some that modern masters of dim-mak have more nformation than those who invented the art yecause of modern scientific methods. Haw can the modern masters have more information, when the ancients actually killed people so that their students would have the information on which ,»eints worked, which ones didn’t, the correct lirections in which to strike, and how much sressure to use, as well as which points work in hhe best combinations? Western medicine, in large »art, is only now discovering what the ancient chinese have known for centuries. Chang passed his deadly art down through his amily members and favored students. One of hese was Wang Toung-yeuh, who actually wrote it di down and passed it on to his students. One of hese was called Zhiang. Zhiang lived at the same ime that Yang Lu-ch’‘an lived. From here on in, it ees a little complicated; im fact, I think the criptwriters of “Dynasty” must have known bout the history of dim-mak! Some may know Yang Lu-ch’an as the founder # the most famous style of taiji, the Yang style. ‘ang’s history is quite amazing in itself. But, in a uatshell the size of a small car, Yang decided he iked what a family of Shaolin people called the thens had to offer and inveigled his way into the then village after many attempts. The story goes hat Yang lay down in the snow outside the village imtil the elders decided that he shauld be dmitted. Yang is said to have learned the whole ystem from peeping through a door hole! Silly, uh? While Yang was at the Chen village, it is said hat Zhiang also came through and was admitted ecause of his advanced fighting skills. Because thiang and Yang were both outsiders, Zhiang aught Yang secretly until there was no more he ould teach him. The Chens took what they could and added it DIM-MAK: DEATH-POINT STRIKING