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This page is (c) Guy
Gratton, 2006. Please feel free to copy
or link any text, but you must say where it came from.
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A controversial
subject in martial arts is the use of Much of what it
published about Kyushu claims that it is about knockouts (or secret killing
techniques such as in Kill Bill 2), that it can (or cannot) allow somebody to
be taught quickly how to win any fight with little other skill or effort, or
that it is all complete nonsense. We
don’t believe any of this – although there’s elements of truth in all those
statements (even the last one!). For thousands
of years, throughout Asia, medical practice has been based upon the belief
that most health or illness is based upon the flow of chi (energy, also
spelled qi) around the body, following particular paths (called meridians),
and with specific points on those paths (pressure points or acupoints) being especially significant. A very complex set of theories have been
built up, which are at the root of modern oriental medical practices such as
acupuncture or shiatsu.
Unsurprisingly, this knowledge transferred into, and because used by,
some of the Asian martial arts. Kempo continues
this tradition, and the use of pressure points
is integral in our training. However, it does not and
cannot replace basic martial arts skill.
Also, whilst yes it is possible to knockout – or even kill, somebody
with pressure points, it’s not that easy or useful to spend much time
rehearsing these particular skills.
Most of Kempo’s Kyushu practice is to do with using pressure points to
move somebody, to make a limb bend or straighten that doesn’t want to, to
make a block more effective and so-on.
Also, at higher grades we practice shiatsu – methods of chi-based
healing, most usually to help out the odd sore back or sprained shoulder,
although it can go much deeper than that. If you
particularly want to learn more about this, please come along and train with
us, or with another BKS club. If you
want a quick look at some interesting websites, we’d recommend the pressure point diagrams at
yin-yang house, or the huge amounts of free material available from Erle Montaigue’s Tai Chi World. Most serious practitioners also find it
useful to have a suitable human
body model. Incidentally,
if you want to try and learn Kyushu from books and websites alone – forget
it! They help a lot, but you really
need to learn from a martial instructor who has trained extensively in the
practice, and do beware, whilst most such instructors and styles are
excellent, there are one or two who are just downright silly or dangerous – usually anybody who claims that learning Kyushu / Dim-Mak /
pressure point fighting can be done quickly, and will make you almost
invincible! Also steer clear of
anybody proudly showing knockout videos on their websites – it’s probably all
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