Name a dozen pressure points that would be good to know for Self Defense

[bushidomartialarts]

i'm leary of pressure points for self defense, as many understand them.

a lot of folks seem to think a pressure point is a spot you can tap -- just -- so and knock out the bad guy or make his arm go limp.

that's possible, but it requires a level of precision i don't recommend counting on when you're in something as chaotic as a fight.

there are some 'pressure points' like gall bladder 20 (a/k/a the mastoid bone) or the mandible gap that you can whack good and hard or stick a finger in to cause all manner of pain and consternation.

still, unless you're in a job where you have to control without harm, it's generally a better plan to stick with your simple stuff: kick the groin, elbow the throat, knee the solar plexus.

 

[Robert Lee]

Pressure points look good in class training. But there most often the other person is not resisting and feel the pain much more. Plus most often not in a moving motion. Now for reall Maybe after you have loosened a p[erson up you may be able to submit them with pressure point strikes. But with drugs that kill pain and make a person far more alert. You just have to hurt them to stop them. Even a not drugged person will fight off a nerve strike most often. Do they work perhaps would I use them probaly not Other things work better in a resistive point of action.