What’s the Point?

  Conventional or Kyusho? The lines now are clear, there are conventional Martial Arts and there are those that incorporate Kyusho. After decades of discussion, demonstration and instruction, Kyusho is being more widely adopted by Martial Artists around the...
New Video KTCP-1

New Video KTCP-1

  Finally... This is not a new program, but so far it was only ever released in English... now it is finally available in; English, Español, Italiano, Français   The "Kyusho Tactical Control Program" (KTCP), was designed for Subject control escalation with...
Karate Power

Karate Power

  F=MxA (Force = Mass x Acceleration) UYH=K (Use Your Head = Kyusho) To a Karateka power is the quintessence of the art... really, use your head! So the Karateka takes 10, 20, 30, 40+ years to develop that powerful punch... but to what end, this is doomed to...

Praxis

  Living it Wikipedia: Praxis is the process by which a theory, lesson, or skill is enacted, embodied, or realised. "Praxis" may also refer to the act of engaging, applying, exercising, realizing, or practicing ideas. This has been a recurrent topic in the field...

The One Kata

  Thank you for your continued support, as the only people that can view this post are Bronze Level Subscribers and above, It is a test to see if the blog can be more exclusive for our supporting clients!  More will follow... subscribe now and don't miss the...
Budo International January 2015

Budo International January 2015

  Free Service for our readers as thanks from Kyusho.com: We will now be adding the by monthly Budo International online magazines free of charge here on the Blog. There will be two monthly editions and we will have all English and most of the other languages as...

Beat a Dead Horse.

Over repetition? I think not. Training in spontaneous manner with tools and targets is far superior than technique training.   An account of failure (or magnificent victory from the opposition) in the UFC fights from years back that will illustrate this. The fight was...

Knees

Duh So as we just discussed in the last blog entry with the elbows, the knees generate massive power that does not need Kyusho for greater effect... Or do we? With massive power comes massive exertion, instability and limited time window for use.  Let's look at these...

Winter Blog Flash

    The long winter days of the New Year may have you a bit stir crazy so while we await the Friday Blog for this week, I thought I would share a quick Blog Flash: So a few years ago, someone asked me how valid Kyusho would be wearing gloves in the winter.  They...

Elbows

  What are you crazy? Are you suggesting you hit Kyusho targets with your elbow?  Our answer... "Of Course". You are to use whatever you are comfortable with, head buts, knees, open or closed hand... even your shoulders... but for now lets look close at the power...