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Hello, All. This is my first post, so please be gentle. I apologize in advance if this has already been covered.
I am holding here in my hands one of George Dillman's texts on "pressure point" fighting. In it, he identifies various points on the body that will cause very specific reactions when struck. For example, he identifies a point on the arm he calls "Lung #5" that when struck will reportedly "cause the knees to buckle." Now, why this point would be named "Lung #5" is beyond me and it is also not at all clear why striking this particular point would affect the legs.
My basic question on all this is "is it for real?" Do the indicated reactions really occur and are there valid scientific explanations for such reactions? Are "meridians", "energy flow" and other mystical things that Dillman discusses based in established scientific fact or are they more akin to the pseudoscience of astrology?
Thanks for any replies.
I am holding here in my hands one of George Dillman's texts on "pressure point" fighting. In it, he identifies various points on the body that will cause very specific reactions when struck. For example, he identifies a point on the arm he calls "Lung #5" that when struck will reportedly "cause the knees to buckle." Now, why this point would be named "Lung #5" is beyond me and it is also not at all clear why striking this particular point would affect the legs.
My basic question on all this is "is it for real?" Do the indicated reactions really occur and are there valid scientific explanations for such reactions? Are "meridians", "energy flow" and other mystical things that Dillman discusses based in established scientific fact or are they more akin to the pseudoscience of astrology?
Thanks for any replies.