Humane Pressure Point Self-Defense: Dillman Pressure Point Method for Law Enforcement, Medical Personnel, Business Professionals, Men and Women

Regardless of your thoughts on pressure points the information should be considered.I try to use it as a supplement to my other martial arts training. Implementing it without a trained instructor makes it difficult to replicate exact results every time. Always use in accordance with a properly trained instructor.George Dillman is one of the foremost authorities on pressure point self-defense.

There is enough Spock in all of us for this book to have great appeal.Pinching some bully, watching him drop unconscious and having the chance to walk away briskly seems both a good and very cool plan.I've even seen videos on YouTube of this sort of technique being practiced: a kid in a wife beater tee holds out his arm, the master touches the kid lightly along the forearm and the kid goes down splat.Seems neat but I have doubts:I've also seen videos of martial arts masters who wave their hands and then their attackers start tumbling, flipping, flying, sprawling. What I generally miss is seeing any real contact between master and student. This is not really fake: it is just a belief in the teacher and a desire not to shame him.Mainly I am sure that if I had to use this technique, I'd miss the mark and the other guy would look at me with that "What are you trying to do, Dude" expression and then pop me.A second concern is the claim that the police use this technique. Most recent videos of the police in action are hardly as controlled or as benign as this Pressure Point technique.Actually I got a different impression of police tactics from watching one episode of COPS maybe five or so years ago. About five guys were in the workout room and practicing on that 150 lb sack of sand normally used to practice carrying an unconscious somebody. But what these guys were doing was timing to see how many times they could hit the sack with a baton in maybe five seconds. They hit really hard and averaged in the teens.

Se trata de un libro con aplicaciones más o menos sencillas a la defensa personal.Es una introducción al mundo de los puntos vitales que requiere un par de sesiones previas de kyusho para comprender mejor los contenidos.Las explicaciones son sencillas y las fotos muy claras.Tal vez por este precio esperaría más información y menos fotos de la historia de Dillman, pero no está del todo mal.

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Do not buy this book. Do not buy this book. It is so bad that is needs to be stated twice that people should not buy this book. Why should no one buy this book? Well, the book is misleading about being a humane method of self-defense based on pressure points. The methods and techniques shown in the book are either non-humane or ineffective.The beginning paragraph on the back cover of the book is as follows, “There is a profound need for a self-protection method which is ethical and humane, while at the same time simple and effective. This is especially vital for police officers and patient care workers, who must deal with violent situations without causing harm”. There is nothing wrong with that but the books contains self-defense techniques that will cause serious harm and are potentially deadly, such as open palm strike to the ears, shin kicks to the groin and strikes to the throat. And the beginning sentence on page 56 is, “Attacks to the throat are potentially life threatening”. There is a profound disconnect to what the book is advocating and the techniques demonstrated.But there are techniques shown in the book which will not cause serious injuring or are potentially deadly. Such as, from a cross wrist grab, rotating the hand outward to escape the grab and striking the assailant’s forearm. Merely striking the forearm is not enough to effectively deal with a potential assailant and the vast majority of the “humane” self-defense techniques shown in the book are the same. Also, there are a few techniques which could be seriously dangerous or deadly to the person being assaulted. On page 72-73, a person in a police uniform demonstrates a technique against a knife wielding opponent and the technique being with the officer grabbing the wrist of the guy’s hand that is holding the knife. The guy could flick the knife in to the police officer’s forearm or wrist and cause some serious harm.The book is filled with outlandish concept and statements, such as “Here we illustrate the women’s method. Men should reverse this technique right to left. This is a result of the yin/yang differences of men and women” (p.66). Also, the book is filled with photos of George Dillman with famous and non-famous individuals, such as Todd Senefonte (Jean-Cluade Van Damme’s stunt double).There are pearls of wisdom in the book, such as being resolved to defend yourself, always being with someone, avoiding potentially dangerous places/situations and some few others. But the problem is that they do not directly pertain to self-defense.Watch this video of George Dillman trying to perform his no touch knock out. He has some performance issues. [...]

This book was disappointing and very frustrating. It’s poorly organized, the photos are vague to the point of useless, and the descriptions are so unspecific that learning how to find and use the pressure points is virtually impossible. It might be useful for reference while taking an in-person class with a hands-on instructor and a lot of demonstrations, but if you want to learn these tactics on your own, this is not the book for you.

George Dillman's book on pressure point self-defense is well illustrated and the techniques are easily understood. Understanding pressure points is another skill to be utilized in dealing quickly with an attacker. If you are in the military than this book is probably not for you, but for all civilians out there this book offers the opportunity for a lower impact, non-lethal way to deal with aggressive individuals.

I found the book informative after getting past all the who's who pictures in the first part. The first ten pages are of Dillman and the celebraties he has hob nobbed with over the years.I am more impressed with the actual content which is what this book should be about. Learning pressure/vital points and how to use them in self-defense.I would purchase his other books and will skip the ego pages.Charles

Some great moves

state described = state received! absolutly recommended

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Keep your money in your pockets and avoid this sham of a book. It is dismal and one step short of suicide. I have trained in martial arts for over twenty years and never in all those years have I come across such rubbish as this. George Dillman has been labeled a con artist by many and rightly so (He is also the guy responsible for the newest load of B.S. How to knock a man out without touching him using the power of chi) this says it all for me. He does not care about the martial arts or the students he teaches this rubbish to, he only cares about one thing and that is money. Avoid this book as you are only helping to line this con man's pockets. Self defense is fast, furious, and sometimes unexpected and knowing how to fight can mean the difference between life and death in a real street fight. There are plenty more well written well presented books out there that are useful if you want to add few new techniques to your arsenal but the only thing this book will do is get you killed. Do you honestly think this pressure point stuff is going to save your life when you are being threatened by a knife weilding assailant? I don't think so. Self defense is violent, bloody and an attack can happen in the blink of an eye and knowing how to fight can mean the difference between living and dying on the streets. Leave the hocus pocus to Harry Potter.....

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