The question of wether pressure points work is irrelavent, because they do...you can find them yourself; the obvious ones are the temple, throat, sternam...but to me these arent pressure points thye are just weak areas. If you get smacked on the temple you might die from brain trauma, not because its a pressure point.
'Proper' pressure points are places that arent particularly important, but wreck when you touch them or prod them (not just smack them).
If a big bastard is throwing himself at you then its pretty unlikely that your going to be able to hit a pressure point. But thats not to say they arent effective...if you dont believe touching a pressure point hurts then you havent had one touched. The pain is so intense it stops you from thinking...good for getting someone to release a hold or lose concentration on something. And im sure a person could be rendered unconsious from that level of pain.
Theres one in that fleshy part between you thumb and index...squeeze that as hard as you can. Or theres one at the base of you thumb, right in the middle of the big muscle thing. Or theres one right in the centre of your palm, theres one on your wrist...
Generally you could say learning about these is pointless, but thats like saying generally a person attacking you will hit you with a right punch. Neither are true.
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