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Originally posted 2010-03-05 17:51:25. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

This Animated Chart of the body’s weak points according to the Takagi Yoshin Ryu. Is meant as a reference material to those people who are Practicing Bujinkan Takagi Yoshin Ryu, But my also be of interest to others training Martial Arts who are in need of an “Accurate” Chart of points.

The “Kyusho” (weak and Lethal points) of the Martial Arts have to be understood because they differ from healing points (”Tsubo”) used in Acupuncture and Shiatsu. The learning and eventual mastering, Involves experience, both in using on others as well as having it used on oneself by others.

The effectiveness will undoubtedly differ from person to person, so be aware that there are some people who will feel absolutely no pain in some points and a lot in others, in which case the solution is taught only by word of mouth.

Further more Learning Kyusho points is more than a Matter of looking at a chart and knowing where the points are,

You have to be shown the application by some who have spent many years actually striking and pressing the points,
The Kyusho points must be strike in the right direction and with the right body weapon,

The next stage is to be able to hit the points while moving in combat this takes years of practise!

The stage after that is to be able to strike the points in combat in complete darkness then you Know that you can Always get them!

Overall I have been training in Kyusho for over 32 years and I am still learning about them!

Note although great care has been taken to give the correct names to the points the names of Kyusho points may differ according to peoples notes.

Note: Let me state here and now that these charts have nothing to do with “DimMak These charts show “Atemi” striking points that cause (Nerve) Pain, Muscle spasms and Bone breaks (in Some Cases) They are physiological! (Nerves, Muscles, Tendon insertion points and bones )
These Charts are just Where to Hit! that’s all.

For example: if you punch at me.. I Don’t block it, I counter by punching the “ulnae” nerve on the arm thus rendering it (the arm) numb….. IF I hit it right, It’s physiological!

This Animated Chart of the body’s weak points according to the Koto Ryu.

Is meant as a reference material to those people who are Practicing Bujinkan Koto Ryu, But my also be of interest to others training Martial Arts who are in need of an “Accurate” Chart of points. The “Kyusho” (weak and lethal points) of the Martial Arts have to be understood because they differ from healing points (”Tsubo”) used in Acupuncture and Shiatsu. The learning and eventual mastering, Involves experience, both in using on others as well as having it used on oneself by others.
1. Ura Kimon, the gap between the 4th and 5th ribs right under the nipples.
2. Yanagi Kaze, the Adam’s Apple.
3. Rangiku (or Kasumi), the temple.
4. Hiryûran, the eyeball.
5. Shishiran (or Suigetsu), the area a little bit lower than the pit of the stomach.
6. Kosei (or Suzu), the testicles.
7. Yû Kasumi, the soft dimpled area right behind the earlobe.
8. Tsuyu Kasumi, directly under the ear.
9. Ryûmon, the soft dimpled area on/near the clavicle.
10. Jyujiro, the front part of the shoulder bone.
11. Jyaku Kotsu (or Hoshi Shita), the gap between the upper and lower bones of the arm at the elbow joint.
12. Daimon, the gap near the shoulder joint.
13. Asagasumi, the chin.
14. Hoshi, the armpit.
15. Kimon, the nipple.
16. Kinketsu, the ribs.
17. Koshitsubo, inside the hip bones.
18. Koe, the leg joint at the lymph nodes.
19. Tenmon, above and below the eyes and nose.
20. Amado, the area where the lymph glands are, about two inches below the ear.
21. Jin Chû, the area below the nose, above the upper lip.
22. Hachi Yô, the ear.
23. Menbu, the face and the forehead.
24. Shoku Kotsu, the Adam’s Apple.
25. Gorin (Tsuki Kage), the right side of the area around the navel, alongside the navel.
26. Gorin (Inazuma), the left side of the area around the navel, alongside the navel.
27. Sai, the inner thigh, specifically the left inner thigh.
28. Usai, the right inner thigh.
29. Yaku, the calf.
30. Matsukaze, the areas left and right of the throat’s indention.
31. Murasame, the area immediately below the Adam’s Apple.
32. Hoshisawa, the elbow joint.
33. U-in, the area immediately below the right eye.
34. Sa-in, the area immediately below the left eye.
35. Tentô, the top of the head.
36. Shin Chû, the chest.
37. Wakitsubo, the root of the thumb.
38. Butsumetsu, the side of the ribs.
39. Kyôkei, the top of the five toes.
Hadome, one inch below the ear lobe. The effectiveness will undoubtedly differ from person to person, so be aware that there are some people who will feel absolutely no pain in some points and a lot in others, in which case the solution is taught only by word of mouth. Further more Learning Kyusho points is more than a Matter of looking at a chart and knowing where the points are, You have to be shown the application by some who has spent many years actually striking and pressing the points, The Kyusho points must be strike in the right direction and with the right body weapon, The next stage is to be able to hit the points while moving in combat this takes years of practise! The stage after that is to be able to strike the points in combat in complete darkness then you Know that you can Always get them! I trained outside in the dark with my students for nearly five years doing that until we were competent! Overall I have been training in Kyusho for over 32 years and I am still learning about them! Note: Let me state here and now that these charts have nothing to do with “DimMak” “Death Touch” These charts show “Atemi” striking points that cause (Nerve) Pain, Muscle spasms and Bone breaks (in Some Cases) They are physiological! (Nerves, Muscles, Tendon insertion points and bones ) These Charts are just Where to Hit! that’s all. For example: if you punch at me.. I Don’t block it, I counter by punching the “ulnae” nerve on the arm thus rendering it (the arm) numb….. IF I hit it right, It’s physiological! Note although great care has been taken to give the correct names to the points the names of Atami/Kyusho points may differ according to peoples notes. Free High quality stills of these Kyusho points are available from our website the address is on the Video. Trevor Robinson (7th Dan Shihan) Geki Ryu Dojo Barrow-in-furness Cumbria UK Note: that I will not answer questions about the points in the “comments” as I will not take responsibility for the curious playing around with them and hurting someone consult a competent Bujinkan Teacher Note: There is a typo on the web address on the free images page g to the end of the vid for correct address For the stills .

Originally posted 2010-03-01 17:49:54. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Originally posted 2010-02-21 16:16:28. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

The place to look in Martial Arts is different from style to style some look at the chest (because its close to the arms and legs), others look at the throat/shoulder level (to spot movement in the shoulders), i tell my students to mainly look in the eyes and if they need scan the centerline.

I have many reasons for saying so, some of the reasons i tell my students to use Eye Contact is that it:

1. Shows you most of your opponents body with your Peripheral Vision (which will also be trained by looking in the eyes).
2. Shows your opponents shoulder movements.
3. Tells you if your opponent is out of balance and its time to attack him.
4. The legs are not as fast as the arms….
5. Many times new people within Martial Arts shows you where they will attack by first looking there….
6. The eyes can also be used to play a trick on your opponent.
7. When you look a opponent in the eyes and shows no fear, it also has a intimidating effect.
8. It also teaches good values to learn to have eye contact and can be used in your every day life (just don’t mix it up with eyeballing people, thats not the same ).

Originally posted 2009-10-03 10:56:40. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

1. Sleeper Hold:

The lateral vascular neck restraint (also called sleeper hold) was once a widely taught blood choke in law enforcement, and was performed from behind by putting an arm around the neck with the crook of the elbow over the midline of the neck. By pinching the arm together while assisting with the free hand, the carotid arteries and jugular veins were compressed on both sides of the neck. This hold did not put any pressure on the airway, but an improperly applied hold could quickly turn into an air choke if the person being strangled resisted the hold by attempting to turn around.

2. Ryote Jime:

Two hand choke from the front grabbing the collars with the thumbs inside and turning your fists into the sides of the neck.

3. RNC:

The Rear naked choke (RNC) is a chokehold in martial arts applied from an opponent’s back. Depending on the context, the term may refer to one of two variations of the technique, either arm can be used to apply the choke in both cases.

4. Nami Juji Jime:

Normal cross lock from the front with arms crossed grasping the collars with the thumb inside.

5. Kata Juji Jime:

Half cross lock with one hand fingers-in and one hand thumb-in.

6. Gyaku Juji Jime:

Reverse cross lock from the front with the fingers inside.

7. Arm triangle Choke:

Arm triangle choke (Arm triangle) is a generic term describing blood chokeholds in which the opponent is strangled in between his or her own shoulder and the performer’s arm.

8. The Guillotine:

The Guillotine choke is a chokehold in martial arts applied from in front of the opponent. The choke involves using the arms to encircle the opponent’s neck in a fashion similar to a guillotine.

9. Gracie Choke:

Grab your arm/gi with one arm, putting your opponents head in between your arms, grab the elbow/gi on the other arm.

10. Gi Choke:

Use the opponents Gi/uniform to choke him by hold in one side and bringing a part of his gi/uniform from the other side over to this side (then pull with one arm and press with the other).

Originally posted 2009-09-07 15:02:05. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Goal Setting and Power sentences is a powerful tool you can use both within your Martial Arts and every day life…

Goal Setting is making a plan over your main goal and part goals…….
This can be compared to the ranking system within Martial Arts, lets say your main goal is Instructor (Black Belt).
Then your part goals would be the Kyu (Color belts) degrees, then you have your plan with main goal and part goals…..
The part goals works as stepping stones towards your main goal…
Next step is to use is together with Power Sentences….

The way to use Power Sentences is you take your next goal or part goal, lets say that is Green belt that next step on the way to your main goal (Instructor = Black Belt).
You then make a Power Sentences like:

Try to say this sentence 2-3 daily and remember to believe in it, the reason you are say you are a great green belt and not, i will be a great great green belt is that by saying it like you have not got the belt yet, you keep pushing the event out in the future….
You have to say this sentences like you believe in it and it already did happen, that way its much more easy to make your subcon. believe you really are a good green belt and help you start acting like one…..

Originally posted 2009-10-02 10:47:30. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

1. Dont damage each other, train in a safe way.
2. Semi-Contact to the body and slaps with open hand to the face (not the face area like eyes, nose and mouth) is okay….
3. Dirty tricks is also allowed…..

Note: The slaps to the face are made like hook, backfists and uppercut just with open hand. Cross is allowed to but you just stop the strike both to avoid damage and to show/train control in your technique….

1. Sparring with the Eskrima Stick:

We do sparring in many different ways, below is a video with me and Grandmaster John Villasin training “the Play” a form of sparring from the Villasin Balintawak Style:

2. Sparring with Empty Hands:

This is a video of two of my students training Empty Hand sparring. Please note: They are both beginners…

3. Sparring with Empty Hands Vs. Knife:

This is a video of two of my students training Empty Hand vs. knife sparring.
Please note: They are both beginners…

4. Sparring with Knife Vs. Knife:

This is a video of two of my students training Knife vs. Knife sparring.
Please note: They are both beginners…

5. Sparring with “focus on one area”:

Besides above we also sometimes trains sparring with focus on one area only like Kicking only, striking only, ground fighting only, the pocket stick only and so on…….

Originally posted 2009-09-22 11:16:23. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Many beginners might get the impression that MA is not much related to many of the things you see in the movies and such at all like meditation, Ki/Chi energy and such…But the truth is that the mind plays a very big role in a MA with roots, here by i mean arts like Wing Chun, Bujinkan Ninjutsu, Eskrima etc. Where as many arts has been changed, now a days, to fit a sport setting more, these arts are often, not always, things like Karate, Taekwondo, Judo etc. and there are new MA sports to, commonly know as MMA….

The arts within the sports area do not focus much on the mental side at all, and if they do not in the same way as older arts often, thats my expirence from being within both sports (boxing, kickboxing etc.), selfdefance (Ju-Jutsu, Jiu-Jitsu etc.) and Martial Arts (Bujinkan, Arnis etc.)…

But lets talk about how the mind in some arts are used and in general how it can help you within your art, i have seen many mental things within martial arts and after i tried both courses within only the mental subject (non MA related) and some of the deeper MAs i would say that in the long run a good and deep MA (and instruktor) can give you the same or more as only visiting some mental courses….I have seen selfhypnosis, psykologi, healing, meditation of many kinds and so on within MA….I dont know if you know much about selfhypnosis? But it is a very strong tool, so lets talk about it today (the rest a other time), it is the teori that the human mind is made up of a subcon. and a con. The subcon. controls all our behavior on a level we dont think about like reflex, breathing and so on. The con. is what we focus on and by own free will do like moving a arm and picking up a glass etc….It is said the within the subcon. we have unlimited pontential, since we only normal use about 10% of our muscle mass and our brain, the rest is can in teori be reached by our subcon.
Thats where hypnosis and selfhypnosis comes in the picture its a way to reach your subcon. and program it……This means if you want to stop smoking, you use selfhypnosis to get into a trance and you tell your subcon. that you dont like smoking and the taste of smokes. The idea and what hopefully happens, if you did it right, is that the taste of your smoke next time you light one is very different and not nice, which leads to you stopping it within short time…

Now if we talk about something more MA related selfhypnosis can help you activate some of the things in the brain you dont use, more muscle stregth and help you perfect your movements within a techniqe, learn faster, hit harder, gain speed, take a punch….There are no real limits to the potential
. Later blogs i will focus more on how to use mental art (like selfhyp. and other), and also techniqes both with/without the mind part..
I hope you enjoyed this blog and that it got you thinking, and plz. come back again soon for more articles or if you have questions use my chat or make a comment on the blog….

Sincerly yours,

Jan

Originally posted 2009-08-31 17:52:54. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

What is called the spirit of the void is where there is nothing. It is not included in man’s knowledge. Of course the void is nothingness. By knowing things that exist, you can know that which does not exist. That is the void.

People in this world look at things mistakenly, and think that what they do not understand must be the void. This is not the true void. It is bewilderment.

In the Way of strategy, also, those who study as warriors think that whatever they cannot understand in their craft is the void. This is not the true void.

To attain the Way of strategy as a warrior you must study fully other martial arts and not deviate even a little from the Way of the warrior. With your spirit settled, accumulate practice day by day, and hour by hour. Polish the twofold spirit heart and mind, and sharpen the twofold gaze perception and sight. When your spirit is not in the least clouded, when the clouds of bewilderment clear away, there is the true void.

Until you realise the true Way, whether in Buddhism or in common sense, you may think that things are correct and in order. However, if we look at things objectively, from the viewpoint of laws of the world, we see various doctrines departing from the true Way. Know well this spirit, and with forthrightness as the foundation and the true spirit as the Way. Enact strategy broadly, correctly and openly.

Then you will come to think of things in a wide sense and, taking the void as the Way, you will see the Way as void.

In the void is virtue, and no evil. Wisdom has existence, principle has existence, the Way has existence, spirit is nothingness.

Twelfth day of the fifth month, second year of Shoho (1645)

Teruo Magonojo for SHINMEN MUSASHI

Originally posted 2009-09-02 13:01:07. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

The Kiai is a yell that commonly comes from the stomach and up, sometimes the Kiai can also be made silent, but most of the time its made as a form of power yell.

This is some of the reasons for using a Kiai:

1. To startle a opponent.
2. To protect the body against strikes
3. To focus and coordinate breathing, bodymovement and mind.
4. To gain a rush.
5. To attract attention from people around you if you are being attacked.
6. To gain power in a technique.

The Kiai empties air from the lungs and makes you able to take a strike to the upper body without lossing your breath, it also tense the muscles in your stomach area (lower body), so if you got a strike there while doing the Kiai it would do less harm….

The Kiai is also good for learning how to breathe out when you strike and this will give you more power in your techniques….

Kiai is also often used to gain a rush doing sparring/fighting since it kind of powers you up……The Kiai can also be used to startle a opponent and take away his fighting spirit, since it demoralize your opponent….

Note: Remember there is a different Kiai for each of the mentality of the elements within Ninjutsu (X-Kans)…..

Originally posted 2009-09-24 10:18:13. Republished by Blog Post Promoter