SI-11
Some Kyusho targets are rarely if ever used by Instructors or Practitioners, but that does not make them invalid. Many targets that are not taught have great worth and potential and it is important to each individual to work with them to find the true worth (or not) for themselves.
SI-11 is such a target as it is located on the back of the body on a highly mobile structure... making it difficult to target. However it is important for each individual to experience each target to ascertain if it suits them personally and deserves a place in their arsenal.
This target can be highly painful and dysfunctional and worked correctly can easily dislocate the shoulder or cause altered states of consciousness.
In the reality of Kyusho there are nerves, the pressure points sometimes do overlay them, but at other times they do not. Whats more is that if the body structure moves, so to does a pressure point on that structure, but by fully understanding the underlying physical structure (in this case a nerve), the movement is inconsequential and possibly even beneficial to accessing the target effectively.
Another reason this target may be overlooked by so many is that it is not easy to access and more importantly needs specific tools or weapons to affect it. Too many people choose to train techniques, but do not spend enough time on the study of the tools that can best cause dysfunction using the target. Something as simple as an elbow can be (and mainly is) thrown in an ineffective manner that only generates power, not so much the penetration needed.
For expanded coverage with Podcast Video, a 5 layer interactive anatomical set of images (to show you the exact structures and how it lays inside the body) along with an depth explanation and demonstration of this target with the correct tools to access it. Click Here
PS this drawing was created here, as were all those you see being used without permission or even a simple request... but what they all lack is the interactivity to melt from skin, to muscle, to nerve, to vascular and to organ and bone...in any degree you wish. They can not copy this and so you will never see them... unless you use one of these options:
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We tried striking last class with a downward elbow to defend against a takedown. My targeting seemed off, but I was able to instruct it correctly as I was subsequently struck and dropped. It almost took my breath away.
Though I was off on that technique, I was able to pass on the Sanchin bunkai of the downward elbow to the St line above the knee. I did not mean to catch it, it happened accidentally. Love when that happens.
Funny dojo story: While we were working the technique, a flying insect decided to land on my face. Reflexively, I swatted at my face and it dropped to the mat. I asked my students, “did you see that? It(yourr kyusho) must be trained to be a reflex. Fast and with energy transfer. It is like Miyagi and the chopsticks in Karate Kid.” They drew closer and I said,”see there is lies at my feet”. I bent down to remove it from the training area, that is when it took flight. “Again, a perfect kyusho strike. I stunned it, but there is no permanent damage.”Everyone was amused.
All good sir…. the fun of Kyusho is the inadvertent outcomes that arise while practicing to cause them.