It’s All In Your Head

It’s All In Your Head

Training a Knockout These targets are incredibly powerful as they are so close to the brain and brain stem. In fact the Mental Nerve is part of the Trigeminal Nerve that originates in the Brain Stem itself. This proximity to the brain produces far more powerful...
Uppercut

Uppercut

Steal Their Energy Again, if they can't breathe, they will have little fight left as their fight turns to their fight for that stolen air. This places their mind in panic and centered on self as opposed to you their opponent, you have not only stolen their breath, but...
1-2-3 Knockout

1-2-3 Knockout

Ba, Ba, BAM Here is a quick 1, 2, 3 Knockout I used to use in many seminars and filming opportunities. What was struck were the inner thigh leg nerves as well as the Facial and or Mental Nerve. I always tried to get both nerves, but sometimes the kicks were harder...
Right Cross

Right Cross

Boxing With Kyusho As we watch Boxing matches we see many knockouts occur, with an eye for Kyusho, you can see the targets that were struck, the trajectory and the outcome (even with the gloves). But most of the KO's are from punches to the head and most people see...
Kyusho Unexpected Knockout

Kyusho Unexpected Knockout

You wouldn't think it possible But it is every bit as true as the Liver Punch knockout, and with just as serious ramifications when landed with heavy power transference into the target. However this target is not known in most martial styles nor is it known or sought...
Hook Punch KO Targets

Hook Punch KO Targets

Anatomy of a Hook Punch Filmed and written for Black Belt Magazine and featured in the March 2003 edition of the magazine. I always revisit old processes to validate and or refine them. In this Vlog we revisited the "Anatomy of a Hook Punch" using the anatomy rather...
Vital Points TV Interviews

Vital Points TV Interviews

The Same Message No doubt Kyusho Knockouts are fascinating, intriguing thousands of Avid Martial Artists from around the world. As you watch the Kyusho Knockouts in the background in this intro, later to include full Interviews, you will the message was always the...
Nina Nails It

Nina Nails It

All in a days work Nina Schwarzová and several others were attending a Kyusho Summer Camp under the direction of Marek Alexander Kowalski from Czech Republic. The camps goal was quick self defense using Kyusho rather than the myriad of typical choke, wrist grab,...
Splitting Hands

Splitting Hands

Universal Pattern Universal Pattern We see it in all styles... repeated movements (although slightly different in motion), all with the same possibilities. So if an action is repeated in many styles, it must carry many potentials or major significance. Our mission...
From the 1999 Archives

From the 1999 Archives

Meet the Masters Seminar 1999 23 years ago in 1999 I invited Several Masters of the Martial Arts I was involved in at the time, to North Andover, Massachusetts for a convention of mixed styles. Unfortunately the great Wally Jay, one of the feature Masters was taken...