Kyusho Jutsu Ground Fighting

Master a few core ground-fighting escapes and variations. Maintain calm under pressure, regulate breathing, and use pressure points, overhook control, and angle changes to gain dominance.

Defend from the ground by balancing maneuverability and distance, using pressure points to destabilize the attacker, while leveraging improvised objects and your martial art to enhance self-protection.

Develop body conditioning for grounding fighting in kyusho jutsu, emphasizing essential conditioning for effective ground engagements.

Train for shorter striking ranges using close-quarters hand weapons and pressure points, even from the ground, emphasizing compact punches toward body targets like the abdomen and gallbladder cluster.

Explore the octagon framework for distance, timing, and the 12-6-3 theory, applying pressure-point targets in stand-up and ground fighting, plus concepts like caging, kukan, and legal/ethical considerations.

Explore basic principles for ground fighting, avoid lying on your back, stay on your side with one elbow, kick to create space, and aim to get up safely.

Identify the targets of the leg, including the shin, knee, calf, foot, ankle, and thigh, to ensure a shared understanding.

Identify foot anatomy—ankle, Achilles, heel, sole, instep, arch, bridge, toes, ball—and learn how the top of the foot targets pressure points for strikes and kicks, aided by footwear.

Learn the knee cluster in kyusho jutsu, identifying seven knee points (stomach 34–35, spleen 10–9, lower extremity) and the strike directions: top kneecap in and down, bottom in and up.

Discover how rubbing the kneecap can cause the leg to buckle, with a massage-like feel, and how targeted pressure here may force the knees to buckle.

Pair up for drill one, with one up and one down, and practice a low kick below the knee to spleen 6, not to take down, but to regain balance.

Learn the second drill in kyusho jutsu ground fighting: adapt to a stomp kick, strike the shin with a twist to avoid knee damage, and consider legal self-defense implications.

Practice drill 3 focuses on penetrating the inner thigh with a kick, adjusting distance to strike Kidney 10 and nearby Spleen and Stomach points with a through kick.

perform drill 4 by using body weight on the spleen 6 point to take down an opponent, roll through the point, and practice with both legs for control.

Drill 5 trains a spleen 6 attack with a head stomp threat, blocking with the arm, rolling onto the spleen, and applying elbow pressure with bodyweight while protecting the face.

Defend a side kick by trapping the leg, bring the opponent down, apply a calf foot lock with the radial bone to press the knee at bladder points 38-40.

Drill 7 teaches turning an attacker from front to back, rolling to the back, applying targeted pressure points, and a foot lock, with safety and careful body support.

Drill 8 on the ground trains turning the head to block a kick, catching the leg, and using body weight to bring down opponent while targeting bladder points inside leg.

In drill 9 of kyusho jutsu ground fighting, use the shoulder to bring down on hands and knees, pressing radial/ulna leg pressure points on inside and outside.

Drill 10 of Kyusho Jutsu ground fighting, from a hands-and-knees stance, block the kick with a hand and bring the attacker down, reducing effort.

Amira demonstrates ground-fighting control by avoiding ankle grabs and directing forces to the floor, while Amir reacts and Mrs. Ali praises.