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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.
The touch of death (or death-point striking) is any martial arts technique reputed to kill using seemingly less than lethal force targeted at specific areas of the body.. The concept known as dim mak (simplified Chinese: 点脉; traditional Chinese: 點脈; pinyin: diǎnmài; Jyutping: dim 2 mak 6; lit. 'press artery'), alternatively diǎnxué (simplified Chinese: 点穴; traditional Chinese ...
The shove was a piece of wood that was gripped by the wielder and was hung by a ring worn on the middle finger. Some versions were rings with a wooden peg attached on top. The ends were exposed and were usually sharp, which made them effective for paralyzing and even killing enemies quickly and without leaving a trace.
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.
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.
Curare was used as a paralyzing poison by many South American indigenous people. Since it was too expensive to be used in warfare, curare was mainly used for hunting. [3] The prey was shot by arrows or blowgun darts dipped in curare, leading to asphyxiation owing to the inability of the victim's respiratory muscles to contract.
The arterial pressure points In situations where direct pressure and elevation are either not possible or proving ineffective, and there is a risk of exsanguination , some training protocols advocate the use of pressure points to constrict the major artery that feeds the point of the bleed.
More modern editions simply refer to a man who is paralysed. Although the term has historically been associated with paralysis generally, "is now almost always used in connection to the word cerebral—meaning the brain". [1] Specific kinds of palsy include: Bell's palsy, partial facial paralysis; Bulbar palsy, impairment of cranial nerves