Pressure Points
I have been interested in pressure points ever since the “Taser” swept through the school. For those who have never experienced it, the Taser is a forceful poke to the ribs with two fingers. It causes mild discomfort and can be more or less uncomfortable, depending on the spot in the ribs you poke. “Huh, that’s interesting” is what I thought. I never really did any research on pressure points until a few years later. Before this, though, I just wanted to figure out funny, cool ways to make people squirm. For the next two grades, all I did to learn more pressure points was poking people and see if they squirmed. Then, one day, as I was tickling my little brother, I remembered: Taser! This inspired me to find out more, and was the beginning of my research in pressure points. …show more content…
I wondered whether there was any style of martial arts that did this, and whether it worked, and if so, why? I did a little research on this, and surprisingly, I found a martial arts style based almost entirely on pressure points: Daito-Ryu Aikijujutsu. After watching some Youtube videos, visiting the style’s website, and looking it up on Wikipedia, I stumbled into another surprising fact: pressure points are still used today, by massage therapists and to reduce pain in cancer
I have been interested in pressure points ever since the “Taser” swept through the school. For those who have never experienced it, the Taser is a forceful poke to the ribs with two fingers. It causes mild discomfort and can be more or less uncomfortable, depending on the spot in the ribs you poke. “Huh, that’s interesting” is what I thought. I never really did any research on pressure points until a few years later. Before this, though, I just wanted to figure out funny, cool ways to make people squirm. For the next two grades, all I did to learn more pressure points was poking people and see if they squirmed. Then, one day, as I was tickling my little brother, I remembered: Taser! This inspired me to find out more, and was the beginning of my research in pressure points. …show more content…
I wondered whether there was any style of martial arts that did this, and whether it worked, and if so, why? I did a little research on this, and surprisingly, I found a martial arts style based almost entirely on pressure points: Daito-Ryu Aikijujutsu. After watching some Youtube videos, visiting the style’s website, and looking it up on Wikipedia, I stumbled into another surprising fact: pressure points are still used today, by massage therapists and to reduce pain in cancer