Bunkai, Kyusho, and the Death Touch – Part XII

Here is a list of what I consider insightful books on pressure points:

Bubishi: The Classic Manual of Combat by Patrick McCarthy. Be sure to get the latest, 2008, edition.

Death Touch:The Science Behind The Legend of Dim-Mak by Michael Kelly.

Pressure Points: The Deadly Touch by Bruce Everett Miller (http://www.quanlikan.com/CMEProducts.html)

The Western Bubishi: An Advanced Study of Martial Arts by Rand Cardwell (cheaper copies are available if you do a bit of looking)

Color Atlas of Acupuncture 2^nd Edition by H.-U. Hecker, A. Steveling, E. Peuker, J.Kastner, and K. Liebchen (This is a nice, little, well-illustrated book on acupuncture but shows the locations of all points. It only keynotes healing points so you have to count off points to find specific ones sometimes. But they’re all there.)

There are, of course, other good books out there. These are merely the ones I’ve read and found most useful in acquiring an objective view of the subject.

Someone asked me about “the delayed death touch”, which I forgot to mention. I’ll likely soon add a final post on what causes the delay. I have a couple of interesting stories to tell on that subject.

Thanks for reading, Jim