some big convenient acupuncture dummy.

He'll be punching or kicking at you, or trying to crash tackle you to the ground. Maybe he even has a weapon!

So while the human body does have heaps of pressure points or nerve centers, they are very hard to get at when you're trying to hit a moving target. Some would say impossible...

Your best bet is to target the larger vulnerable areas, such as your opponent's knee and elbow joints. It's not difficult to cause a dislocation or a break, and that will pretty much stop the fight - unless the attacker is impervious to pain. This can happen when a person's high on adrenalin and certain drugs, such as PCP or 'Angel Dust'.

If you're rolling on the ground or in a close clinch you may be able to poke at his eyes or hit his groin, but he can just as easily do the same to you.

The throat area is dangerously vulnerable to being hit or squeezed. So I'd avoid it. But there's a lovely hollow in the sides of the neck, just under the earlobe. Push your fingertips or thumbs in there. That will loosen his grip, at the very least.

You can also jab a finger down into the V of his neck, just above his sternum and collar bone. That's a great one for getting someone to let go of you in a hurry, and I used to teach it to my students as a release from a front choke or strangle. Push your thumbs or fingers in there and watch him yelp. Or spear your stiffened fingertips up and deep into his armpits.

You can push your fingers or thumbs into an attacker's eyes, or rake your nails across his eyeballs.

Since this can blind him, maybe permanently, you'd only do it to save your life, or to stop yourself being raped. And expect to be sued afterwards if there's the slightest doubt you could have done something less harmful.

Sometimes it's more sensible to go for the parts that hurt but which won't kill or maim... Like a good kick to his ankle... or scrape the side of your shoe all the way down his shins. That takes off the skin and, boy, does that hurt!

You want to disable him, but only long enough for you to escape to safety. And this way, you're less likely to end up playing The Defendant in a court of criminal law.