Doing Pressure Point Knockouts in the Dojo

Learning and finally doing pressure point knockouts is very rewarding. It is a lot of fun to figure out the best possible combinations, map them out and then they them live with different people and partners.
It is especially fun when you start doing body, arm and leg knockouts. Yes this can be done, and yes there are real medical reasons it happens!
However there are things you need to be cautious about when doing them!
First you need 2 people to catch the Uki. Mats or no mats someone free falling when they lost consciousness is a BAD idea. I have seen it happen many times, especially for show, but it is foolish and risky! Head injury happens FAST!
Why 2 people? Because when someone goes out they fall hard! There is risk of injury to both the catcher and the Uki with only one catcher. I know from personal experience as I caught a guy alone and ended up with a ruptured bicep tendon what require reattachment.
Also make sure you have practiced your resuscitation well! Always be concerned about the well being of your training partner!
Have a great day!

What is Self Defense, and How does it relate to Kyusho Jitsu?

Young woman is fighting with thief on street. Self defense concept.

If you take a look at the picture i have on this post what do you think? Professional picture, but not very accurate. But the picture does get its point across. Women can learn to defend themselves, much to some men's dismay.
I used this picture in an ad for my new eBook on Humane Kyusho Jitsu. It does not fit the book, but people read the ad because of it. I even sold a book within minutes of the ad going up.  But I got a comment on it that states "what a piece of sh*t advice between the legs, my grandmother could do better." Now I usually delete stupid comments, but I want the world to see this idiots.. LOL
Someone who comments like this, knowing nothing of what I am teaching has a tremendous sense of grandeur. Likely he was bullied as a kid and tries to makeup for it now.  He is the type who also "thinks" and I use the term loosely, that a fight and self defense are the same thing.
A fight is when two people take a conflict to the level of violence. Conflict can certainly become self defense, but that is when there is only one willing participant.  The model is totally different.
Today sport martial arts is bigger than anytime in history. As many of you know I am not a fan. However these men and women are amazing athletes and depending on the circumstances and their training "could" defend themselves in a real life attack. Now I mean attack, not fight.  Some of the things I see these fighters teach as self defense, simply is not.  Taking someone to the ground with an arm bar style maneuver and breaking the elbow simply won't happen. 
This person is not trying to win, he is trying to kill or maim you and then escape.  The adrenaline is much higher then being in the ring with a trained fighter.
Sport fighters also depend a great deal on the fitness level, And that can be a deciding factor on the street. The problem is that level of fitness cannot be maintained by the average person. Only a handful of MMA fighter will ever see big money, the kind of money that would allow them to train like they love to do. Jobs, kids and life get in the way.
This is why pressure points are the key to self defense.
It compensates for age, size, gender, health and fitness levels. In today world, it has become a necessity! One of my students often posts about attacks in real life and why real self defense training is needed. I am honestly surprised being Canada just how much that happens in racially motivated. There is racism everywhere, but WOW!
To those of you who are MMA fighters, I wish your careers well! But as you grow older, and we all do, and someone recognizes you and decides he is gonna take a shot at the title, do you really want to roll the dice on your skills and fitness level, or do you want to end the issue fast and effectively and not hurt the next day?
Kyusho Jitsu has and always will be the answer. It works with anything you have learned, and will as long as you are able to do it!
Have a great day everyone!

Is Kyusho Jitsu for Real or are you just a Good Marketer?

The answer to both questions is YES
Yes Kyusho Jitsu is REAL!!
YES I am an excellent Marketer!
Back in the 80's and 90 one of the greatest marketing campaigns ever done in the martial arts was with the UFC and the Gracie's. "99% of all fights go to the ground." A genius statement, with zero factual basis.
I have never ended up on the ground and the only time I have seen anyone on the ground is when they are unconscious or hurt badly.  Now I am not talking about 2 or 3 idiots who have had to much to drink, or who's ego's are bigger than their brains and take a argument to violence, I am referring to the real thing, LIFE and DEATH. I have no interest in anything else.
Martial artist train themselves for thousands upon thousands of hours in the mechanics of punching and kicking. Some will condition the body to absorb tremendous amounts  of punishment, yet very few wish to actually spend the same amount of effort and time to  understand the weakness of the opponent, which is what the study of kyusho jitsu is all about. Ending a attack as quickly as possible.
Kyusho Jitsu is part of a complete martial arts education and repertoire. No style alone is complete and no style is perfect. Martial arts study is about self education, not indoctrination. Bruce Lee said that 40 plus years ago and many of the men who idolize Bruce never understood or heard his words.
Pressure Points and/or Kyusho Jitsu is real, it works in real life and death situations, and is an important part of training. As you age, as injuries take their toll on your body, you will learn to appreciate these teaching more and more.
Have a great day!

Kyusho Jitsu and Body Typing

The pressure point art and science we call Kyusho Jitsu is based on Chinese Medicine, some even on Taoist Medicine. There are many different theories in all these forms, however we subscribe and use the 5 Element Theory of Fire, Earth, Wood, Metal and Water.
In these theories the body is made up of all the elements, with one being a primary element.  Now it is beyond the scope of a simply blog post to explain all this, it would take a lot of writing and time, however if you wonder about as an example "fire", well your body produces heat right?
Now for our purposes and this is NOT beginners stuff, each person has a predominate element.  It is tied to body structure, and personality. I am a "fire" element person, my son Curt is a "metal" element person, and Scott a "wood" element person. With time and practice body typing become easy. There are challenges to do it with today's condition of people overeating and distorting their appearance that way.
I can recall sitting in a restaurant with Steve Stewart many years ago after a video session and having fun calling out the elements of people in the room. "Get a look at the gall bladder on that guy!" (Wood).
How does this translate to self defense? After time you begin to think in body types. You just do it all the time! So the attacker is going to get typed because he is there! An example I am a fire person, so attack me with water as often as possible!
Now there more too it then that, but it is advanced information. I touch on it  in my advanced or master level eBook, but I don't spend the time it deserves on it.
If you are interested in learning about this, and the many, many other things involved in Kyusho Jitsu follow the link below!
Have a GREAT DAY!

Martial Arts and Self Defense is a Mind Game

Young woman is fighting with thief on street. Self defense concept.

The other day I got a comment on an ad I am running on Facebook for the free kyusho jitsu mini course. It was that theory like this I am offering is of no use because you need to be in a dojo training it.
Now my response was not kind, becasue aside from stating the obvious, and I promote my product to "martial artists" who I hope are training, but this man to me proves he is a raving MORON.
Why you ask?
Have you ever been attacked with a real gun, a live knife or a baseball bat with intent to kill in a dojo? Of course not! So this idiot needs to get off the high horse, that he has no business on and just shut his ignorant mouth!
Ever great athlete in this world got to where they are in 2 different ways. One was sincere hard work, on the field, court, training floor or what have you. The second? They saw it repeated in the "theater of the mind." where they always had success, always won, and lived the dream. One never happens without the other!
My response to him was that I have never seen a real knife attack in a dojo, but I have had it happen to me on 2 occasions on the street, where it matters, and I am still here! So talk about what you know, not what your uneducated opinion is!
Now normally I get ignore dickheads, but this guy was barely out of puberty and I get tired of these "clueless" people with opinions. His limitation can affect someone else and cause them to not believe in their own amazing potential.
He did not respond.
Wanna be a GREAT martial artist? You must train all aspects! The BODY in the dojo, the MIND with knowledge which is applied in the dojo and VISUALIZE your result! If you fail, then you keep training!
For my hundreds of students, get out and train the learning, ask questions and see your success in your mind. Leave the "wannabes' in the dust!
Have a great week everyone!