How the Philosphy of Dim Mak Pressure Points Self Defense Gives You
The Upper Hand

The art of dim mak pressure points uses it’s physical techniques to get you, the defender, into place so that:

1. you can target and strike certain vital points on the human body

2. to disarm your attacker and

3. allow you to escape with as little damage to yourself, and as quickly, as possible.

While we talk about Dim Mak – pressure point ‘fighting’, keep in mind that the ‘fighting’ aspect of this art is based on certain specific martial arts philosophies, all to give you the upper hand.

For example, if two Dim Mak practitioners get involved in a fight, and they are practiced, efficient and effective, the first practitioner to land a successful strike will win. It’s not a round after round bout, because once one practitioner lands their blow direct to a point that has a massive effect on their opponent, the fight’s over.

Dim Mak can be lethal, and as such needs to be treated and learnt, with a great deal of respect. When you read and hear the stories of someone who delivered a kick to another person in the street, and that person immediately fell to the ground and died, it’s probably not the kick itself that was responsible, rather it is the vital point the kick struck. They have accidentally struck a point that is a death point. They may not have meant to target that point, they probably don’t even realize they’ve done it.

The human body can take quite a bit of pounding. Think of the pounding boxers take, think of the amount of damage some people take in a street fight, the number of blows their body absorbs, before they collapse…they’re bruised, sore, and bleeding, but it takes a lot to put the person down, unless you hit exactly the right point to achieve this result.

In a situation where your life is at risk, you don’t really want to be ‘fighting’, you want to be safe, and you want to be safe fast. This is where Dim Mak gives you the upper hand.

The techniques maximise the effect of any strike to your assailant, targeting pressure points gives you the ability to get out of a conflict before your body takes on a lot of pounding and damage. The upper hand is in your perspective, as well as your skills. It’s in knowing that you’re not going into a ‘fight’, but into a situation where you will target points, to disable your opponent, so that they don’t even get the chance to wind themselves up into a fight frenzy, or a pounding assault.

Dim Mak has the upper hand in self defence situations because usually your opponent is thinking one of two things:

1. either you are an easy target, smaller, older, weaker, whatever, but you are not going to be able to do much against them; or

2. that they are able to hit you more often, and avoid more of your strikes, and that therefore you’ll fall first.

So the upper hand is in knowing that while your attacker thinks they are stronger and able to take more, what they don’t know is that you’re not going to try and exchange blow-for-blow, your aim is totally different -- to defend and escape. You are already channeling what you know about pressure points to target specail points and areas that will achieve this aim as quickly as possible.

Of course, there’s a third option (possible more), they haven’t really thought about at all, they’re looking for trouble and just want a fight…either way, as a Dim Mak student, you’re thinking about this quite differently…from a Dim Mak perspective, you want out, out safely and out fast.

Dim Mak pressure points gives you the upper hand on three fronts:

1. The way you view the upcoming attack, that is, what your aim is

2. That your ability to win is not based on your strength, so your size, your gender or physical appearance is irrelevant; your ability to win is based on your knowledge, on where to strike, and how to strike; and thirdly,

3. You're not in it to go three rounds or more. The longer a ‘fight’ or altercation goes on, the more likely you will get injured. You are not fighting, you are defending yourself as efficiently and effectively as you can…you are not here to play...or pretend you are doing a scene for a movie.

When you see the art of dim mak pressure points as a whole, study its secrets, and practice its techniques. You’ll realise that the upper hand of using dim mak for self defence comes from its very origins. That it was taught and practiced only by the oldest Chinese martial arts masters. It wasn’t to get involved in fights, it was to show that while they were old, and they may not be able to swing their legs over their head, they were still able to defend themselves, their students and their families. They weren’t interested in long, drawn out physical battles, they were interested in protecting themselves and what was theirs. It’s this very essence of dim mak that gives you the upper hand when you use it to defend yourself with pressure points.

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