Kyusho Jutsu No Holds Barred

Get and keep constant pressure through joint locks from wrist lock to center lock and armbar, preventing slack during transitions and ensuring the lock stays set from stand to ground.

Twist your body and master joint locks with relaxed yin movement, using angles and hip rotation. Practice step-by-step drills with a partner to flow from grabs into locks like water.

Explore using your feet with joint locks by targeting pressure points such as spleen nine/ten, liver nine, and bladder points, while applying yin–yang balance and sensitivity training with a partner.

Overcome static and movement tension in joint locking by sensing grip release through pressure points, applying yin-yang principles, and practicing setup-driven transitions from static to dynamic holds.

Develop situational sensitivity by using your second hand to target arm points along six meridians—elbow, pericardium two, deltoid—numbing the arm and flipping tension from yang to yin.

Explains applying wrist and elbow locks using multiple planes of motion—bend, twist, bend—to increase pressure. Emphasizes safe training, partner observation, and stopping before injury.

Learn to safely navigate a joint lock by controlling the edge, releasing at the edge, and using visualization with a cooperative partner for slow, controlled practice.

Explore escaping joint locks through soft, circular body movement and sensitivity. Practice with a partner to find angles that shift tension, act immediately on the grab, and build escape skill.

Demonstrates the figure eight technique to integrate multiple Kyusho Jutsu principles, using circular movements across planes to work with locks in the dojo.

Explore the no holds barred drill introduction, emphasizing sensitivity training, safe practice, and stopping at pain to prevent injury, with built-in safety countermeasures and trainer support.

Crossing the arms drill shows how crossing an opponent's arms improves balance, structure, and energy, enabling traps, takedowns, and the arm bar from grabs; cultivate sensitivity, observations, and angles.

Learn the two inch rule to relieve tension and disrupt the attacker's grip by shaking the hand 1–2 inches, then transition into an elbow lock and an arm bar.

Drill 3, bending elbow, demonstrates immobilizing the arm with an elbow lock and pressure points such as large intestine 12 and heart 2, using the two-inch rule to overcome tension.

Practice pinky grappling from a center lock, using a thumb over the pinky and two-handed control to enter the center lock, apply elbow pressure, and transition toward armbar-style locks.

Demonstrates pinky grappling from a slap, catching the hand to lock the arm. Press base of the thumb on the pinky and large intestine 12, with safety to avoid fractures.

Apply a wrist lock from a shirt grab to overcome tension, targeting pressure points on the lung, seven and eight on the hand, small intestine, and heart to roll off.

Practice center lock drills by resisting the center lock, maintaining tension, and using a two-way wave motion with slack control to counter and move in both directions.

Explore center lock drills that transition from baiting and hand grabs to a central position, using elbow moves and lung seven, eight and large intestine points to manage tension.

Escape from a half nelson and use pressure points to relieve tension in drill 10, when acting as a human shield, targeting large intestine 18 and spleen 9–10.

Master the discrete arm bar, using the elbow to attack Triple Warmer 12 and the pericardium pressure point, with safety notes to protect the elbow.

Demonstrates a hammerlock variant using the triple warmer 17th point under the ear to intensify the lock, with practice from grab, punch, or shirt pull.

Practice the chicken wing hold in drill 13, reducing slack and applying the lock from both roles. Focus on sensitivity over pain to feel the lock and escape.

Master the drive down lock drill by applying a wrist lock with pinky involvement, using pressure points, progressing slowly, and tapping out.