Pressure Points of the Martial Combat System
CAVITY POINT Yun Chuan. Name: Yun Chuan, Acupuncture name; Yong Quan, or Kidney #1. Location: On the sole of the foot just forward of center. Direction: Straight into the point. Depth: 0.3 to 0.5. Vasculation: Deeper, the plantar artery. Innervation: The second common plantar digital nerve,( Small Nerve complex). Weapon: Front toe kick, spear hand, one-two knuckle fist, closed thumb. Best time;…
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CAVITY POINT Kote Name: Kote. Translation- Inner arm joint. Accupoint Per # 3 name quze meaning, crooked walk. Location: On the inner crease of the elbow (find the center of the crease, and move inward toward the body one half cun.) Strike direction: Perpendicular. Depth: 0.5 to 0.7 cun Vasculation: towards the inside of the brachial artery and vein. Innervation: The median…
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CAVITY # 10, Mikazuki Name: Mikazuki. Strike point: Cv #23. Location: Above the Adam’s apple, in the depression of the upper boarder of the hyoid bone. Direction of strike: Straight in and upward. Depth: 0.5 to 1.0. Vasculation: The anterior jugular vein. Innervation: The branch of the cutaneous cervical nerve, and the hypoglossal nerve and the branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve.…
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CAVITY #8 Jinchu Name: Jinchu also named Jodon; there is no translation in English. Strike point: Governing vessel # 26. Location: A little above midpoint of the philtrum, just under the nostrils. Direction of strike: Straight in then turn upward, or obliquely upward. Depth: 0.3 to 0.5. Vasculation: The superior labial artery and vein. Innervation: The buccal branch of the facial nerve,…
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CAVITY #5 Uto Name: Uto or Miken. Uto is Defined as time flies like an arrow: Miken defined as the middle of the forehead, the brow. Strike point: This is not an acupuncture point. On the Governing Vessel (GV) meridian between Gv #24 and Gv #25. Location: One half inch above Eye Bridge, between the eyes. Direction: Varies…
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CAVITY # 3 Dokko Name: Dokko, Translation, to travel alone. Striking point: In the area of SJ or TW #17, Yifeng, translated, ( protected from the wind). Location: Dokko is a hollow spot behind the ear lobe Direction of strike: Toward the center of the brain, or the frontal lobe. Depth: One half inch to an inch…
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CAVITY # 2, TENTO Name: Tento GV 24, meaning; the sun, providence. Location: 0.5 cun or one half inch directly above the middle of the anterior hairline. Direction: Slightly angled to the back, or downwards. Depth: 0.3 to 0.5 cun. Vasculation: Branch of the frontal artery. Innervations: Branch of the frontal nerve. Weapon: Sharp to blunt, Cutting fist, one…
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CAVITY # 13 Shofu Name: Shofu, translation, wood cutter, showing the manner in which the strike is to be made. Also Shao Chang Ching in Chinese, translated, window to heaven Strike point: SI # 16. Location: In the lateral aspect of the neck, in the posterior border of the Sternocleidomastoideus posterosuperior on both sides of…
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CAVITY POINT # 15. Name: Hichu , Translation none. Striking point: Cv # 22 Location: This pressure point is located in the center of the lowest part of the Neck, in the hollow. Strike direction: Straight in / downward curve or upwards. Depth: Cv # 22, 0.5 to 1.5. Cv # 23 0.3 to 0.5.…
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