Finger Tip KO

by admin | Jul 15, 2016 | Protection

  "Single Blade of Grass Hand" One of the 6 Ji hands is named the "Single Blade of Grass Hand". The "Single Blade of Grass Hand" is a unique hand position pictured above is in many arts but unfortunately locked it the thought of the practitioner or teaching that...

Cramping

by admin | Jul 13, 2016 | Health, Wellness

  "Charlie Horse" Wednesdays Kyusho (Vital Point) for wellness. Charley Horse is a popular colloquial term in Canada and the United States for painful spasms or cramps in the leg muscles.  The term dates back to the 1880s and was originally a American baseball...

Ankle KO

by admin | Jul 8, 2016 | Protection

    Ankle KO Targets of the Monkey (Bubishi) part 3 of 3 Two issues ago we started a small exploration of some Kyusho Applications and how they could result in a Kyusho Knockout… on the leg.  In the first segment we covered a Kyusho KO that is possible with...

Tensho

by admin | Jul 1, 2016 | Protection

  Tensho - "Turning Palms" Follow all link as as they are directed you several video offerings... many free from YouTube, some more involved here on Kyusho.com One of the more well known kata in Goju-Ryu, Tensho is derived from the Chinese form of "Rokkishu". ...

Leg KO’s

by admin | Jun 24, 2016 | Protection

    Targets of the Monkey (Bubishi)     In last month’s issue we covered a Kyusho KO that is possible with a single strike to the leg. The target was a combination of nerve and vascular tissue just behind the bend of the knee.  It is, as is this...