Best striking point

[Anbu Alex]

Actually, yes.

If you're holding a knife.

lol

i dont think tryin to stop a heart with a punch is your best bet

[Jiffy]

me neither

[Scotty]

Unless you're either Vin Diesil or Chuck Norris

[bushido_man96]

Unless you're either Vin Diesil or Chuck Norris

Chuck Norris would just do a roundhouse kick. Doesn't matter where it hits. Heck, doesn't matter if it lands, if you saw it, you have a limited time to live!

[Jiffy]

HAHAHAA, GOLD!

[Zorbasan]

HAHAHA

[ryukyuboy]

Has anyone actually struck to stop an attacker's heart or is this what someone told you would happen. One thing I do know from doing it, is that even a medium shot to the carotid sinus can mess up someone's attempt to do violence.

[little kicker]

carotid sinus wheres that?thanks

[Traditional-Fist]

hello, I was watching TV last night and there was a thing about fighting.

then it said if you hit at the right spot hard enough (i think it was a litte under the heart) that your oponents heart would slow down or even stop.

Has anyone heared about this?

The area under the heart is a legitimate target in Wing Chun, as well as other kung fu styles. Some karate styles such as Okinawan Goju-Ryu use this area as a target in their mid section strainght punching attacks as opposed to Shotokan that uses the middle of the solar plexus as target in its basic mid section thrust punch.

Iin kung fu you can hit this area with various types of fist formations including the dragon fist and the vertical fist, as well as palm strikes such as the ones used by Tai Chi and Dragon stylists. The damage to the heart is more to do with the penetration of the energy of the punch rather than mere impact. Of course, if the impact is strong enough there will of course be damage.

This means it is not merely knowing where to hit as one has to be able to hit the right place accurately and in the correct manner, i.e. years of hard and authentic training with a real kung fu or karate master.

[granmasterchen]

yes it's true, please don't attempt to try this on your friends because you can can easily kill someone by accident. To truely understand the complexity of vital points, pressure points, internal organs and transfering force on various internal tissue structures it is best to train for years with a good instructor and learn it that way, otherwise you may not be mature enough for the technique, there is a reason to the madness of what instructors teach their students, they know better than you what level you are at and what techniques you are ready to learn....as long as you have a good instructor. Again, don't play around with vital strikes unless you really know what you are doing, not just "think" you know what you are doing.