Dim Mak

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40 vital points according to Funakoshi Gichin

With Dim Mak - Mandarin Dianmai - or "art of deadly touch" ( Chinese  點脈  /  点脉 , Pinyin diǎnmài , Jyutping dim 2 mak 6  - "the finger at the Meridian press") in several Asian is martial arts postulated concept called in which so-called nerve pressure points of the opponent are to be attacked by pressure, a shock or blow in order to trigger intense pain, brief paralysis, respiratory failure or even death. The concept has not been scientifically proven.

The term Dim Jyut - Mandarin Chinese Dianxue - ( 點穴  /  点穴 , diǎnxué , Jyutping dim 2 jyut 6  - “press your finger on the nerve pressure point”) is a sub-term. The two terms come from Cantonese .

Systematics of Dim Mak

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Who defines these three pillars?

Dim Mak is based on three pillars:

  • Dim-Ching : Knowledge of the nervous system, its function and the pathways and their influence
  • Dim-Hsueh : Knowledge of the bloodstream
  • the life energy Qi (Chi) and its influence

Dim Mak - fight and heal

The points used (also called vital points) correspond to the acupuncture points in traditional Chinese medicine . Of the 365 points listed there, 108 points are used in Asian martial arts. The Taijiquan assumes that 46 points of one's body can be used to emit Qi (Qi-Qi projection or shock).

Funakoshi Gichin , the founder of modern karate , describes 40 vital points that are considered to be points of attack. However, these are anatomically based and not based on their position in the "meridian system". The effect is then based on the destruction of certain anatomical structures, the effect on nerve centers and pain receptors, etc. They partially coincide with the points described in the "meridian system".

Classification of vital points

The vital points are basically divided into four groups:

  • 昏 穴 , hūnxué : should cause fainting
  • 啞穴  /  哑穴 , yǎxué : should cause silence
  • 麻穴 , máxué : should cause paralysis
  • 死穴 , sǐxué : should cause death

Of the 108 vital points, which is usually at the junctions of the muscles with the tendon should be

  • 72 points cause injuries and permanent damage
  • 36 points possibly cause death

application

Each of the 365 acupuncture points of traditional Chinese medicine should be usable for attack and healing. In the literature there are up to about 1500 points, which consist of the 365 acupuncture points and more than 1000 so-called "points". The applicability of these points for the real case of self-defense may be doubted regardless of the effectiveness of the Dim Mak, which is due to their accessibility, but also to the necessary precision in finding and correctly hitting these essentially only 1–3 mm small spots in combat .

Heal

At Dim Mak, the learner first studies healing methods and only then the combat action itself. Here the topic of acupressure is essentially centralized, but healing through Tuina or herbal medicine also plays a role.

See also

literature

  • Jin Jing Zhonh: Dian Xue Shu - Skill of Acting on Acupoints . Dim mak Authentic Shaolin Heritage, 1934. New edition in English by Andrew Timofeevich, 2004
  • Patrick McCarthy: The Bible of Karate: Bubishi: The Bubishi . Tuttle Publishing, ISBN 978-0-8048-2015-8 .
  • Roland Habersetzer : Bubishi - At the source of Karatedô . 2nd Edition. Rosewood Verlag, 2006, ISBN 978-3-938305-00-3 . The German edition of Bubishi with a chapter on vital point techniques.
  • Erle Montaigue , Wally Simpson: The Main Meridians (Encyclopedia of Dim-Mak) . Paladin Press
  • Alder Montaigue: Dim-Mak: Death Point Striking . Paladin Press
  • Erle Montaigue: Advanced Dim-Mak: The Finer Points of Death-Point Striking: The Finer Points of Death-point Striking (Advanced) . Paladin Press
  • Rick Bauer, A. Flane Walker, Flane Walker: Ancient Art of Life and Death: The Complete Book of Dim-Mak: The Book of Dim-Mak . Paladin Press
  • Erle Montaigue, Michael Kelly: Death Touch: The Science Behind the Legend of Dim-Mak . Partners Publishing Group

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Lind : The Lexicon of Martial Arts. Sportverlag Berlin, 2001, ISBN 3-328-00898-5 , p. 140
  2. ↑ Maoshing Ni (ed. And comm.), [Only authorized. Translated from the English by Ingrid Fischer-Schreiber]: "The Yellow Emperor" The basic work of Chinese medicine, OW Barth Munich, 1st edition 1998, ISBN 978-3-502-67470-2 , p. 269
  3. ↑ a b Werner Lind: The Lexicon of Martial Arts. Sportverlag Berlin, 2001, ISBN 3-328-00898-5 , p. 142
  4. ↑ Werner Lind: The Lexicon of Martial Arts. Sportverlag Berlin, 2001, ISBN 3-328-00898-5 , p. 258