Primary Kyusho Target

Primary Kyusho Target

Practice, Practice, Practice Let's take a look at I've been using for over 30-years and just as many countries. It's still one of my favorites as it has so many uses as well as setting up for following actions. It can be used both defensively as well as proactively...
Back to the Back

Back to the Back

Sound Enhanced This Back KO was first derived from Bassai Kata, (Tomari Style), but the motion is in so many other Katas or as a stand alone technique. The presented variation was from the Fuzhou Suparempi (thought to be the 4th Kata of Uechi Ryu/Pangainoon styles). I...
Kyusho in Ryukyu Seisan (KJKS)

Kyusho in Ryukyu Seisan (KJKS)

Kyuho Jutsu Kokusai Shihankai Here the 4 Shihans collaborated to bring us this breakdown of one of the Oldest Katas in Karate, Seisan. This is not to teach the Kata, but to help others look beyond practiced actions and incorporate Kyusho for greater efficiency and...
Kyusho is Irimi

Kyusho is Irimi

Irimi translates as Entering Irimi (入り身) Irimi translates as Entering Wikipedia: "Irimi (入り身) is the act of entering straight into a technique", "To enter with irimi, the defender needs to move in the very moment of the attack or even himself initiate it"......
Kyusho Quadrants

Kyusho Quadrants

Kyusho Sound Projection Quadrants Sound is energetic vibrations of the air that causes our eardrums to vibrate, these vibrations transmit to tiny bones in the middle ear until they reach the inner ear where the oscillating pressures are converted into electrical...
Compression Knockout

Compression Knockout

The secret is compression Last week we talked about Multiplied Knockouts but what we did not cover was some of the ways the KO's occurred. The truth is that a few of the knockouts didn't even use a strike on the opponent, so how is it that they physically collapsed?...
Multiple Knockouts

Multiple Knockouts

It is in your hands! Today we're going to take a look at a film that's been acruing for many years. I haven't publicly made a lot of what we train or how we train in private classes and courses. We do that in private, of course because we have 20 levels of training,...
One Strike Knockout

One Strike Knockout

Mental Nerve is a very special target point that responds to all three stimuli, (hit, rub, press) located just under the corner of the mouth and in-between the lower edge of teeth and base of the jaw.  There is a hole in the bone called a Foramen, where the...
Group Kyusho Training

Group Kyusho Training

Hong Kong July, 2025 The Kyusho International group in Hong Kong have been working on their Kyusho since 2014, with of course some time disruptions. Since then their main instructor relocated to a new country and it left them on their own to continue. They contacted...
3 Direction Closed Gate

3 Direction Closed Gate

Crane, Tiger, Dragon As any style in the Martial Arts may be enhanced by Kyusho, we look to this simple move that could be from the opening bow of many a Form, Kuen, Kata or Poomsae. Or the ending bow or salutation as in this ending from Uechi Ryu's Sanchin. As you...