I am not going to get into what i have studied or who with but from the last 7 or so years of training I have come to this conclusion.
Pressure points as taught in the wider martial arts community are border line dangerous. Not because of where you are hitting but due to the fact that they are all done with the absolute minimum force required to activate them and the only real life demonstrations (at seminars or classes I have attended) or video footage I have seen are on stationary targets or against appallingly laclustre attacks. If anyone has any decent footage I would love to see it. Please don't link me to DKI or KI stuff because that is primarily the stuff I am talking about.
I believe pressure points are at best something that may augment your blunt force trauma striking or grappling. If you are grappling and have the opportunity to use a few points to manipulate your opponent, great, by all means go for it but never go hunting for them.
If you are defending yourself hit hard and fast (target points if you like) and if you hit pressure points great but if you don't you want to know your assailant is still going to be in a world of hurt. Tapping somone on stomach 5 in a demo is great but don't expect the tippy tap will work in the street. Maybe it can be fluked but I would not want to back my *** on a tap. What if it doesn't work? You are not going to be on your front foot ready to attack after tapping someone softly.
Just some thoughts
Cheers
Sam
Pressure points as taught in the wider martial arts community are border line dangerous. Not because of where you are hitting but due to the fact that they are all done with the absolute minimum force required to activate them and the only real life demonstrations (at seminars or classes I have attended) or video footage I have seen are on stationary targets or against appallingly laclustre attacks. If anyone has any decent footage I would love to see it. Please don't link me to DKI or KI stuff because that is primarily the stuff I am talking about.
I believe pressure points are at best something that may augment your blunt force trauma striking or grappling. If you are grappling and have the opportunity to use a few points to manipulate your opponent, great, by all means go for it but never go hunting for them.
If you are defending yourself hit hard and fast (target points if you like) and if you hit pressure points great but if you don't you want to know your assailant is still going to be in a world of hurt. Tapping somone on stomach 5 in a demo is great but don't expect the tippy tap will work in the street. Maybe it can be fluked but I would not want to back my *** on a tap. What if it doesn't work? You are not going to be on your front foot ready to attack after tapping someone softly.
Just some thoughts
Cheers
Sam