Pressure and Vital Points of the Human Body
Pressure and Vital Points of the Human Body In today’s circumstance, the modern definition of karate has to be a way of self-defense to handle efficiently conflict situations when all other avoidable means are exhausted. Here, the role of learning with hard points, vital points, Varma points, and pressure points will come into support. The knowledge of vital points of the human body is advantageous for karatekas. The meaning of ‘vital point’ is the parts of the body where a blow would be comparatively effective. Vital points are pinpoints, and the majority of those points of the body where maximum caution is applied are vital points known since ancient times. Figure - Forty vital points of the human body In martial arts, pressure points are areas of the body where the application of pressure or strike causes pain. They can be used to release an attacker’s grip on our arm, c