23. Stomach 9 (ST-9) - Hadaka Jime from a punch flow

Hi there! In today's video, we show Hadaka Jime (naked strangulation). We perform the Hadaka Jime while we are standing in front of the opponent.

Because of my 50th birthday I did not have the time to make new video's this week. In the meantime, I wrote about why pressure points are effective from a neurological point of view. If you are interested, you can start reading from here.

The Hadaka Jima:

We will show the Hadaka Jime with the head under the armpit, but not in the traditional way!

I place one hand on the shoulder and the other on my own wrist. I press the shoulder away with my hand. The other hand squeezes my own wrist, the strangulation will be a lot harder, as the muscles will be tense.

Here is the video with the Hadaka Jime, on 4 punches followed by various pressure point attacks. Enjoy watching the video, but be very careful with the attacks to throat and face!!!

Attacks

The attacks that we use are:

• A hook punch with the right arm
• A hook punch with the left arm
• A body hook
• An uppercut

Reflex

Our reflex against these attacks is a poke to CV-22 and  we hit eighter LU-6 or the Lung points on the wrist. The reason why I place my hand behind the head is to seal the energy. By preventing that the opponent can move back, the pressure point will be harder (this goes for most points on the head)

Follow up:

We follow up with an attack to pressure points in the throat (we also show attacks to pressure points in the face)

End control:
Each time, we end with a Hadaka Jime in which we are standing in front of the opponent as written above. extra information:

• About the middle of the underarm is over the throat of the opponent
• You can strangle in two ways:
• When you squeeze your hand around your wrist
• By puching the shoulder away
• Turn your hips, you will lock the head more, the lock is better and harder to resist.

Pressure points used:

We use various pressure points in the video:

• Conception Vessel 22 (CV-22)   
• Stomach 9 (ST-9)is a new pressure point, I will tell more about this point below.
• The throat
• The chin/nose area
• The eyes in combination with the nose. We will show cool variations with this one in future blogs.
• A Hiza Geri, (Sorry, I did not perform them very well this time).

More information about Stomach 9 (ST-9)

Location:

ST-9 is located just besides the Adam's apple. 

Where can you find it?

If you press between the adam's appel and the big muscle. You will become light in the head.

Direction:

You hit or press ST-9 in and down in a 45 degrees angle. The knife hand is great to attack this point. You make a little twist at the moment of impact, like you drop your hand in the neck.

Neurological:

ST-9 is connected to the brainstem, it measures the blood pressure. If you manipulate ST-9, the brain will think that the blood pressure is disturbed. It will lower the heart rate and might cause the person to pass out.

Impact:

There will be a disorder in the head. The opponent might lose consciousness.

The stomach meridian:

The stomach meridian contains 45 earth points. The route of the stomach meridian is a long journey from the head to the feet, which makes it a Yang meridian:

• The meridian starts internally next to the nose wing, where the Large Intestine meridian ends. It runs up the nose, it connects with BL-1 (corner of the eye)
• The meridian comes to the surface on the orbital bone, in middle under the eye (ST-1)
• It goes straight down, parallel to the bottom of the nose.
• From there it takes a little internal detour to the upper gums (where it connects with Governing Vessel 24 (DU-24))
  
• And it processes its way down to a little below the corner of the mouth (ST-4).
• Stomach continues his way along the jaw and in front of the ear to the middle of the forehead.
• From ST-5 (on the Jaw), in branches of and goes down to the throat and the supraclavicular fossa. It goes from the hook of the clavicle (ST-11) near the throat to about the middle of the clavicle (ST-12)
• From there it goes two ways:
• Internally it passes through the diaphragm and it goes into the spleen and stomach
• Externally it goes down to a little below the nipple ST-18, Then it continues its way a little lower and close to the centerline of the body.
• Both branches connect at ST-30 (lower abdomen)
• From here it goes back to the front / outside of the leg, via the anterior aspect of the upper leg down to the foot.
• Internally, a branch goes from ST-42 (first point on the foot) to connect with the spleen channel
• It runs down the leg to the 2nd toe (ST45).

I hope you likes this blog. In my next blog, I will show 4 different Hadaka Jime's from behind from the same hookpunch flow. Till then and bye for now.

We cannot be held responsible for injuries 

caused by practicing the techniques shown in the videos!

So, be very careful when practicing the techniques!

Respect the danger of locks and pressure points.

Only practice these techniques with

an authorized teacher or school (despite of the martial art)

15. Conception Vessel attacks

With Heart 2 (H-2) we discussed the most important pressure points on the arm. We will come back to the other ones, but for now we start combining the pressure points in our next videos in lockflows, drills, etc. Have fun!

In our today's video, we show reflexes in which we attack pressure points. We will go to the centre line of the body (the conception meridian).

Reflexes are very important! A reflex is an immediate reaction, which can be applied in various circumstances. These are moves that you train a lot! We prefer to attack the centre line, because you always stop the attack! it's painful and the attacker will not expect a counter attack like this.

What do we attack?

We attack next points after an atemi attack or grip on the clothes of strangulation:

• The eyes
• Governor 26 (G-26) (a crossing point of multiple meridians) 
• Conception Vessel 24 (CV-24), on the chin with the knuckles (in video)
• Conception Vessel 22 (CV-22), between the clavicles with the fingers (in video)
• Conception Vessel 19 (CV-19), in the middle of the chest with the knuckles (in video)

You can also attack lower points on the conception meridian, but it's best to do that in case of a grip attack or strangulation.

In this video we show various attacks and reflexes to CV-19, CV-22 and CV24. We conclude the video with a lock.

The Conception Vessel

This Vessel contains 24 Yin points. it is also called Ren-Mai or Directing Vessel.

The route of the Conception Vessel is:

• It originates internally from the uterus. 
• It appears on the surface at the perineum (CV-1). 
• Via many interesting points it runs through the middle in front of the body to the chin (CV-24). 
• From CO-24, it makes an internal detour around the mouth and to the eyes.

I hope you found this blog interesting, next time we will show a lock-flow with 3 bended locks. We use the Large Intestine meridian and of course CV-22.

We cannot be held responsible for injuries 

caused by practicing the techniques shown in the videos!

So, be very careful when practicing the techniques!

Respect the danger of locks and pressure points.

Only practice these techniques with

an authorized teacher or school (despite of the martial art)

12. Control or take-down with CV-22

Today we will combine pressure points P-6 or LU-6 and Conception Vessel 22 (CV-22). Pressure points and meridians about which we wrote in more detail in our previous blogs.

In this blog, we write about how to use Conception Vessel (CV-22) in a take-down or control technique. If you press CV-22 in and down, the knees will buckle; the body wants to escape.

In the video we show a reflex on a Mawashi Tsuki and move on to a control techniques and take-down with CV-22.

Further explanatoin: 

Attack:

• If the attacker uses the arm and the foot at the same side, you can take him down with CV-22.
• If the attacker makes a cross attack (a Jodan Tsuki), then it is not possible, as the weight of the attacker, will still be on the leg. You will be able to go for the eyes.

Defense:

• The defender only turns his body and lift his right arm (not to many steps)
• The defender steps in with his right leg, to protect his own body
• The defender can easily make a Irimi Senkai, to go to the back
• Most important is that the defender will stand strong behind the attacker:
• With the body weight of the attacker agaist his shoulder
• With the rear leg almost straight and strong
• With the back straight and strong !!!!
• When you are standing strong, holding the opponent is easy, you will feel no pain or stress in your body.

Tripple V:

I wrote about Triple V a couple of times now. Triple V is a cluster of 3 Triple Warmer points on the Yang side of the under arm. 

The 3 Triple V points are TW-6, TW-7 and TW-8.

When you attack with Triple V, you align the ulna and radial bones, which will make your arm stronger. It is a fire meridian; which is especially strong against the Lung or Large Intestine meridians.

I hope you found this blog interesting, next time we will write about our Seminar this weekend at the Kihon AIKO Ashihara Summer Camp 2017. We will show a variety of basic pressure points. After that, we will continue with techniques with pressure point Heart 2 (H-2)

We cannot be held responsible for injuries 

cause by practicing the techniques shown in the video's!

Respect the danger of locks and pressure points 

and be very careful when practicing the techniques

Practice these techniques only with an certified teacher

or school (despite of the martial art)

9. What is a pressure point?

In our previous blogs you have seen various pressure points. Today we summarize them and answer 2 questions "what is a pressure point" and "What are pressure points used for in the martial arts?"

What is a pressure point?

Pressure points are spots on the nerves that are sensitive. Look at it is as "holes" in the nerves where the Chi circulation can be influenced (like in acupuncture). Most of the time, you will find pressure points in a "hollow":

• Where a nerve begins or ends 
• Where nerves cross each other (like an X) 
• Where nerves split (like a Y) 

If you hit a point right on the spot, next will happen:

• A sensory (pain) signal directly goes via the nervous system and spinal cord to the brain. 
• This causes the brain to make endorphine (the fighting hormone!) and it sends a motoric signal to body to protect the body.

Please note: a pressure point does not always have to hurt to have the desired effect

How big is a pressure point?

One pressure point has the size of about a coin. Multiple pressure points in one area will create a bigger surface to attack.

What are pressure points used for?

An acupuncturist uses these points to heal people by balancing the meridians; they provide the right energy in the meridians via the acupuncture points.

In the martial arts, we aim on using these points to stop or speed up the energy flow in the meridians. As said above, the signal finds its way to the brain. It will send a signal to the body, to protect the body part that was attacked. This can give several reactions, like:

• Opening the hand 
• Bend an arm 
• Buckle the knees 
• Turn the head away 
• Shut the body down 
• etc.

What are pressure points used for in the martial arts?

Acupuncture points can be used in general to weaken or defeat the opponent. Here are a couple of examples of where we use pressure points for in our martial art - Yawara Ju-Jutsu:

• Stop off an attack 
• Unbalance the attacker 
• Position the attacker (to continue with other techniques) 
• Free yourself out of a grip or bear hug attack. 
• Use them in a take-down 
• To control the opponent 

Here is a video with examples of the effect of a pressure points. It is a compilation of previous videos with two bonuses.

In our future blogs, I will tell you a lot more about the pressure points we use in our martial art. We will first introduce a couple more points, and then we will combine them in locks, take-downs, etc. In our next blog, we will go back to the wrist to Pericardium 6 (P-6).

We cannot be held responsible for injuries 

cause by practicing the techniques shown in the video's!

Respect the danger of locks and pressure points 

and be very careful when practicing the techniques

Practice these techniques only with an certified teacher

or school (despite of the martial art)

8. Conception 22 (CV-22)

Hi there! Last time, I wrote about Triple Warmer 11 (TW-11) and how to combine this point with TW-12 and TW-17.  Today I am going to write about a pressure point that we use a lot! I am going to tell about the cough point Conception Vessel 22 (CV-22) as a hit point. Why do we call it a cough point? You will find out when you are going to practice this point. 

Conception Vessel 22 (CV-22) is both a press- and hit point. It is not a very dangerous point, but very effective. 

How do we attack the hit point CV-22?

We will hit CV-22 with the tip of the fingers or with the knuckles of the fingers. I prefer the fingers, because of the longer reach I get and I can choose to either go through the point (hit) or in the point (press down). You might find using the knuckles of the fingers more effective.

It is important to step in with the same leg as the arm that attacks CV-22; This way, the reach is even further and the impact more powerful.

In this video we will show how you can use CV-22 as a hit point to stop the attacker or to free yourself from a grappling hold (standing). In another blog in future, I will write about CV-22 as control or take-down pressure point.

Background information:

Conception Vessel 22 (CV-22)
Location:
The acupuncture point Conception Vessel 22 (CV-22) is located in the hollow in the throat between the clavicles.

Finding the point:
Press with your fingers in the hollow under the Adam's apple and between the clavicles. You will get a little nauseous feeling.

Direction:
You enter this point in and through; towards the neck. Or press it in and down, towards the back.

Impact:

When you use it as a hit point, the opponent will be stopped and he will move backwards. When you use it as a press point, his knees will buckle.

This point has an effect on the Lungs. You will start coughing. In acupuncture CV-22 is for example used in acupuncture against acute and chronic cough and asthma.

The Conception Vessel

This Vessel contains 24 Yin points. it is also called Ren-Mai or Directing Vessel.

The route of the Conception Vessel is:

• It originates internally from the uterus. 
• It appears on the surface at the perineum (CV-1). 
• Via many interesting points it runs through the middle in front of the body to the chin (CV-24). 
• From CO-24, it makes an internal detour around the mouth and to the eyes.

I hope you found this blog interesting, next time we will wrap up the introduction part by explaining what a pressure point is and does for us in Yawara Ju-Jutsu and what it can do for you in any martial art that you are practicing.

We cannot be held responsible for injuries
caused by practicing the techniques shown in the videos!

So, be very careful when practicing the techniques!

Respect the danger of locks and pressure points.

Only practice these techniques with

an authorized teacher or school (despite of the martial art)