Pressure Point Strikes Seminar: Summary and Feedback: 1/16/10

Today’s Pressure Point Strikes Seminar at ACMA in Burlington, NC   provided the participants with a wealth of information and analogies. Master John Dowdy introduced 28 pressure point strikes.

Each pressure point  was discussed within the contexts of :

• location of pressure point
• possible effect(s) of strike
• antidotes (if any)
• uses of the pressure point for healing purposes

Today’s seminar participants ranged in experience from white belts through advanced degrees of Black Belts of various styles and training backgrounds  including Ninjitsu, Tae Kwon Do, Tang Soo Do, Karate, Jujitsu, and Hapkido. Most were currently training  in Master Dowdy’s Tiger Shark Hapkido and Tiger Shark Jujitsu systems.

Master Dowdy enriched the presentation by including  demonstrations of:

• intermediate ki-building and ki-strikes
• introduction to dragon or fire breathing
• flash point remedies for heat exhaustion when training
• remedies for groin hits, nosebleeds, etc
• Meridian Clock
• various personal stories and martial arts historical analogies such as how pressure points were originally discovered

At the conclusion of every seminar, we ask that participants provide  feedback via a short Seminar Evaluation form. This information assists us in improving upcoming seminars. We appreciate the suggestions as well as the compliments.

FEEDBACK FROM TODAY’S SEMINAR PARTICIPANTS:

WHAT PART DID YOU FIND MOST INTERESTING?

“the integration of the strike points with qi flow….” BH

“the focus or removal or adding of Ki…” PB

“how many of the points have antidote points and where they are…” BW

“the duality of pressure points…” KS

“pressure point clock…” ZG

I LEARNED THAT…

“be very careful where you hit someone , even when fooling around…” BH

“you should be very  careful using these over and over…” BW

“how so many different strikes can affect you or your opponent…” RS

“the body and one’s energy is manifested in many ways and locations…” KS

“that I know nothing!…” PB

” an injury should be attended to immediately before residual damage can occur…”PJ

HOW WAS THE MATERIAL RELEVANT AND USEFUL TO YOUR LIFE?

“new knowledge for self-healing and therapy;not just for self-defense…” KS

“I’m hoping to make use of this safely in my fighting and training and use it when I am hurt or sick…” BW

“self-defense techniques…” RS

“good information…” JD

“I can use pressure points in combination with my grappling and striking…” ZG

“I can incorporate some pressure point strikes into my sparring training and enhance my ki hits using less energy…”PJ

“opened new healing perspectives to pressure points…”PB

“I’d like to see if they’ll help my wife…” BH

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