Welcome to the first installment of my new series. As you have heard, I am going to do my best to explain my theory and opinion on human targeting. What strikes work best to the jaw? Would you ever kick to the head?
Such questions like these will be answered!
For those of you who saw the first posting, you saw this. You MIGHT be asking yourself "Uh... Why color code it?"
Anyone who has seen martial arts targeting guides, notices that many of them are color coded.
This is one that I have seen 1000 different places. It is specifically geared towards striking with a baton. Each zone is color coded.
This next one is a "pressure point chart" or some other such nonsense...
And if you have ever taken karate in a strip mall, you have seen this one:
I have seen this "Karate Striking Points" poster in about 20 different schools. It seems to come in the Franchise Kit for every single martial arts school.
So why do something different?
In a word: Simple.
I feel that much of the value of combat arts are lost when you try to complicate things too much. Sure, there is always more to learn, but does the bad information contained in these posters really help you? Does the guy in the trailer park have one of these?
I think weaknesses in the human body are much more basic.
So about my colors:
Red dots signal places that are easily fatal. These are the spots that a minimal force will result in death. These spots should be used with care and caution. However, if legal use of force allows you to use one of these targets, it's important to know.
Blue dots are for "Mechanical Damage" targets. These are targets that when struck, have a good likely hood of causing the human machine to fail rapidly. Sometimes instantly. The strikes here are not "sure fire" but nothing is. Some times, these spots don't establish a ton of pain! Many times when people get knocked out, they don't recall any pain at all. So of course, by striking these points, you will have to answer for many legal questions too. The blue dots when struck will cause mechanical failure to people regardless of what chemical might be coursing through their veins.
Green dots are spots that are locations that cause a higher amount of pain than the rest of the human body, but don't have a substantial likely hood of the "1 punch ko". For most people, these spots will deliver pain. However, if the person is on something, the green dots might have no effect. Additionally, these spots can often be trained to harden by professionals or experts with ease.
It should go without saying that a green dot with the right amount of force could be kicked into the blue, or red category, but I want to make that clear anyway. For example: A foot stomp by the average person won't cause a break. However, if that person were a heavy body with work boots on, that green target, might become a blue. Additionally, if you shot someone in the foot, it just might be a red target. So don't be too picky about this. In reverse, a weakling striking in the throat, turns it from a red target to a green target.
To expand it a bit, take a look at the Monadnock chart. Every inch of the body has a color on it. We could easily do this with our graphic, but I avoided it. Everyone knows that a slug in the bicep hurts. Anything getting hit hurts. That doesn't need to be taught. What does need to be taught is effective targets in real combat and the reason they are.
I hope that everyone follows this series and asks questions about it. I encourage all of you to research this stuff on your own, challenge me, and do your best to discuss it both here in the comments section, and in class.
See you on Sunday!
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