Vital Pressure Points

There are numerous vital pressure points on the human body. These sensitive, more vulnerable areas are known to most skilled fighters and martial artists. Although different schools and styles mave different schools of thought as to how these vital pressure points can be used.

You know a lot of these vital pressure points already. You thought they were mysterious, but they really are not. And if you fought a bit as a school boy or adolescent, you probably learned not to use them. Or when you did, it was called fighting dirty.

Fighting dirty starts with kicking the other guy's balls. Or grabbing them and twisting. Or jabbing his eyes with your fingertips. Kick his kneecap and shatter the patella. It's rough and its crude. Maybe not the vital pressure points you were expecting?

There is supposed to be a Chinese system called Dim Mak, otherwise referred to as The Death Touch. Maybe you could find a Sifu and study that for some years.

The stories go that a real Dim Mak sifu can touch one of these spots and walk away from the fight. Then when he's miles away, the next day or next week, you drop dead from heart failure or something like that.

Personally, while I have great respect for the Chinese fighting styles, I have yet to meet someone who knows this stuff at that kind of level. But I have no doubt somebody will be willing to accept your money... Go for it, son. And send me some while you're at it. ;-)

So anyhow... If you are in a boxing ring, with a referee there to make sure nothing bad occurs, you should both 'fight' by the rules. But out on the street, mostly there aren't any rules. It's dog eat dog. Winner takes all. Maybe even kill or be killed.

In that case, when your life is in real danger - and if you can prove it later in court of law - you use whatever you can. And vital pressure points had better be just part of your larger skills set.