Nerve Strikes that Work - Core JKD 

I am speaking as a 68 year old USMC veteran. I hold black belts in karate, judo, aikijitsu, and a 1st kyu in aikido and as a teen was an undefeated amateur boxer(16-0). I studied karate in Okinawa for over a year and was told that there are nerve strikes, pressure points, vital points etc, but my instructor who survived WWII and the battle of Okinawa fighting for the losing side told me to never try to hit one. If you try you will miss 90% of the time and leave yourself open to counterattack. He told me to strike first, strike hard and if you hit one of those points consider it a bonus. I was a police officer and corrections supervisor for 20 years and for 11 of those years I was the prison's self-defense instructor. I attended too many self-defense seminars than I can count, constantly refining my skills to pass on that knowledge to my fellow officers. In those 20 years I had to use force/defend myself 48 times. 6 of those times was against a bladed weapon. So, I know of what I speak from experience. These points are easy to exploit on a compliant person allowing you to perform them but it is an entirely different scenario against an active opponent full of adrenaline and tensed muscles and anger. I know because myself and the other self-defense instructor used to try these on each other in full contact training sessions. We, also in training staff members would secretly try these points on them to gauge their reactions and we found many felt nothing, some felt something, and some were affected greatly. So, these points vary greatly individually person to person. Interesting we both observed that redheads had the highest resistance to these techniques, many showing no effect whatsoever. My last piece of advice as an old man is this. Stick to the basics, they will come through for you every time.

"If an enemy insists on war, then you take away their ability to wage it." - Chozen

that poor guy getting all the pain to show all of us.. you are a hero

he just looks so scared. i feel for you bro

“You’ll feel that” Dude I even felt that through the video

I've learned a few pressure points just by having kids. How many times one of my son's elbows hit the exact spot on my thigh when they would climb to get up in my lap, or dug an elbow in my chest when they climbed up into the bed to wake me up on Saturday morning. One time, while holding an infant, I was walking out of a building and made a sharp right turn. Because I was holding my son in my right arm, I wasn't able to see the concrete decorative planter - at just the right height, on the other side of my obstructed view. One of the "tips" of the planter connected with a quarter sized spot by my knee, and I went DOWN. I felt virtually no pain, but I lost all feeling from my knee down, and took a bow. My wife almost didn't believe me, when I was like "Take the baby! Take the baby - I struck a nerve!" It took about a good, solid 10 seconds to get the feeling back. Ahh. The "art" of fatherhood.

"Hey jason, you turn up late one more time you're gonna be the Guinea pig in my next video..." *turns up late again* "Let's look at nerve strikes..."

did I actually just use these on myself and get small bruises

3:48 now I was taught this in Marine Ops that, that nerve is a never fail haha. Anymore we trained we would use that on each other and your hand goes NUMB. It’s unbelievable the small amount of pressure you would have to use to really hurt someone. My favorite pressure point. Just take the bottom of your palm and wack that spot. Not hard but enough and your hand will tingle immediately

Thank you,I got a lot from that,feel sorry for your training partner,you can tell it hurts,big thumbs up to him :-)

I've been involved in Okinawan Karate since 10 years old. I'm now turning 46 tomorrow. I watch your videos and it covers so much that was missing in my many years. It's really refreshing, what you are doing. You are eliminating so much time. I'm discovering the economy of movement that I was not familiar with before.

Very informative, especially the groundwork… Would love to see a pressure point offensive strike attack video 💯

3:42 i like how his fist is ready to punch your face while you punching his nerve

that poor man was suffering, but it goes to show that it was working.

Most people don't understand that the training partner / guinea pig is actually training the person who is doing the drill by letting the person know when it is done effectively and properly... I've had more than my fair share of being the guinea pig as it were.. But in being the training partner who is having the moves done to them... It's my responsibility to let my training partner know when it is ineffective or doesn't work right

He's a real trooper. Thank you for being part of this video. Great information.

I like the way you train-getting used to the pain and knowing what kind it is. 👍

This reminds me of chakra points

Loved the video! I am prior military and now work in law enforcement and these techniques brought up some good memories! In law enforcement we have to be aware of how we handle people due to legal reasons so this was a good refresher for me! Thank you!

Great functional pressure points to apply standing and on the ground. Love your explanations

Thanks for this! 😉 it really helps with my research. I havent found a description/ step by step guide to each action as clearly demonstrated until now. So im really grateful for this! My first time watching one of your vids so im gonna check out some more. Thanks again! 😁

Thank you so much for posting this video. Bless him for helping you.

While watching this video I did a few of the things on myself and there really isn't much you can do when you've got a thumb, knuckle, elbow or whatever in those certain spots. Very helpful video!

An outstanding demo and explanation. Thank you!

Kid’s been through a lot

Excellent video thanks for taking the time to share.

Great illustration on nerve point strikes!

Massive credit to your sparring buddy here. Brave man!

Thank you and I only hope that can remember that if ever needed.

You Tube suggested this video, glad I clicked and subbed.👍 Most informative. I can tell the instructor likes his job.

Super Information by an incredible instructor!

Thank you for sharing your martial art techniques.

So glad i discovered this channel, so much helpful info, thank you!

Partner: "Jesus, save me!"

Great stuff! Very informative!

Great advice , and demonstration. Thank you .

needed this to focus !! Thank You !

This was some sweet knowledge gained, thank you!

Your IMPRESSIVE video really got on my NERVES! :-)

Learned this as a kid..thanks for the reminder..gr8 vids

Brilliant video, subbed.

Much easier to understand. Thank you for the self defense videos!

took me to the end of the vid to realize that crunching sound was just the mat and not stuff breaking internally

Excellent lesson(s)! Thank you!

I've taught some of these nerve shots in some my private classes. My classes were just SELF DEFENSE Classes not a Belt driven Jitz or Judo classes. The younger guys, HS ages always wanted to learn an Arm Bar or Rear Naked. I would always tell them I am teaching Self Defence not how to hurt someone!

Great video with easy to use technique

You are a great teacher and explain it super. Thanks

Excellent video

You use these nerve points and the pain they cause to augment good technique as part of an overall strategy to win. Not as "pain compliance" by itself. This is a really good point that can't be overemphasized. Good video.

Yo thanks, especially to the one dude taking all the pain. F.

Thank you, very helpful!

Love this guy. So good

Very informative....thank you

Awesome Coach .

Damn, this guy is really taking hits.... great video

1. Cant see. 2. Cant breathe. 3. Can't walk. R = Can't Fight... ☯️

At 4:42 is my current mood right now

Learnt my pressure point by pure accident. By Finger and Central knuckle strikes initially to just "poke" a person away, but saw that after the initial strike the pain and impact seemed to reverberate thru them. Best described as a ripple effect, the initial "poke" hit, us followed by a nerve pain that tends to go deeper and deeper and after 10-15 seconds is still intensifying. Its where my initial interest was expanded, purely by accident.

This guy is pro! Thank you!!

Question, when the adrenaline is really rushing, does nerve points work as well?

The chest one works very good thanks for the video 👍

Great videos. Subbed and thank you!

Yes I see were the instructor is really given him some presser he a great guy !

Nice and useful tips

🙏 respected sir this exactly I needed thank you ✊

Just hit that arm nerve to see if it works...it definitely works 😣

Great video man!

Thanks guys! Grandpa had no chance

Great vlog,good communication.

Give your partner credit for this as he was a good sport. You need to rub pressure points after attacking them in training don't just repeat strike them.

Some people have a question regarding who would ever grab both hands like that. Short answer: fight a wrester, and you'll find out.

Really good info👍👍👍

Excellent. Lot of good tricks! Thanks.

Great technique

Good friends are very hard to find and even harder to keep.

The radial nerve can be used as an extremely versatile pain point since it can be used to block a lot of the grapplings as well as strikes!

I think nunchakus (or any other club like instrument) are typically good against small-stiff and weak muscles (trapezius, deltoids, back, forearms) and exposed bones (head, face, clavicle, chest-centre, shoulders, fists, wrists, elbows, spine, hips, knees, shins, ankles, feet).

Awesome ... thank you

Fighting is a lot like cooking, everyone can do it but only a few can do it well enough to please everyone. Some will use pre-packaged ingredients designed for ease of use and churn out a good meal. But when you truly understand what your trying to make then you start from scratch and build something marvelous. Martial arts isn't so different, you are given so many different pieces to make what you want to, how you do that is up to you. Expecting kata to take down a street fighter is like expecting store bought pasta sauce to impress a real chef, very unlikely unless you understand the peices your working with and how to use them. Nerve strikes are like seasoning a good fight. The right strikes at the right time yeild the results you want, but like cooking using a random seasoning and expecting it to fix anything is un realistic. Unless you know how to make it fit into the whole picture, spices or strikes, you may find something good for you but likely wont please everyone you share it with.

you have a brave assistant..

Way to go Ming.

This is where you feel it nicely. Pain must feel nice. Haha! XD

To add on this...these things work really good, and even better if you have a simple common thing in your hand, like a lighter, keys, or even better a pencil/ballpen.

Two athletes I admire the most are Wrestlers and Muai Thai pros. It’s their mental toughness and ability to handle pain. I recently watched a video of Bukaw, he has taking punishment like it was a walk on Sunday, after a bit of abuse he unleashed his weapons. Done. Wrestlers are scary too.

Why u gotta hit him so hard lol

I feel for his poor assistant,even in demos geez it must hurt ;)

We used to do tapouts when I was in community college. *An elbow in the chest like you did is an immediate full reaction.* But we could resist and *get used to handling the "side grinds"* as we called them. I like the arm nerve stuff you did. There is a similar thing on the inside of the leg near the knee. If someone is trying to kick you, getting that 5 or 6 times is enough that most martial artists that aren't something tougher like mma will probably stop tying to kick with that leg and definitely slow down like you described with the arms. And if they are trying to squeeze you with their legs, pressing an elbow into that leg spot is excruciating. If I was actually fighting though, I'd elbow strike it in rapid succession rather than pressing in. Hansi Mack always taught that your blocks should be strikes. If you are touching your opponent, it should cost them something.

Great video! After seeing your manipulation of nerves, I'd love to see a video on effective Bil Jee strikes. Thank you.

great vid Sifu

Poor Matt! Thank you for your sacrificial pain :)

thanks man, i wanna learn more, so much detail, its crazy, the body is crazy haha, you are crazy good man haha

What if grey T-shirt guy laughed hysterically each time you tried to poke him.

Good demos! I use the stand up technique except i Collar tie with a elbow jammed into that chest pressure point to help distract a trip or short single leg or any grappling transition for that matter. Anyways great thorough demonstrations my man

Thank you for your cooperation dude. Looks painful.

Guinea pigs neck was red before they started. Poor guy.

poor guy

How about the 5 point palm exploding heart technique. How am I suppose to learn this one if no body ever lets me practice it on them

Very nice

Good video... Thanks

These are pretty good tips, don't seem too hard to utilize either.