pressure point

English

Noun

pressure point (plural pressure points)

1. (martial arts) A specific small area of the body targeted, due to a cluster of nerves being close to the skin, usually not protected by bone.

   For this strike, if your thumb is tucked correctly, you should hit the pressure point where their arm meets their shoulder.

Translations

specific small area of the body targeted in martial arts

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 穴位 (zh) (xuéwèi), 急所 (zh) (jíbiàn)

• Finnish: hermopiste
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• Japanese: 点穴 (てんけつ, tenketsu), 急所 (きゅうしょ, kyūsho), 穴位 (けつい, ketsui)
• Russian: жи́зненно ва́жная то́чка f (žíznenno vážnaja tóčka)

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