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Tool that is used for Kyusho targeting and application on an opponent.

Well lets go back in time into an ancient manual called the Bubishi (yes again... it's that important)... where 6 hand positions were described.  The are labeled the 6 Ji Hands (which means 6 energy hands... Click here for details).

This may be labeled many things like the Iron Sand Palm of the Bubishi, Iron Palm (shortened descriptor), the Vibrating Palm (not because the palm vibrates on contact, but because of the ripples or vibrations that follow).  It has also many other names like exploding palm (aptly named due to energetic release), etc., but it is not the name that is important, it is the affect it causes.  On an earlier post about trajectory we discussed the differences of hitting the exterior of the body and it causing an effect on the shell and limited internal objects, but with correct trajectory it can cause a greater amount of effect on the central nervous system.

The energy involved is a kinetic energy that is manifested from a motion that creates an energy transference into the object it lands on.  In this weapon we use an exploding type of kinetic energy transfer to cause an expansion and then contraction of an organ as example.  The hit into say the heart will cause this expansion at first with all the strain on that organ and valves therein, followed by a quick contraction releasing it.  But then just like throwing a stone in the water, or a better example slapping a bowl of gelatin, there is a series of expansions and contractions that also follow for an undetermined time depending on density of the gelatin as well as the energy of the strike.

This is a nervous reflex much like shivering or shaking from fear.  Shaking is a result of an activated fight or flight system – an evolutionary tool that's meant to keep you safe in times of danger. During intense anxiety, your body is flooded with adrenaline/epinephrine. Adrenaline is pure energy, and your body shakes as a result.  When the body experiences an internal disruption such as this energetic strike can do to an organ, it will enact this primal fight or flight release and therefore shaking or vibrations continuing.

This exploding type energetic, that releases the shock wave, works differently on hard or soft targets (where the target is located such as hard skull or soft abdomen as example).  When you hit soft target such as the abdomen, the vibration is a slower longer wave pattern, whereas hitting a hard backed target such as a nerve on the jaw, will reverberate of the hard and shallow surface faster making the energetic wave pattern shorter and faster in the vibratory manifestation.

To make a correct palm strike for this effect, you will need to extend the palm only ahead of the fingers as the fingers are left loose and the palm is pulsed forward with fingers trailing. This concentrates your full energetic action into a smaller area and with a quick release... and will cause the vibrations to travel more efficiently into the intended target/s.

Click Here for an example.

So much like our superhero friend Iron Man... if you watch that film you'll see what we mean.  This is just a glimpse of what this striking method is capable of, it will take a lot of practice and patience to develop this incredible tool... enjoy.

-ep