KYUSHO - Vital parts of the body

KYUSHO are the vital points of the body. The areas that are susceptable to the application of force or pressure. The result will bring pain unconsciousness or death. There are far too !any Kyusho points to na!e here but the following diagra!s give the locations of the !a"or points. The ringed nu!bers are the !ost vulnerable and !ost co!!only used. These pressure points are used both for creating and relieving pain and in"uries. #$peri!entation !ust be used to find these points and to discover which weapons wor% best on the! &for e$a!ple one or two fingers dug into 'urasa!e gives the best effect on this point happa %en wor%s best on the ears etc(. The Kyusho &wea% and lethal points( of the !artial arts have to be understood as being separate fro! other points you !ay have learned in !assage. They are different fro! the Tsubo &healing points( used in )cupressure and Shiatsu. The effectiveness of the points will differ fro! person to person and so!e people will feel absolutely no pain at all so care !ust be ta%en. The only way you can learn about the effect of these points is to have the techni*ue done on you so you have personal e$perience of it. Study these diagra!s and e$peri!ent with the points shown. +n ,in"utsu unli%e so!e other arts we do not restrict ourselves to a s!all nu!ber of vital points - so that we can best control the opponent-s body as re*uired. .( T#,/O &crown of head( 0( T#,TO &between clown 1 forehead( 2( KO'#K)'+ &te!ple( 3( '+'+ &ears( 4( S#+/O, &eyes area( 5( '+K#, &bridge of nose( 6( 7),S#+ &eyes( 8( 9+,:HU &under nose( ;( 7#KO, &under lower hp( .<( '+K)=UK+ &"aw( ..( SHO>U &side of nec%( .0( /OKKO &behind ears( .2( K#+:HU &nape of nec%( .3( H+:HU &laryn$( .4( SO,U &between throat 1 sternu!( .5( /),:HU &sternu!( .6( KYOTOTSU &sternu! base( .8( SU+7#TSU &solar ple$us( .;( 7),:HU &below nipples(

0<( KYO#+ &between 4th 1 5th ribs( 0.( /#,KO &between 6th 1 8th ribs( 00( +,)=U') &body side above hips( 02( 'YO9O &below navel( 03( K+,T#K+ &testicles( 04( SO/) &between shoulder blades( 05( K)TSUS)TSU &!iddle of spine( 06( 9+,=O &%idney( 08( K),=O &liver( 0;( KO/#,KO &base of spine( 2<( ?+T#+ &Spine end( 2.( USH+@O +,)=U') &below buttoc%s( 20( YU?+ &fingers( 22( KOT# &wrist( 23( SHUKO &bac% of hand( 24( SOTO9)KU=)A) &outer forear!( 25( U:H+9)KU=)A) &inner forear!( 26( H+9+=U'# &elbow( 28( U/#K),S#TS+9 &ar! "oint( 2;( A),SHU, &bac% of upper ar!( 3<( Y)KO &inside upper thigh( 3.( >UKUTO &outside lower thigh( 30( H+=)K),S#TSU &%nee( 32( USH+@OH+=)K),S#TSU &behind %nee( 33( KOKOTSU &shinbone( 34( SO?+ &base of calf( 35( U:H+KO@O?USH+ &inside an%le( 36( KUS)7)KU@# &top outer edge of foot( 38( )K+@#SUK#, &)chilles tendon( 3;( KO@+ &upper instep( 4<( )SH+,OYU?+ &toes(

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