A pressure point is a place in the body were a nerve ends, comes to a branch like a Y or crosses with another nerve. The point in of itself is not found in the nerve but there area around the nerve. The actual size of a pressure point is that of the head of a pin, but the area of activation is the size of a silver dollar.Proper activation of pressure points requires a strike with the correct angle and direction using 2 Way Action. 2 Way action will be explained in greater detail later in this course. The angle of attack is always 45 degrees, but the direction will vary based on a point by point basis.
There are 3 different kinds of pressure points. There are touch points, rub points and hit points. Some are combination's of the 3. However if the point is a touch point, hitting it will have little or no effect.
