| The information given in this article is for self defense | | | | also very effective. Push inwards a little as well and |
| only - fighting is always the last resort, but should you | | | | the tips of your fingers will go slightly behind the larynx, |
| ever find yourself needing to defend yourself or your | | | | giving the feeling that it is not only being crushed but |
| loved ones against an attacker in the street or even in | | | | also literally pulled out. This is a good way to pacify |
| your own home then using pressure points can be a | | | | and gain control of an aggressor, but be careful about |
| great way to give you the edge that you need to win | | | | when you use this as if you are overly firm it can |
| the fight. | | | | cause permanent damage. |
| Pressure points are simple areas of the body that are | | | | The 'jugular notch' is the soft fleshy area at the front |
| more sensitive to attack than others, and are | | | | and bottom of the through, in the V shaped dip at the |
| therefore the areas that anyone should try to target in | | | | center of the collar bone. Pushing into this, with fingers |
| a fight. One of the areas with the highest | | | | or even better with a pen, chopsticks or other thin |
| concentration of these areas, and which is relatively | | | | implement like this will cause your opponent to be |
| easy to attack, is the neck and throat. | | | | momentarily stunned and will have effects quite similar |
| Area one is the larynx or 'adams apple'. Striking this | | | | to being the feeling of being 'winded' when someone |
| target with the heel of the palm of your hand is a very | | | | hits you in the belly or solar plexus. |
| effective attack causing pain and chocking which stop | | | | Pushing your thumbs up underneath the chin behind the |
| most attackers in their tracks and would be enough to | | | | jaw bone is very painful, and can be used very |
| dissuade many from continuing to attack you. If your | | | | effectively in combination with a larynx pinch to pacify |
| attacker is in very close, for example if they are | | | | and control an aggressor. |
| holding you down or pushing you up against a wall, | | | | I hope that you never have to use these techniques, |
| then pinching the larynx between thumb and fingers is | | | | but if you do you will find them to be very effective. |