21 Facts about Kyusho

1. Anyone taking illegal Drugs must not practice Kyusho.

A practitioner can partake in class if he or she is medicated due to an ailment or long-term condition but only under the supervision of a Qualified Kyusho instructor. He or she must not be knocked out.

2. Hitting random points without the correct knowledge is dangerous and must never be done.

3. Different Strikes have different healing points, not all resuscitation techniques work the same for each strike.

4. A good understanding of the anatomy is very important for cause and effect.

5. Each pressure point has a target area of a 10-cent coin.

6. A good working knowledge of Acupuncture is important as it aids in the understanding of each points function. It also aids in the location of points on the body. Precise knowledge increases awareness, therefore prevents mishaps, injury or even death, whereas incomplete or limited knowledge is a cocktail for disaster and is very dangerous.

7. Understanding the Cycle of Destruction is important as Martial Artists.

8.

DESTRUCTIVE CYCLE

WOOD penetrates EARTH

EARTH contains WATER

WATER extinguishes FIRE

FIRE burns METAL

METAL cuts WOOD

9. A good understanding of the Quadrant theory will benefit your Martial art

10. Not all points are applicable to street defence as they are simply un reachable, i.e. kidney 1 on the sole of the foot.

11. Do not work on the legs if you have already worked on the arms

12. Do not cross points

13. Points should be struck lightly as the desired effect is through a minimum effort on your behalf.

14. There are three kinds of attacks to points:

Rub points

Push points

Striking points

15. Kyusho ? Jitsu can be applied to any art you do not need to re-learn a whole art it already exists in yours.

16. There are 12 main meridians in the body and 8 extra meridians; we concentrate mainly on these two extra meridians, conception vessel and governing vessel.

17. A meridian is a channel through which Ki flows. It may be compaired to a blood vessel, which transfers blood through the body. The meridian is responsible for transmitting the Ki from their source, through their paired home organ or bowel into the next meridian.

18.

Yin Organs(Negative) Yang Bowels(Positive)
Lung Large Intestine
Spleen Stomach
Heart Small Intestine
Kidney Bladder
Pericardium Tripple Warmer
Liver Gall Bladder

19. Remember a moving Target is harder hit..!

20. Strike 3 points on the same meridian

Strike using the Cycle of destruction

Use the energy flow to your advantage

Strike using the Yin and Yang relationship

21.

One Point causes pain

Two points causes the pain to meet in the middle

Three points will cause a T.K.O. / K.O

Four points will stop an Organ in the body

Five points result in death





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