With Pressure Points, Add Efficiency to Effectiveness and your Dim Mak will be Better Again

Efficiency is a different matter. To work out if your dim mak is effective you have to look at the results of what you do. Efficiency is not so much about the final result; it's about the action you use to get the result. Efficiency is about how you move and act, effectiveness is about what happens to your opponent depending on how you move and act.

Bear with me for a moment and let's take a classic example from the cartoons. In one corner you have a fighter, rapidly moving his feet backwards and forwards, dodging here, dodging there, feint punching the air, moving in, moving out, throwing a few punches, weaving, dodging, making a quick jab......oh!! He misses!..in, out, gets in a fast one, makes contact; he's fast, but there's no power behind him, just speed.

His opponent watches, follows him, ducks out of the way when he needs to, bides his time and even has to block and wear the odd fast but sloppy punch. But when this fighter lands his strike it is SOLID, strong and fast...the other guy doesn't see it coming. One leaves the ring breathing heavy and eyes black...the other calmly strolls off.

Now yes, this is an extreme example, but I'm sure you understand what I mean. So read on.

The efficient opponent is the second. The first has expelled a lot of energy on showy moves, he's fast and he doesn't often get struck, but nor does he often get effective results either.

The efficient fighter picks his target and takes his time. He moves out of the way when necessary, but only as far as he needs to (note this is a common mistake made by beginners in dim mak); there's no point moving too far, only enough so that he doesn't get hurt.

When he moves to strike, he is just as fast, but he's also focused and his strikes are solid, strong, fast and powerful. This is economy of movement, efficiency at it's best. Nothing wasted. This is authentic dim mak.

Efficiency is about how you move, it's about whether you waste energy, or whether you conserve and build it. Remember you only need to move so that you don't get hurt, any further away and you don't improve your efficiency; now you have to move further and faster to get in your strike before your opponent sees it coming. It's also about taking the opportunity when it arises, not just flailing around hoping you'll get lucky.

Efficiency is about keeping it simple; flashy is not efficient. Dim mak helps with efficiency. Pressure point applications are not showy. They are usually sharp and quick and many of them are for short range use. But there are also techniques for long range defence.

Concepts such as Six-Inch Power, Inch Power, the Ghost Hands Pounce technique or the ones taught in our Devil Hands course are not for show; these techniques are designed for efficiency. They are designed to be delivered with speed, simplicity and suddenness. Speed without all the other elements wastes energy and authentic Dim mak doesn't waste energy, it conserves it and builds it up, then focuses it for effectiveness.

If you can be efficient in your movements and effective in your results, then you will be a good way to mastering the basics of pressure point fighting. Together efficiency and effectiveness make a powerful and difficult combination to beat.

Have another look at the other article on "Dim Mak Techniques and Principles of Application". If you follow points one to nine and keep up with your point knowledge, your effectiveness will improve. The five sub-principles at point ten will make you more efficient; and if you continually practice all 10 - you will be both an effective and efficient pressure points practitioner.

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