What Are Your VITAL-POINTS?

<p>The man was feeling a little too comfortable with his reluctant date as he pulled her into the couch. Michelle however, was very familiar with this situation from her grappling class and instead of resisting the momentum of the pull went with it, and slammed her knee into his goin/ tailbone, instantaneously landing with both elbows to his solar plexus full force, assisted in part from his powerful pulling motion. Both of these strikes were directed to his VITAL-POINTS and they worked!</p> <p>The dull thud and deep groan was gratifying to her in a weird sort of way. He gasped to regain his breath, and she smiled as she backed out of his clutches, grabbed her stuff and jetted out the door. Next stop was home for a shower, and unfriending this guy from her dating app. A responsible self-defense practitioner, she would also warn off everyone she knew about his overaggressive tendencies.</p> <p>VITAL-POINTS are “release buttons” in self-defense consisting of vital organs, sensitive nerve centers and tender, vulnerable spots on the human body. Applying pressure or deliberate striking to these points can be very disruptive, and life saving at times.</p> <p>Whether a knee to the groin, an elbow to the throat, or gouge to the eye when someone, anyone experiences these VITAL-POINT attacks they respond to the immediate pain, or loss of nerve function, becoming stunned, incapacitated, or instinctively disconnect or discontinue the action. That’s why we use them!</p> <p>The question is therefore, what are the VITAL-POINTS in your life? Defending these important points in self-defense is life saving, just as defending them in life “saves life…”</p> <p>VITAL-POINT attacks are so named for their “vital nature” to our mind, body, or spirit. When someone gouges an attacker’s eye, unless that attacker is on mind numbing drugs, they will react. In self-defense and in life, there are very few things that effect us so quickly and deeply.</p> <p>Really, think about it…When someone trolls you on social media it is painful, and yet pr