![]() ![]() "Yoshimitsu dissected corpses brought back from wars in order to explore human anatomy and mastered a decisive counter-technique as well as discovering lethal atemi. republished as Hisa, Takuma (Summer 1990). Takuma Hisa Sensei, Shin Budo magazine, November 1942. "Thirumoolar Varmalogy Institute - Articles - History of Varmakalai". ^ Institute, Suresh K Manoharan, Thirumoolar Varmalogy.Department of Drama at the University of Exeter. ![]() "To Heal and/or To Harm: The Vital Spots ( Marmmam/ Varmam) in Two South Indian Martial Traditions". ^ Andrew Nathaniel Nelson, The Original Modern Reader's Japanese-English Character Dictionary, Tuttle Publishing, 2004, p.399.While it is undisputed that there are sensitive points on the human body where even comparatively weak pressure may induce significant pain or serious injury, the association of kyūsho with notions of death have been harshly criticized. Īccounts of pressure-point fighting appeared in Chinese Wuxia fiction novels and became known by the name of Dim Mak, or "Death Touch", in western popular culture in the 1960s. Hancock and Higashi (1905) published a book which pointed out a number of vital points in Japanese martial arts. The concept of pressure points is also present in the old school Japanese martial arts in a 1942 article in the Shin Budo magazine, Takuma Hisa asserted the existence of a tradition attributing the first development of pressure-point attacks to Shinra Saburō Minamoto no Yoshimitsu (1045–1127). The earliest known concept of pressure points can be seen in the South Indian Varma kalai based on Siddha. Muscular gouging techniques demonstration by a Marine Corps Martial Arts instructor ![]()
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