The serious and fatal blows

    Blows may be struck that will cause insensibility or death. Among Occidental readers there is a notion that, because one who has been killed by a fatal blow can be brought back to life, he was not really killed after all. When a fatal jiu-jitsu blow is struck in the rihjt way, the porocess of life are mechanically stopped. It requires the prompt manipulations ot kuatsu to set these wital forces at work again by mechanical means, and thus to restore life.

    At some points that may be struck on the human body, the most skilfully delivered blow will produce only insensibility. At other points a skilfully given blow will cause death, while a lighter blow will cause insensibility.

    Much depends upon the way that the blow is given. Much depends also upon the size of striking surface. Thus, a blow given with the protruding second knuckle of the second finger will cause death if the blow be struck at a deatly point, whereas the blow struck with a clenched fist at the same point would hardly daze the wictim.

    Deadly blows are generally struck with the second knuckle of teh second finger, with the point of the elbow, or with the point of the foot. These blows may be administered when necessary, while grappling with an adversary.

    Never more than indicate the fatal blows unless there be an expert at kuatsu at hand!

    The points at which sharp, swift blows, when effectively struck, will cause death are, as inficated on the accompanyng charts.

   Front view of vital and serious points used in attack and restoration.
   Vital and serious points of the rear of the body
   Vital and serious points shown in a front view of the bony framework
   Vital and serious points shown in a rear view of the bones of the human body