Vital Points Your closed fist (not tight as mentioned above) will slide into correct position to utilize the middle two fingers as the wrist tapers until the beginning of the hand muscles extend. Now your small finger or index finger will lie against the widened hand structure (depending on the grip you secured) and measure out the correct distance that one of the middle two fingers will rest on the nerve target exactly. Once gripped there are two basic twists with the hand that are needed to maximize pain and dysfunction. This is to stretch or pluck the nerve once it is pinched against the bone as it will transmit a shock into the nerve and cause a similarly sharp reaction. This is what will unbalance the individual as conscious thought is temporarily suspended while monitoring the impulse takes precedence in the brain. The motions are rotating and twisting actions (again the names are not the issue but rather the action associated is). Rotating is rolling the hand
and torque actions they will be easier as the initial seize is already in play and caused an immobilization. This will make the following actions easier and even more adaptive. As time progresses and targets get more familiar and easier from consistency, you can employ them more rapidly. Literally crawling up the opponents arm is possible still accessing the nerves. The result can be as individual as the targets as well, from weakening the individual so their strength and composer weaken and body slumps, to making each one a sharp reactionary motion that appears as if the seized person is actually in seizure or electric shock therapy. A single hand Catch or Grab concentrating on the L-8 or Lung point #8, on the inner aspect of the persons wrist, (actually located on the Radial Nerve), is the primary Seizing action that will allow so many other seizing opportunities. This when practiced diligently enough can be quite debilitating to your opponent, but by now using a secondary hand we can not only increase pain, dysfunction and directional
back as if using a throttle on a motorcycle and twisting is the sideways twist as if taking the cover off of a jar. The quicker and more focused these are using the middle fingers on the nerve as the fulcrum, the more reaction you will achieve. One more important key to seizing is that of alternate pressure. If you grip with the same pressure on all targets, the body is more able and apt to resist. However when you alternate pressures on the seizing methods, the nervous system has a much greater difficulty in assimilating. This in turn alters the proper and responsive abilities of the nerves and physical motion of the muscle reactions.
unbalancing, but we can initiate an accent to the source being the brain. Combining the initial grip with the other hand in a parallel, opposite or even perpendicular relation to each other will add to the potency and affects. It is now possible to weaken on the first and shock on the second or any combination thereof. This can completely confuse and disrupt the opponent's balance, mental clarity and bodily functions. The seizing does not need to stop or be limited to just an arm, we can actually seize various nerves in the head and neck as well (which are much easier to control the individual with). The consistent practice of getting between the muscles, bones and tendons will yield a valuable education for use in all Kyusho application, from grabbing to striking.
Targets and Targeting Now the targets are numerous as there are single and combined actions that can be accessed. But one should always start with single arm targeting as they will be the more elusive and require the longer period of training to ingrain. As you add secondary targets using the same gripping
Misconceptions The misconception that many have however is that the seized limb or target must be held is what lends questions to it's usefulness in a combative or responsive action. These targets we must remember are nerves and translate information to the brain in 1/5 of a second… so the time needed to be on a point as at most that long. The Idea of seizing as in “Seizing the moment” … is to grip correctly to instantly immobilize the limb and subsequently the opponent. In many targets you will find that plucking the nerve as if a guitar string, will cause a much better reaction and it will be much easier to accomplish in the motion of transition.
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