Touch of Death

In the Dim Mak or "Art of the deadly touch " (dim mak is approximately equal to the Cantonese pronunciation diǎn May (Chinese点 脉), a sub- concept of chinese点穴, Pinyin diǎnxué, diǎn " point the finger or press "; Xue " nerve point " ) are attacked nerve points of the opponent, in order to stimulate this negative. Pressure, impact or blow to a nerve point can cause pain, short-term paralysis, respiratory arrest, or even death.

Systematics of Dim Mak

Dim Mak is based on three pillars:

  • Dim Ching: desselbigen understanding of the nervous system, as well as the function of the interconnects and the influence
  • Dim Hsueh: knowledge of the circulatory system
  • The life energy Qi (Chi) and the influence

Dim Mak - fight and heal

The points used (also called vital points ) correspond to the acupuncture points of traditional Chinese medicine. Of the 360 points 108 points listed there are used in the martial arts. The Taijiquan assumes that 46 points of his own body can be used to emit Qi ( Qi - Qi projection or shock ), the founder of modern karate, Gichin Funakoshi, describes 40 vital points which are considered as points of attack.

Classification of vital points

Basically, the vital points are divided into four groups:

  • Hunxue: cause impotence
  • Yaxue: cause dumbness
  • Maxue: cause paralysis
  • Sixue: cause death

108 of the vital points which are usually at the connection points of the muscles to the tendons, cause

  • 72 points injuries and permanent damage
  • 36 points could lead to death

Application

Principle should be used each of the 360 points of traditional Chinese medicine for attack and healing. In the literature, there are up to about 1500 points, 360 acupoints and other than 1000 so-called " points" consist of. The applicability of these points for the real case of self-defense may be doubted, irrespective of the efficacy of Dim Mak, which on the one hand to its connectivity, but also the necessary precision in finding and correct meeting this essentially only 1-3 mm small bodies in real combat action lies.

Healing

The learner is studying at Dim Mak first healing methods and only then will the battle action itself Here the subject Acupressure is much centralized, but also healing by Tuina or herbal medicine plays a role.

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