Efficiency is the vital point
Blocking: in most mainstream martial arts people spend inordinate time training to block incoming strikes. This generates a reactive tendency and dependent on following as well as trying to compensate the opponents momentum and initiative... One step behind. In Kyusho the practitioner is trained in targeting of any incoming attack by the opponent which generates the momentum and advantage. We do not wait for the impact of the attack (generating velocity and power as it approaches), instead we intercept the opponents attack so it never reaches full potential or impact, in turn the impact is on them. This may not be as easy as blocking, but it is faster, more efficient and advantage is gained, besides if you are taking the easy route, this is not true Budo.
Striking: Let's face it most people are reluctant to hit another person. While a commendable attribute, it is also a recipe for disaster in real conflict. Mainstream martial arts are geared to pulling their attacks to their partner, further ingraining this reaction. It does not develop a strong or realistic component to that practitioner. It also develops a general targeting where the practitioner will simply let a strike go toward a general direction or height, typically head or body. The Kyusho practitioner always targets specifically and with greater focus or intent... And always contact. We seek advantage on each contact with the opponent by weakening their functionality and control. This not only ingrains the reality of contact, it trains the practitioner in the actual disabling core of true Budo.
Efficiency: The Kyusho practitioner is always seeking the weaker anatomical targets of the opponent as well as understanding through experience how each makes the opponent react (reflexively, physiologically and functionally). As a mainstream martial artist does not actually strike or target specific anatomical structures they will not develop this crucial component or efficiency (via experienced physical reactions), in escalation or disengagement. This is a core component of true Budo.
Resilience: Kyusho practitioners simultaneously learn to take hit, fight past it and self recover. This reduces the primal fear and freezing that a surprised mainstream martial artist will experience. This is not for everyone but living in fantasy instead of reality is not in line with true Budo.
Revival: By also learning to revive or restore the dysfunctional affects on your training partner, you also develop the concern and capability to aid others with similar health issues. This is the true yin and yang of true Budo, missing from mainstream martial arts.
Inside: Learning the inner feelings of a Kyusho attack gives one the true respect and frailty of other human beings. It teaches the practitioner the inner body as well as the outer, compared to only training the outer body (for speed, strength, agility, etc.). This insight and realized understanding is true Budo.
Cross Training: As Kyusho attracts all styles and Budo minded people, the training sessions are always a cross training event. But it is not your typical mainstream martial art cross training where the practitioner learns separate styles or methods. The Kyusho practitioner works their own personal style in response to all others. Allowing the individual to develop their natural responses to constantly changing styles yields a more natural and consistent ability. They are not trying to mimic another's skill, mindset or capability, they constantly refine themselves and their personal ways... This is the essence of true Budo.
This is just a small number of benefits gained from consistent Kyusho training. Mainstream martial arts has always criticized or condemned Kyusho as unrealistic (from inexperience or improper instruction). And in most Kyusho Training programs or organizations it is still not trained realistically or in correct paradigm (so they do have a claim... but it is not universal). What we here at Kyusho International offer you is actually far more realistic than most mainstream martial practices. So it may not be mainstream (yet), but it is true Budo.
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