I challenge anyone to find a martial arts instructor that know more than Grand Master Moran about Naihanchi kata. He is one of, if not the most, knowledgeable regarding this kata.

Here are some Bunkai Pressure Points found in Naihanchi Kata by Grand Master Moran.

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CAVITY POINT Gaishoho.

• NAME: Gaishoho, (gai) Injure, harm, hurt, damage (shoho) recommendation or prescription for injury.
• ACUPOINT: Non acu-point.
• LOCATION: One half inch above PC # 6, on the Pericardium meridian, on the palm side of the arm about two and a half inches above the wrist, between the Radius and the ulna bones.
• INDICATION: Not used to cure any illness or disorder, even though symptoms can emerge if hit. Cardiac pain, palpitation, stuffy chest, pain of the hypochondriac region, stomach ache, nausea, vomiting, hiccups, mental disorders, epilepsy, insomnia, febrile diseases, irritability, malaria, contraction and pain of the elbow and upper arm.
• DIRECTION: Perpendicular.
• DEPTH: 1 half to 1.5 inch, although a surface strike can have effects also.
• BEST TIME: 7pm to 9 pm. Because Gaishoho is located on the PC meridian.
• ELEMENT: Yin. See notes
• ANATOMY: Radio-Ulnar region, flexor cari radialis, Palmaris longus, flexor subimis digitorum.
• INNERVATION: Volmar artery.
• INNERVATION: The Median and volmar nerve.
• WEAPON: Cutting fist ,middle knuckle fist, one or two finger fist, hammer fist, dagger fist, Bird’s beak
• SPECIAL TECHNIQUES
• Cutting fist;  The second set of knuckles from the fingernails are used to strike.
• The Dragging Technique; with cutting fist or middle knuckle fist, first strikesGaishoho then continue by dragging your strike down one inch to arm # 3/ PC #6.
• One or two finger fist & dagger; used for a more profound effect, because of it’s ability two strike down in to the point up to one and a half inches.
• The Hammer Fist; being the lesser of all hand weapons, because of it’s inability to Penetrate,
• Middle Knuckle Fist, half inch depth.
• EFFECT: Primarily, Gaishoho is used for  Limb destruction . Which will paralyze or numb.There maybe a lack of or complete loss of control of the motor skill in the hand and arm. In a heavy strike, the pain may increase and travel into the shoulder and chest, one or more of the indication list above may develop, If the dragging technique is used, you may activate the trigger point which Would amplify any and all of the strike to follow, when the sharper strikes are being used, it will change the strike to a combination Limb destruction/ nerve strike/ trigger strike.
• CURE: No permanent damage, use massage with a liniment unless, if high speed collision volume is obtained. Medical attention may be needed. Surgery maybe necessary if there is damage to the arteries or veins.

Commentary

Gaishoho, is located over the Pericardium meridian, one half inch above PC # 6. It is in reality a point used for  Limb Destruction (1) techniques, it is not a  pressure point in the true sense of the word. If you are calling a acu-or vital point a pressure point.

Gaishoho is found in Kata and forms in almost every system.  In the kata, Nahanchi Shodan for example, the fist over fist position held at one side of the body namely chambered hands, (posture # 7) is a static posture (after the fact of completing the technical movement, the position establish after striking Gaishoho. This same static position is found in many Gung Fu forms as well, sometimes using an open upper hand or sometimes closed in a fist. Whether the top hand is open or closed, the  bottom hand (fist) strikes the Gaishoho point.  Now one possible application involved with this hand over hand posture is if you are blocking a high to middle level strike by way of an out side palm heel block and  directing the attackers hand down to the opposite side of your body, as the attackers arm comes into the correct position, your opposite fist moves upwards (similar to an upper cut) to strike the Gaishoho area of the attackers lower forearm. A higher technique is when the top hand is closed into a fist. This hand will strike a pressure point on the opposite side of the arm TW # 7&8 or striking the metacarpals of the fist.  An additional technique is dragging the bottom fist down to the wrist as a part of the continuing strike. If done correctly, pain will erupt from the wrist to the chest and that pain is crippling. And it will also activate Peri #6, which is a trigger point. This will trigger or multiply the damage and effects of the very next point that you strike. Of course, this is only one of the many possible applications for the chambered hands posture.

Gaishoho is found in many other kata and forms in many different displays. Example, when ever you see the left arm held out stretched, with the hand opened, like a spear hand which points forward, and the right hand strikes against the right palm with a hammer fist, this is the formula for blocking and then striking Gaishoho, when the attacker strikes with a straight or thrust punch. This technique is found in hundreds of kata like Chinto, Sesan and Chibana Kusanku as well as many others, and striking Gaishoho is one of it’s possible applications.

In many Gung Fu forms, striking to Gaishoho may be expressed when two open hands, clap together on the mid center line level, using double palm heel strikes simultaneously. Which is striking both the top and the bottom of the forearm at the same time.  In some Philipino martial arts forms you may witness one leg rising (as if it were a knee strike) as an elbow moves downwards and taps the top of the knee. This is also a way to apply a limb destruction to Gaishoho and TW # 7&8, when attacked by a mid level punch. There are many more application for attacking Gaishoho in a self defense situation. Limb Destruction applications are virtually unidentified and rare in demonstration, because they are ranked, as a high level of complexity.  Gaishoho may also be used in a weapons take away capacity by means of striking. Another application for the above static posture found in the Kata Chinto (similar to Nahanchi Sho-Dan) is primarily a weapons take away. The technique is slightly different, the upper fist will strike the weapons hand at the metacarpals and the bottom fist strikes the Gaishoho point, and then a circular pulling technique is used. The weapon, if done correctly, will fly out of your attackers hand disarming him, leaving the attackers hand in great pain.

But most of you know Gaishoho as a activation point called Neigwan (3) or Peri # 6  But in fact Gaishoho is found about a inch higher on the center of the inner forearm. (Neigwan, is said to be a activation point to only certain individual points like stomach # 9. This in fact, is not true, Neigwan is a activation point for all other strikes after the fact of striking Neigwan! Neigwan and Gaishoho are in two different places, one (Gaishoho) is above the other (Neigwan) both can only be activated by using the dragging technique, then the strike will have multiple purposes. On top of the limb destruction effects, it will multiply the effects of the very next point you strike, whether on the head or the foot or any place in between.

Neigwan can also be used as a press point. Gaishoho can not be pressed. The point of the thumb is often used which will deliver mid level to intense pain if pressed towards the fist. Neigwan may also be hit by a range of fist styles. < see Master Moran’s clinic # 1/ arm three >(2)
The fact that the techniques involved in activating Gaishoho are complex for the most part and the skill level is extremely high they are usually given to a student at the 5th Dan level and up. The technique using the hammer fist against the palm is usually given at around the brown belt level. The sharp strikes, the one or two finger strikes and the dagger strike along with the bird’s beak fist styles, are given to students approaching master level, for they are the most dangerous and the skill level is even higher.
Warning: Although the trauma is usually not permanent, there is a 5 percent chance that a high speed strike may bring about one or more of the indications listed above. When practicing, press to find Gaishoho, strike only with a very light strike. Also when practicing the dragging technique, do the technique in slow motion very lightly. Should one of the above indication arise, go to a doctor of Acupuncture immediately. If there is internal bleeding, surgery maybe needed.

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Foot Notes

(1)  Limb Destruction techniques, are used on Points of the limbs to devastate the usefulness of that limb in any further attack. These techniques are used to cause the attacking limb to be put out of commission by way of pain, numbness, Ripped Muscle, damaged tendons or cartilage, or internal bleeding.
(2) Comments referring to the American pressure point system, are given by permition of Master Robert Moran 9th Dan and President of  N . I. P. P. A. and the founder of American Pressure Point Systems,  LTD.
(3) Neigwan or Peri # 6, is a cavity- point used in the treating of illness and martial arts applications as a activation point.
(4) Gaishoho has been translated by L. P. Lambert from the charts and explanations of Grand Master Hohan Sokon.

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CAVITY POINT Koori.

• NAME: Koori Translation, two words, Koo “ simultaneously in two different directions” and Ri, “advantage”, or Simultaneous, two way advantage.
• PRESSURE POINT: Liver # 3 also called Tai Chung.
• LOCATION: Gap between the first and second toe on the foot surface of the web.
• DIRECTION: Perpendicular.
• DEPTH: 0.3 to 0.5.
• VASCULATION: Regional anatomy; The dorsal venous network of the foot, the first dorsal metatarsal artery.
• INNERVATION: Regional anatomy; the branch of the deeper peroneal nerve.
• INDICATION: To many to mention, the ones relevant to striking will be discussed below.
• WEAPON: Heel, instep or ball of the foot, toe kick,
• BEST TIME: Between 2 am and 4 am.
• ELEMENT: Wood-Yin
• TECHNIQUE: Tread and crush.
• RESULT: Fainting , Senseless, severe pain to the foot and the loin, by stimulation to the inner foot nerve and shin artery and bone nerves, causing loss of motor organ.
• CURE: In the case of a light press (tread), massage then use ice pack. If hit heavily (crush) medical help will be needed.

Commentary

The most unexploited striking point on the entire body are the ones contained in the feet and ankles. If you have studied with me or you attended one of my seminars, I most likley demonstrated one or two techniques for Koori right off the bat, along with other foot and ankle points. It is one of my most coveted techniques for sparring as well as combat. Everyone I’ve shown them to is using them. Why do I use them? No one expects it! if people at my seminars haven’t used them, they probably didn’t understand the simplicity of the strategy. But before I give you the techniques implicated and the methods and strategies involved, and why it worked so well for me, Lets study about Koori (Liv # 3) and how it functions.

The name Koo-ri meaning two way advantage may refer to the two possible ways that it may be used. Iit may be used to ward off a attack or you can cause some significant damage. Maybe it just refers to the two nerves that run down the first two toes. One thing is certain, there are many combinations of “two ways” to look upon it..

Liver # 3 or Koori is located on the dorsum of the foot in the depression distal to the junction of the first and second metatarsal bones. For notes on the Liver’s organ and meridian, function and result, see forbidden pressure point Inazuma. The striking point Koori or Liver # 3, is used by the healer to help cure illnesses like, insomnia, congestion swelling and pain of the eyes, depression, infantile convulsions and epilepsy, deviations of the mouth, pain in the hypochondriac region and uterine bleeding. Other cures for other illnesses can surface if Liver # 3 is struck, some of them are, dizziness, vertigo, fainting, great pain, may cause ill feelings in the abdomen. The liver meridian connects to the Gall bladder, so a strike to Koori will effect the Gall bladder as well ( see forbidden pressure point Inazuma @ notes and indications also Gb # 37). If Koori is struck in combination with Gb # 14, 15, 24 and 25 it will cause fainting, but it is possible to strike Koori alone and fainting may result. The foot itself is in nature, a very sensitive appendage. If someone has ever stepped on your foot or maybe you’ve dropped something heavy on your foot, you already know some of the effects involved. Why does it hurt so much? One reason is that there is very little muscle structure to protect the nerves, nerves of the bone , arteries and veins. Also the toes of the foot contains five meridians seventeen pressure points, some of them are, St # 45 and 46, Lv # 1 to 3, Gb # 41 to 44, Bl # 64 to 67 Sp # . There are several ways to use more than one point at a time. In the case of Koori or Lv # 3, it is one point that you may find effective on its own or combined with neighboring points as well.

The deeper peroneal nerve is a terminal branch of the common peroneal nerve, passing into the anterior compartment of the leg and supplies the anterior tibia muscle, the long extensor muscle of the big toe, the third peroneal muscle and skin of the big toe as well as the medial surface of the second toe. The effect of a direct hit to the deeper peroneal nerve is, palsy, drop foot and paresthesias. Note that in contrast to other forms of nerve palsies, in this type of strike, a greater effect of motor insufficiency and sensory insufficiency may result in the supracondylar. Which may result in knee dislocation and lumber disc disease. The dorsal venous network of the foot is a superficial network of fine veins on the dorsal of the foot and the first dorsal metatarsal artery which may contribute to the above injuries like bruising and swelling of the big toe.

The weapons used to strike Koori point are mainly weapons of the foot. The old charts, strangely enough, do not note the type of weapons used for striking Koori . Master Hohan Sokon’s notes also do not tell us the weapons to use but rather only the methods which are, 1: to tread 2: to crush. In a Chinese manuscript I found one picture which shows the heel of the foot striking Koori. But the Kata and forms of Okinawa and China can show us the mystery. In the long form of Tai Chi, the posture “strum the guitar” ( it looks just like the ancient posture of the Shaolin, you may know it as Enshin-no-Kamae, (see the posture in the article, anatomy of Kamae) and also in the posture called, “single whip advance”. These three postures show us one leg out stretched and the heel of the foot touching the ground. These three postures may be interpreted as, attacker facing north with his right leg forward, the defender facing east, with his left leg extended, with the heel of the leg striking Koori point. In the old form of Naihanchi Shodan there is a posture were the leg is raised and the foot touches the side of the knee and the foot is put back down on the ground with a quick hard stomping motion, (not seen in modern adaptations). This posture maybe interpreted in this way. The attacker kicks to the side of the knee of the defender to cause damage. The defender executes the above mentioned technique of touching his foot to his other knee to avoid the strike. The attacker will be thrown off balance and fall into a flimsy off balanced horse stance. At that point the defender completes the second half of the technique having two choices 1: to break the attackers knee in the same way. 2: strike with the heel of his foot to one of the several striking points on the attacker foot, one of them being Koori.

Now some people say you can learn from your mistakes, well I learned this technique by mistake in my early sparring matches. When on the attack one of my main strategies was to battle close to my opponents body. I like to jet in to range, quickly strike by machine gunning my opponent with blow. One day, just by accident, I shuffle stepped in too close and stepped on top of my opponents forward foot and started machine gunning with strikes and for some reason, my opponent froze in battle! I didn’t think much of it at the time, but when I made the same mistake again, in a later match, the same thing happened again! From then on, I would try to step on my opponents forward foot every time and they all froze! Some time later, after analyzing it a bit, I found that when I stepped on the attacker foot he just could not retreat, but when I rocked forwards to get a better striking range, the ball and toes of my foot would press down on a number of pressure points, the main one was Koori point. And the funniest thing was, they never new what was happening, I caused them to freeze, but they thought they just froze! I later named it, “stop m and drop m”. We will call this technique treading and the use of the heel as crushing. Treading is mostly useful in tournament sparring or two man sets, the use of the heel would be very useful in combat.

We can also think outside the box too, You can always use your big toe as a weapon. You can kick directly into Koori point with the big toe. You can stand up on your toe, atop Koori point. You can shuffle in, step on the opponents forward foot (see above) and press down on Koori point with the big toe and if needed, stand up on your toe too! But what if you are thrown to the ground. You may find a elbow strike it Koori, works wonderfully well.

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Cavity Point # 9, Genkon

• Name: Genkon, also known as Chian, translation, the present or prevailing state of things.
• Strike point: Cv #24.
• Location: In the depression in the center of the Mentolabial groove,
• Direction of strike: Turning downward.
• Depth: 0.2 to 0.3.
• Vasculation: The branch of the inferior labial artery and Veins.
• Innevation: The branch of the facial nerve.
• Technique: Sharp to semi sharp / best strike cutting fist, middle knuckle fist
• Special technique: Use a cutting fist as if you were knocking on a door or straight in turn up
• Best strike time: Open.
• Effect: Loss of both organ and motor sense’s, caused by stimulation to the nerves leading to the brain.
• Result: Fainting Unconsciousness Death.
• Cure: Know cure for a heavy attack, for a light attack use message and herbs.

Commentary

Genkon medical name is Cengjiang and it location is just under the center of the lower lip, at the root of the lower gum line or the depression of the center of the mentolabial groove.
Genkon (Chian) or Cv # 24 also known as Ren # 24 is the final point in the conception vessel meridian. Used in eastern medicine to heal; puffiness of the face, swelling of the gums, toothache, salivation, mental disorders, deviation of the eyes and mouth. The needle or pressure maybe entered obliquely, 0.2 to 0.3 cun; moxa may be used as well.

Because the head contains the brain and the central nervous system for all processes in the entire body an attack to Genkon can result in the following symptoms: loss of balance, loss of sense faculty, fainting and unconsciousness. A slight tap to Genkon may result in unconsciousness, if the strike was execute in the right manner. A powerful strike can cause a whiplash effect; a masterful blow may cause death, from a violent shacking of the brain.

The strike might be made with almost any protruding bone of the hand or arm. The category I am placing this vital point in is blunt for the above reason. The best strike I would recommend to start with is the cutting fist; it offers you the greatest amount of control. The worse for control would be the elbow.

Although Genkon is a potent strike, it is extremely difficult to hit in a combative situation. To strike Genkon you must lead the opponent head in the same way you would lead a duck in flight on a hunting trip. Genkon can also be used, as a secondary strike after the opponent has already been weakened.

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CAVITY POINT Shen Men

• NAME: Shen Men, translation, vessel of the house of shen.
• ACUPOINT: Bladder # 62 – Shenmai or Shen Men point.
• LOCATION: Out side of the back of the foot, behind outer ankle.
• DIRECTION: Strike against the bone, then turn in a downward direction.
• VASCULATION: The external malleolar arterial network, possibly a blood gate technique.
• INNERVATION: The Sural nerve.
• WEAPON: Kicks with toe or heel.
• BEST TIME: 3 to 5 PM.
• ELEMENT: Yang – water.
• INDICATIONS: Mania, epilepsy, infantile convulsions, back ache, pain in the external malleolus, motor impairment. Pain of the lower extremities.
• TECHNIQUE: Kick- kick into the bone and press down with the big toe or stomp with the heel.
• RESULT: Severe pain to the ankle. Stimulation of nerves of the foot and the arteries of the shin also Causing stimulation to the nerves of the bone. Lose of motor function.
• CURE: Message GV # 20 reverse circle downwards. With the Thumb.

Commentary

The bladder is located in the lower abdomen. It’s meridian connects with the kidney which is internally and externally related. The main function of the bladder is to temporarily store urine, which is discharged from the body through Qi activity, as it becomes necessary to do so. The function of the bladder is performed with the assistance of the kidney Qi. A deficiency in the Kidney will influence the bladder. There are 17 points in the bladder meridian that may be used in a combat situation, one of them is, Shen Men or BL # 62. The location of Shen Men, is found in the depression directly below and slightly to the rear at the external malleolus ( outer ankle bone ) on the outer portion of the leg. The medical cures which this point may be useful for are, Epilepsy, mania, headaches, aching of the leg. Striking Shen Men can also cause these same effect to slowly develop .The Shen Men strike can be intensified by combining it with Lu # 5. Also if GB #25 is struck before or after BL # 62. The kidneys maybe damaged or in the case of a unknown health problem, shut down, as well as having effects on the whole complex of meridians, and or there individual organs

The correct time to strike Shen Men is between 3PM and 5 PM. It is a Yang organ and it’s energy flow is in a downwards direction. Also because it’s element is water, it may trigger other effects to the heart, pericardium and triple heater points. The structure of those organs may deteriorate depending on the heaviness and or sharpness of the blow, and also heath conditions, it also can cause loss of motor functions, and may bring about knock out or ones death although it is not likely.

This strike has been rarely transmitted out side the Gung Fu schools, the reason is, it is a master level point strike, a very hard point to hit. The reason is, there are so many other points around it. Close by Shen Men point, there are GB # 40, BL # 61 and 63 to each side, as well as K # 6, which all have their own indications. A stomp or heel kick or a sweeping maneuver, may strike more than one pressure point at one time. The combination of points, makes this type of general targeting a very dangerous prospect, if a diagnoses is needed for a cure becomes necessary. This would mean that the follow up points as well as the preliminary points to say nothing of treatments are to numerous or to complicated to mention.

But as I look through all the charts at my disposal, these graphic representation indicate several discrepancies between one another, when it comes to Shen Men. The Bubishi, indicates this point as a blood gate strike. The acupuncture texts, medical books and the human anatomy texts, as well as the teachings of the majority of the charts indicate what I have explained thus far, a nerve strike. Charts like the Bubishi, do not give use the human weapon which would be used for any of there strikes, maybe the use of a literal weapon is applied to this point, because the Bubishi declares it to be a blood gate type of strike, done maybe with a bo staff, that maybe the reason for a more dyer outcome given in the text. Your guess is as good as mine, But I have used a toe kick to Shen Men in a instructional situation and have achieved an out come which has been listed above, one effect is a great deal of pain to the opponents leg. I used a picking kick, against a horse stance, as found in Naihanchi or a San Chin type stances, it is a real show stopper!

And example of the combat use of Shen Men as a striking point for example is, you may charge your opponent, he responds by fall back into a horse stance, ( Naihanchi Sho-dan or Gung Li Chuan ) you see the trap the opponent has set which is, (walk in and get some) and you retreat to a false stance or a cat stance and step forwards with a kick striking to Shen Men, as you block out any hand attacks. Why Shen Men, because that is all that has been immediately exposed to you and the closest thing to you, the out side of the assailants foot, game over!

There are several points around the outer ankle and foot like GB # 40,41,42, LV # 3 &4, K # 3, 5 & 6, SP # 3 EX # 9 & 40, as well as many on the inner ankle bone and foot . But for street purposes only, it is an ace up your sleeve. A general strike, like a heel kick, would be more comprehensive and useful in combat, because cures are unnecessary. That being said, there is little to no use for Shen Men in a sport karate sparring situation.

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CAVITY POINT – Super Chi Point

• NAME: Lost to most charts. It has been given the name super chi point.
• LOCATION: The center of the umbilicus or the belly button.
• DIRECTION: Perfectly Straight.
• DEPTH: 2 to 3 inches.
• VASCULATION: The inferior epigastria artery and vein.
• INNERVATION: The anterior branch of the tenth intercostal nerve
• INDICATION: Abdominal pain, borborygmus, flaccid type of apoplexy, prolapsed rectum, diarrhea.
• WEAPON: Front toe kick, birds beak, thumb press, one or two finger fist.
• BEST TIME: Anytime.
• ELEMENT: None.
• RESULT: Complete debilitation, maybe fatal, extraordinary long term pain, damage to internal organs- intestines, nerve damage, internal bleeding.
• CURE: None.

Commentary

I would like to list a special striking point because most martial arts school charts do not list it. I feel that it should be listed, so that it may not be lost to time. It is one of the most powerful striking points on the front of the human body and directly on the center line of the human anatomy.
Listed on a few Chinese charts, Shanque or Ren # 8, ( the belly button) is known to some as the super chi point, The indications for this point are, Abdominal pain, borborygmus, flaccid type of apoplexy, prolapsed rectum, unchecked diarrhea.

The nerves, veins and arteries are different from Myojyo, The super chi point, supports the anterior branch of the tenth intercostal nerve rather than the eleventh. The vasculature: supports the inferior epigastria artery and vein.

The direction of the strike is straight through the belly button unlike Myojyo. The point may be struck at any time, because the element theory has no application to it. Although they share the same meridian, the muscular structure is covering Myojyo inhibits deep striking access to the Dan Tian which is located in front of the back bone and the organs, But Shanque is located just behind the navel and has little muscular structure, which access to nerves, arteries and veins easier to accomplish. Damage may also be caused to the small intestine do to rupture, may take place. A rupture to the small intestine may infect the body’s systems and cause a very painful slow death. The technique of the bent or L shaped toe kick would be necessary to learn to perform straight access to the belly button but the one, two or middle knuckle fist, the thumb fist the one and two finger fist can be used, when trained. So the above (navel point) is, in my opinion, the more dangerous of the two. This can be checked by applying quick thumb pressure first to Myojyo and later to Shanque. The end result is that Shanque has a more dramatic effect using less power. Higher training is necessary if you wish to use Shanque as a striking point. As a press point, much training is needed to use it.

The chart notes, from grand master Soken, clearly show that strikes to Myojyo, have effects to nerves, blood vessels and organs depending on the depth and severity of the strike. But after investigation and testing, you may want to add Shanque to your arsenal.

From time to time, I may add a point to the discussion that the karate and the kung fu communities may not be aware of, in hopes that you the reader will be enhanced by the new material.

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CAVITY POINT Uchi Kuro Bushi

• NAME: Uchi Kuro Bushi, translation- uchi-inside, kuro-suffering, bushi-warrior. Acupoint name, Zhaohai meaning; the eight confluent point or K# 6. The word confluent meaning, Flowing together into one, or eight flowing into one.
• LOCATION: In the depression of the lower border of the medial malleolus or one cun (inch) below the medial malleolus. Just below and slightly to the front of the knobby protruding of bone on the in side of the ankle of the right leg.
• DIRECTION: Perpendicular / slightly upwards.
• DEPTH: 0.3 to 0.5 cun (inch).
• VASCULATION: Posterior, the posterior tibial anterior vein.
• INNERVATION: The medial crural cutaneous nerve; deeper the tibial nerve.
• GATE: Multiple blood gate as well as a multiple nerve gate, and is the very reason why this point is so dangerous.
• QI technique: Pull and or push or entered or extracted.
• INDICATION: Irregular ministration, morbid leucorrhea, prolapsed of uterus, pruritus vulvae, frequency of maturation, retention of urine, constipation, epilepsy, insomnia, sore throat, asthma.
• WEAPON: Tettui; type  hammer (hollow hammer fist)- Dagger (two fingers wrapped) Geri; type (toe kick).
• BEST STRIKE TIME: 5pm to 7pm.
• ELEMENT: Water.
• ENERGY FLOW: Upwards.
• TECHNIQUE: Strike inwards then upwards with a twist in the direction of the meridian.
  {Toe kick}, the toe should be turning down, so at inception the toe starts to enter the point perpendicular then lifting the toe straight to change the angle to upwards finally dropping the heal of the foot towards the victims toes to create a twisting motion. The dagger is done in the same way with wrapped or twisted fingers. The hammer is not a tight hammer but a hollow hammer which is formed as if you were holding a half inch rod in your fist. If using a tight hammer, the small knuckle on the hammer fist would be used to striking.
• RESULT: Certain, long term slow death.
• CURE: None, what so ever.

Commentary

Uchi Kuro Bushi, is translated from Japanese into English as, “inside suffering warrior” or warrior who suffers inside his body. This title indicates a fighting man that suffers greatly within the body or a warrior who is very sick, for a extended period of time. These words literally tell us that “the man who gets struck in this pressure point ( Uchi Kuro Bushi) may become very sick or ill in many ways.

If the pressure point Geshu is translated, “influential point of blood”. Xinshu is translated, “back-shu of the heart” telling us something about the way the point works. Sometimes the name will tell us were on the body the point is located like Tento, or what it heals or what it is doing. Uchi Kuro Bushi name is different from most of the rest. Uchi Kuro Bushi indicates a point that if hit will make you very sick. Now if you read the above indication and the result like any pressure point it tells you that there is always a possibility that striking a pressure point may make a man ill in the ways indicated. Uchi Kuro Bushi‘s title lets us know that this point, when a man has been struck may become very sick. The title is it’s warning indicating, as if to say“ Don’t play with this one”!

Master Hohan Sokan when listing Uchi Kuro Bushi upon his chart, had very little instruction there to help a student learn about this point. There may have been a very good reason for him to do this. One reason for master Sokan to do this may have been, Uchi Kuro Bushi, is a pressure point reserved for only the high ranking top student in his school alone. Only the top ranking student would be shown how to successfully strike this point. There was a very good reason for this too, Uchi Kuro Bushi, is without a doubt, the most painful long term slow death point of all. So although this point was listed on his chart, no instruction was written. In fact Uchi Kuro Bushi is one of three points out of the forty-four points listed, with out a result! It seems that Master Sokan wished the point not be lost to time, while he also was concerned about the point getting out to the public. Uchi Kuro Bushi has been given verbally only, to the Ichi Bon Sito or number one student that is till now! Although some people know of the point called Uchi Kuro Bushi I have never met any one who knew anything about it if they even new the point existed at all!

Uchi Kuro Bushi is the 6th point of the Kidney meridian. It is located on the big toe side of the leg below the ankle bone of the right leg (left leg has a lesser effects than the right).The Kidney meridian connects to the bladder. It’s function is to store chi essence and to dominate the reproductive systems and to govern the water metabolic systems and reception of Qi. The Kidney meridian is a yin organ and it’s element is water, it’s energy flow travels in a upwards direction. The best time to influence the points of the kidney meridian are between the hours of 5pm to 7pm. The formation of the greater saphenous vein on the medial aspect of the foot and it’s course anterior to the medial malleolus runs up the medial aspect of the leg. Then branches off the saphenous vein accompanies the great saphenous vein to a point below the knee. The function of the cardio vascular system is to return blood by way of the deeper veins and the veins that accompany the anterior and posterior tibia veins which originates in the foot and joins at the level of the knee to form the popliteal vein. The latter becomes the femoral vein as it continues it’s extension through the thigh, as the leg is drained by the saphenous veins to the popliteal vein.

The saphenous nerve is the largest branch of the femoral nerve. The medial crural cutaneous nerve is also a sensory branch of the femoral nerve. The tibia nerve is a sensory nerve which is deep under the rest and it’s signal runs downwards into nerves of the foot. The above nerves and veins are all femoral in nature and that is the key to it’s general impact on the body (study femoral nerve and vein). Uchi Kuro Bushi or Kidney #6,  In eastern medicine, a strike will slowly destroy the kidneys eventually and cause death. In some cases, the mind will be effected first even to the point of insanity. It may even bring about suicidal tendencies along with schizophrenia or personality changes. This may go on for months or even years until death takes him by way of kidney failure or by the subject bringing about his own death. Before death though, all the illnesses listed above may take place as well. And alone with these a list of other complications from nerve and artery damage is a true possibility.

Uchi Kuro Bushi-(K #6), can be preloaded by striking points on the spleen and stomachmeridian, also GB #25 and CV # 2 & 3.  The weapons listed by Master Sokan maybe misleading for reasons which have been already discussed. I have added the toe kick because, although it is hard to perform, it works better than the other two listed.  After the toe kick has been mastered then a specialized toe kick becomes a necessity to master this point the arch of the travel of a normal kick needs to be restructured from the kicks natural travel. It needs to strike at a straight level plan and after contact has been achieved, changing from perpendicular to a upwards angle is necessary to have any degree of success. After that a twisting motion is added to turn the flow of energy against itself. Chi is also transmitted into the body against the flow to enhance the blockage of energy flow as well as blood flow at this point. The effect are unalterable.

Historically, this point was used only as a punishment to a war lord of ill character to show the general public that there is a penalty for dishonorable behavior. It would probable not be used for assassination for there are quicker easier ways to end a life. This point was used to promote a slow cruel way of death that may take years of pain as well as mental instability to come to a completion.

CONCLUSIONS.

It is easy to see why this strike is considered a strike for masters only. There are no grand masters today that will teach this point. It is a lost pressure point for the most part in our time for many reasons. In my generation the toe kick has been shown only in some Shorin Ryu schools of Okinawa. In this case, we would be forced to rely on the hammer fist and maybe the dagger which needs years of training also. In our day with today’s time restraints the toe kick and the dagger and the time taken for training, makes these weapons difficult and impractical. The hollow hammer fist is primarily a weapon given to many of the Chinese systems. This Hammer is not a tight fist that which is commonly used. The hammer is formed as if you were wrapping your fingers around a iron bar. The hollow wraps around the point. The striking part of the tight hammer fist (in this case) would be the small knuckle on the little finger side. This type of hammer fist will take very little training but like the dagger hand may only be used in offensive movements. The hammer maybe used in a down block to a front kick, But the toe Kick can be used almost anytime. I Feel that it needs to be said that the toe kick is another way to utilize this pressure point.  In fact there are several points were the toe kick can work best, some of them are, Yako, Fukuto, Inazuma, Myojyo, Godenki, Bitei, Ushiro-Inazuma, Sobi, the super chi point as well as Uchi Kuro Bushi. The fact that it is a blood gate, a nerve gate and a chi transmition point, if one of the three is missed, the effect would be less. But if studied, and mastered, and used in full as described above, a long, slow, punishing death will result.

Train carefully, on the left leg of your partner, striking very lightly for aiming practice only. Do not strike hard even on the left leg. This point can have a very bad effect as well.

I define Uchi Kuro Bushi as not just a dangerous striking point, it is an insidiously dangerous striking point. DO NOT PLAY with this point, train only with a supreme grand master with a long history of training with other Supreme grand masters with training in combat, that has this point in there graphic representation (personal chart.) and are willing to train you. Remember the life you save maybe your own!

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CAVITY POINT Fukuto

• Name: Fukuto Fengshi -Gb # 31. Translation- city of wind.
• Location: Fukuto, is located on the midline of the lateral aspect of the thigh, about seven cun above the transverse popliteal crease.
• Direction: Perpendicular. Depth; 0.7 to 1.2.
• Vasculation: The muscular branch of the circumflex femoral artery and vein.
• Innervation: The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, and the muscle branch of the femoral nerve.
• Indication: Used to cure pain and sensitivity in the thigh and lumbar region, paralysis of the Lower limbs, beriberi, general pruritus.
• Weapon: A wide range of body weapon maybe used to activate this point Fists, kicks, knee, elbow and the like. A blunt weapon, high velocity, use of weaponry would be best.
• Best time: To exacerbate effects in any case (healing or creating unbalance) hit at 11 pm to 1 am.
• Element: Fukuto is a wood element, to exacerbate effects the metal meridians maybe hit before and earth maybe struck after, depending on the cycle you wish to used.
• Technique: No special techniques are needed to activate Fukuto, other than a direct strike applied to The side of the thigh. Or a rolling technique can be used from the front.
• Result: A strike to Gb # 31-Fukuto, will cause the muscle in the thigh to convulse, resulting in the loss of motor function in that leg, which would include a desire to lift the foot off the ground. Pain in the abdomen may cause the leg to rise along with the above effects. With a hard strike or best time or element cycles, a knockout is possible. There is a outside chance that death or delayed death maybe possible.
• Cure: Rubbing or massaging Fukuto in and up and down or circular motion, along with (dim hsueh) stimulating Gb # 20.

 
Commentary

The Gall bladder meridian is attached to the Liver which means that they communicate with each other. The main function is in the aid of the digestion process. When the gall bladder is functioning well, the Qi (energy) runs in a downwards flow. Illness can be determined by outward emotional changes in a patient and there will be changes in the Gall Bladder and liver as well. There maybe signs of irritability, depression along with constipation. A strike to the Gb meridian may show these illnesses and may go unnoticed until it becomes chronic. So if you practice striking points on the Gb meridian it would be wise to watch for these signs in your students as well as yourself. All Gb points may be used for self defense striking, and there are 44 that are of practical use.

On the lighter side when I was in Junior high school on the way from classes some kid would come out of no where and hit to the side of a another class mates thigh with his knee leaving his class mate there writhing in pain. With out knowing it we were learning one way to strike the pressure point, known as Fukuto (Gb # 31), and by the time we reached high school we got very good at delivering a surprise strike to Fukuto in a street fight, which unfortunately, there were plenty of!

The best way to find Fukuto point is to stand up straight in a open toe stance, place your hands against each side of you (body) thigh. The middle finger of each hand will naturally land on Gb # 31- Fukuto.

Fukuto is located, 9 inches (cun) down the outside of the leg from the hip socket, as well as seven inches (cun) up from the outside crease of the bend of the knee. Fukuto is where these to points meet, on the line between the greater trochanter of the femur and the head of the fibula. There the iliotibial tract (band) stretches the length of the thigh and it’s muscle, the tensor of the fascia lata, helps to keep the dense facial sheet taut, thereby assisting in the maintenance of the erect posture. This is some of the reason for the reaction which is stated above. Also the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve is located there which may be responsible for phantom pains that may display itself hours later by way of rapid contractions in many cases.

The most difficult strike to preform is a Dim hsueh ( blood gate) strike to the circumflex artery, reducing or even stopping blood flow in the leg and eventually stopping all blood flow returning to the heart. This type of strike is very rare because the techniques used for blood gate strikes are very different than the common strikes. A blood gate strike can only be done with a PRESSING strike. This would take extraordinary strength in the hand or foot weapons. Death would take place in this case anywhere from 4 to 48 hours. But don’t worry, if you are reading this article you probably are about 10 years away from performing this technique after learning from a temple master.

All Gb meridians have the capability of producing various effects up to and including unconsciousness. The proper time of day or a certain temperature change or change in season can contribute to the out come, As well as transfer of Qi into or away from points which may enhance effects as well. Combinations of points can exacerbate the outcome. If all of the above were to be used at once, the effect can extend to the point of death or delayed death.

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CAVITY POINT Muyo Bone

• Name: Muyo bone, close to the Zhengdu, translated (capital) Liv # 6.
• Location: Inside edge of the tibia, seven cun above the tip of the medial malleolus, on the medial aspect near the medial border of the tibia.
• Direction: Muyo bone; strike directly to inner tibia bone. Zhengdu; subcutaneously.
• Depth: 5.0 to 7.0 cun
• Vasculature: The greater saphenous vein.
• Innervation: Branch of the saphenous nerve.
• Indication: Stomach pain, hypochondriac pain, diarrhea, hernia, uterine bleeding, prolonged Lochia, hepatitis, hernia, jaundice.
• Weapon: Back kick using the heel for Muyo and front toe kick Zhengdu, snap or thrust. Any kick or kick combination.
• Best time: 1 am to 3am.
• Element: Wood, which is a Yin meridian.
• Technique: Turn strike upwards.
• Result: Senselessness.
• Cure: Rubbing up and down on the opposite forearm also rub the L and LI meridians.

Commentary

To start of with, the Muyo bone point and the Zhengdu point are two different and distinct points.
They are so close together most martial artists that study and practice pressure points do not know if they are striking Muyo or Zhengdu. I will clarify the difference by first discussing Muyo, the point on the grand masters chart, then the other point Zhengdu.

Muyo bone, is located on the inner tibia bone, about 7 cun (inches) from the top of the tibia and 6 cun from the bottom. It is one of my favorite stop action kick points which will totally halt an attack and leave your opponent at your mercy. That is what is meant by the term senselessness. The attacker will draw a neurological blank and be unable to move from that spot. There will be little to no further movement from the attacker other than a slight slump forwards from the waist up when the strike is performed correctly. The common weapons used for this strike can be several types of kicks, either with snap or a thrusting techniques. I myself have used it many times with a rear leg front ball kick out of a walking stance, or a spinning rear back kick using the heel. This stopped the opponent dead in his tracks, which gave a window of opportunity in which I could become like white on rice, if you know what I mean. I would use a ball type snap kick which would hit the center of the tibia and slide off to the inside of the tibia bone. That is one way to do it but almost any kicking weapon can work.

Zhengdu point, on the other hand, is found just behind the tibia in the muscle mass behind were Muyo bone is found which is on the bone itself. Muyo and Zhengdu are found at the same level but not in the same area.

Muyo and Zhengdu are similar as far as results. Muyo being the lesser of the two points. Zhengdu has a far more powerful result. Grand Master Soken, placed the Muyo bone and not the Zhengdu point on the second chart (given to Sho-Dan and above) but he did not give a special warning when he listed Muyo bone’s out come in his notations. I have found Muyo bone to be relatively safe, in most cases. So why would the Grand Master put it on his second chart in stead of his first chart (to the Kyu ranks)? Why would he put Muyo in the Dan chart and not Zhengdu when the Dan chart lists all the first level fatal strikes if Muyo is not that dangerous?

One reason is, In striking Muyo you can automatically strike Zhengdu at the same time and Zhengdu is a chi collection point. What does that mean? Here is where we get into one of the greatest mysteries in the pressure point arts. First of all, there is really no such thing as an energy drainage point! The Longman dictionary of American English states: Drainage is a system that carries waste away! A more clear term for drainage point maybe the term “energy storage point”. Yes you heard this correctly, to say it is an energy drainage point would be misleading. Simply because the point stores energy it doesn’t drain it! Any points, when damaged by heavy pressure literally become ill by losing or gaining to much or to little chi causing an energy imbalance in the point itself. All other areas of the body will give up some of there energy(Chi) to help the damage to heal or re-balance. Why? because there is a system of chi balance needed by the entire body at all times.

You may consider any pressure point strike, when it has been hit, to be like a country in which one of it s cities is having a black out. That city will get energy from another part of the country so that it will regain it’s power once again. If you understand what I am saying, when an electrical facility has a natural abundance of power it will sell its extra power to a needy facility. It is the same with all organs of the body. When any point is ill it will naturally take from all other organs within the body using the transportation highway called the meridians. Now if the point that is hit is a collector point it will steadily take energy from all other organs by way of the meridians and will cause those meridians ,organs and points to become imbalanced slightly. They will be effected in any case by a strike to any point even to the distant areas of the body. That means that all meridians and organs as well as skin and bones are all quite open at this point to a secondary attack. Now when the point is a collector, it will continually rob the other parts of the body, and those meridians and organs will be weakened by the collector which in this case is Zhengdu. It does not drain, it collects from the second point hit in a dramatic fashion! So that secondary point, is the point that is being drained, Not the first point hit which is the collector!

Collecting energy is a fact no matter what point is hit. But when it is a collector point the effects are multiplied dramatically. So in short when the collector is hit first it collects chi from all points and they all become weak. But the second point struck collects, automatically to supply the first, and all other points in the body feed into the second point and it will not stop collecting till the damage is repaired or the systems shuts down! This Factor is called the law of opposites, remember you heard it here first.

Now if Muyo is struck, the effect would be senselessness (only) for maybe a two second window. If the kick continues on to strike Zhengdu, (the collector) the window is extended for some time, until the body can re-balance itself and that will depend on the general health of the attacker.
Because Muyo and Zhengdu are on the lower part of the body and because Zhengdu is a Chi collector, a secondary strike that lands high on the body like to the head, neck or upper chest, does not have to follow the element chart to work!!!! This is just one application of the law of opposites which is, strike low than high, others are; high then low, strike right then left, strike front then back, and so on.

Also The element opposites for Zhengdu are, the lung and the large intestines meridians, But weather you are using the element opposites or not, the first two rules apply as well, if you were to use all of rules together, WOW, now we’re talking about deadly force.

Understanding these rules are the keys to the kingdom (so to speak). Understanding this law, makes point striking work. All the collector (points) are listed in almost any acupuncture text book, you may even find a text book in your local library.

Footnote: These laws and more can be seen in any Acupuncture manual. I have even found them in paperbacks in my area Library. One great text book which you can look into is named, Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion. The term “ENERGY DRAINAGE POINT”, IN MY OPINION, IS INCORRECT ,although the term is used world wide. Also the kicks are demo-ed in the Nahanchi , Chinto kata, and in many soft art forms.

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Cavity Point Keichu.

• Name Name: Keichu; Translation, concentration
• Strike point: Just below GV #16.
• Location: Center of the back of the neck, between the third and fourth Cervical vertebrae.
• Depth: 0.5 TO 0.8.
• Vasculation: The branch of the occipital arteries and vein of both sides.
• Innervation: The branch of the greater occipital nerve.
• Technique: Two fingers twisted fist, best strike elbow.
• Best strike time: Open.
• Effect: Stimulation to the brain / loss of function to organs / loss of motor function.
• Result: Death / unconsciousness / loss of speech.
• Cure: In the case of a light strike lay flat and the motor sense will return in a minute or two. In the case of a heavy strike, a fracture or concussion is very possible, medical attention is necessary. In the case of a extreme strike, there is no cure, slow death is eminent. In any case temporary or permanent loss of speech may occur.

Commentary

Keichu is not a true pressure point used by acupuncturists for healing. GV # 15 is used to heal pain in the cardiac region, and the chest, mental disorders and epilepsy. GV #16 is used to heal, distention and fullness in the chest and the intercostals region, hiccups, nausea and anorexia. GV # 15 and 16, just above Keichu, are used as a combat striking points but I feel that 1) they are not as devastating and they are difficult to access, 2) they were not listed on supreme grant master Hohan Soken’s combat point chart, which is the chart I am using for the forty-four striking points.

Keichu is located on the very center of the back of the neck. The word Keichu when translated to English, means, concentration. Portraying the ability to inhibit concentration and therefore ones over all motion to the receiver when hit. This can happen for two reasons, 1) the strike may affect all the nerves contained within the body due to shock to the spinal column 2) sudden jarring of the brain. A similar affect may happen in the case of a rear end car collision where whiplash can occur. Although it is rare that death may occur, when an extreme strike is masterfully executed death is eminent. The difference is, a blunt strike is far more dangerous.

Keichu is located between the third and fourth cervical vertebrae. This flexible group of cervical vertebra supports the skull and the neck, holding the head erect which develops and maintains the necks curvature. The first and second cervical vertebrae are unique as is the seventh with its prominent spine. The foramina in the transverse processes of c1-c6 transmit the vertebral arteries to the base of the brain. The series of vertebral foramina form a canal for the spinal cord, which controls all functions of the entire body. This knowledge can suggest to the thoughtful student some of the possible reasons for the effects listed above.

In many Kata, there is a technique performed where the practitioner goes down on to one knee usually the right. After performing this maneuver, a right punch supported by the left arm, is thrown towards the ground. The Bunkai of this technique is often demonstrated as a strike to the throat. One of the rules of acupuncture is where there is a pressure point on the front of the body there is a equivalent pressure point on the opposite side of the body. This rule is also effective for combat pressure point purposes too. The back of the neck may be hit if the body of the adversary (in the Kata) lands on his face rather than on his back. This would, of course, be determined by the preceeding technique, I have just explained. This is only one of the many possible Bunkai for this technique found in Kata such as, Chinto and Gojushiho. Keichu is usually used as a secondary strike, or a finishing strike, after a primary strike that doubles an opponent over. Keichu may also be used when a side step maneuver is used. These are two of many examples for the use of Keichu, and with a little investigation on your part, you might find several more.

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