Hello Laui, Nihau, Nihau! My name Sifu Dansac, I am Kung Fu Master, I am teacher, I am amaze by how much you Laui love your nerve points! Anyone would think it was magic or something, but if all you Laui insist, Sifu will show you more of him Kung Fu nerve points tricks.
WHAT HAVE WE COVER?
So far, Sifu talk about basics of what are nerve points, what nerve points can do and how it is all science and medical fact, not mumbo jumbo or strange Oriental religion. Today, Sifu discuss specifics of nerve striking in more detail, and maybe also explore more subtle applications of technique.
STRIKING
Basically speak, all strikes are nerve strikes because that is how you body work; pain is register by the nerves and transmit to the brain. It not necessary to strike hard and fast; faster you hit, harder to aim; harder you hit, usually more tension and less control. Make powerful hit is not about be tense and angry; powerful hit is about technique and flow. Obviously, it about Chi too. In fact it mostly about Chi; most things in Martial Arts are. When you strike, use you chi, focus on accuracy over power and consider the effect of you attack. It all very well bash man in teeth, knock him back on him heels, but if him bigger than you, him might not go down. Better perhaps to hit the side of him jaw, turn him head and throw off him balance, ready for you follow up attack. What if you need human shield? Poke man hard in eye make him retreat, but put you thumb in eye socket gently will leave time for to get grip on enemy face; now him is going nowhere! So think about what you want to achieve Laui; maybe hit man gently now allow you hit him damn hard a second later, right in the balls and the face.
CHI, JING AND ELECTRICITY
Okay, Sifu is not bullshit you at all; chi is energy release by human action of breathing. That is what it is; most ancient source say chi mean breath, some say chi mean the blood; basically, chi is energy release as oxygen from breath entering flow of blood stream. Chi is Chinese word for complex scientific idea understood already by Laui everywhere. To ‘use you chi’ is mean to deliberately regulate energy output of you breathing; to have strong chi is to maximize energy release of you breath, to use it more efficiently.
What then is Jing? Jing is less known Chinese word, mean kinetic force, physical power. Basically, it is shock wave generate on impact of fist with opponent. A weapon may be say to ‘carry more Jing’; this mean that weapon can be swung harder and faster before it break. A pool cue has only small Jing, while an iron bar has lots. A big, tense man has very small Jing; a relaxed, fast man has more. There is all science and maths tied up with velocity multiply by mass of object equal kinetic force, but that not really important for basic idea; jing is scientifically measurable force that is easy to explain in Chinese but damn long in you Laui talk.
All Laui know what is electricity, so Sifu simply remind you that nerves use micro-pulse of electricity to carry pain signals from you bruises to you brain; there is electricity in all Laui, only very small. To hit man well is to use Jing; to breathe and focus when you hit is to use chi; striking with Jing and Chi together generate twice as much force behind hit. Attack nerves using Jing and Chi is to attack opponent three ways at once; this is why nerve points so good to know, because knowledge allow you to hit three times for price of one. Have novice Laui martial artist ever wonder why be hit gently by black belt so much more painful than be hit hard by beginner? It is because black belt is attack with multiple weapons in a single strike. To explain using Oriental metaphor is easy; there are many energies present in the body, Laui, and all can be brought to bear in a single technique.
BE SUBTLE
It is worthwhile for all Laui to know why them have nerves to begin with: Nerves are for you sense of touch, Laui. When you feel pain, you pull away and flinch automatically. Sometimes, it is better to not hurt you opponent right away. How if you touch your raised fists to his, lean on him like a boxer, that he become used to you presence and weight; now if you break contact to throw punch, he will know; he will feel it with his sense of touch. So lean one hand on him guard and keep the other back; now he is aware of you touch and contact. Gently, when timing is right, swap contact of you hands, so that you left hand is no longer on him guard; instead, you are lean on him with you right hand. Do gently, and opponent will not notice, even if him see. Him will not react, because to him sense of touch, to awareness of him nerves, nothing has change. Do well, and you can explain move to opponent, explain him exactly what you do, and still it will work; sense of touch, actual feel, overrides evidence of eyes and ears every time. Now you can loop you left hand over opponent guard and punch him right in the face. Key to this move is to be gentle and to use you footwork; all technique begin in the footwork, Laui. And in the Chi.
