{"id":6095,"date":"2017-02-27T17:45:30","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T01:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?p=6095"},"modified":"2017-10-25T20:56:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-26T03:56:50","slug":"pressure-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/?p=6095","title":{"rendered":"Pressure Points"},"content":{"rendered":"

People often asked me about the martial art\/self-defense I have practiced. Most of them are general questions about the origin, history or what we do, for which I have developed a script. Until… I was asked whether I know how to perform the “Vulcan Nerve Pinch<\/a>” technique. (If you are not familiar with the Star Trek reference, please click on the link for more information.)<\/p>\n

The answer was… “No, because I’m not a Vulcan.”<\/p>\n

That being said, human does have many pressure points located all over the body. Below is a link to an article on leaf.tv. It provides general information from “What is a pressure point?” to “Why do pressure points hurt?”
\nHow Does a Pressure Point Work?<\/a><\/p>\n

So far, nobody has asked me about the “Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique<\/a>” yet. (If you are not familiar with Kill Bill 2, click on the link for more information.) While we’re on the subject, here is another link to a short article on Medical Daily:
\nThe Truth about Pressure Points: Which Ones Can Kill You and Which Ones Are Just Myths<\/a><\/p>\n

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People often asked me about the martial art\/self-defense I have practiced. Most of them are general questions about the origin, history or what we do, for which I have developed a script. Until… I was asked whether I know how to perform the “Vulcan Nerve Pinch” technique. (If you are not familiar with the Star Trek reference, please click on the link for more information.) The answer was… “No, because I’m not a Vulcan.” That being said, human does have many pressure points located all over the body. Below is Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[56],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6095"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6095"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6095\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6967,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6095\/revisions\/6967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/maelstromcore.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}