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Pressure points [a] derive from the supposed meridian points in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Indian Ayurveda and Siddha medicine, and martial arts. They refer to areas on the human body that may produce significant pain or other effects when manipulated in a specific manner.
Varma Kalai (Tamil: varmakkalai, Malayalam and Sanskrit: marma-vidya/marmam) is an Indian traditional art of pressure points.It combines massage, alternative medicine, traditional yoga and martial arts [1] in which the body's pressure points (varmam) are manipulated to heal or cause harm.
A dim mak attack is used to paralyze a character in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). [citation needed] The manga Fist of the North Star centers around the fictional martial art school Hokuto Shinken, whose practitioners are trained to kill or incapacitate opponents by striking the specific pressure points on an opponent's body
Atemi is the art of striking pressure points or physiological targets for kuzushi (breaking balance) or to incapacitate an opponent. Atemi is the art of striking the human body in order to cause specific physiological effect for various applications.
Spock using the Vulcan neck pinch, from the third-season episode "And the Children Shall Lead" (1968). In the fictional Star Trek universe, the Vulcan nerve pinch is a fictional technique used mainly by Vulcans to render unconsciousness by pinching a pressure point at the base of the victim's neck.
The technique is a part of the pressure point control tactics used in martial arts and by law enforcement agents. The peroneal strike was used against detainees during the 2002 Bagram torture and prisoner abuse scandal.
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The points or combinations of points are said to be used to manipulate or incapacitate an opponent. Some martial artists regularly massage their own acupressure points in routines to remove supposed blockages from their own meridians, claiming to thereby enhance their circulation and flexibility and keeping the points "soft" or less vulnerable ...