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Another things this engrains is false confidence. Should this little girl actually believe she can do this in the outside world if attacked by a large man?

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Gavin,

That's precisely what I was saying here. I'm not attacking underdog in any way, shape, or form.

I agree with your sentiments.

Totally agree Ed. And if this was just a fun clip why does it have this description:

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A Young Girl, a Large Man and the power of Kyusho!

This young girl, Kayla (10 at the time), was brought up at the first International Kyusho Convention in 2000, to demonstrate the potential of Kyusho.

This was a new experience as she was never taught Kyusho prior to this day, but with a bit of coaching, she learned self protection is possible in a very short time.

Kyusho is not Magic, it is understanding the Human Body.

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So now this isn't just a demo, this is what is being touted as self protection these days!

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Kyusho is not Magic, it is understanding the Human Body in a magical way.

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i must dig in here on the issue of pressue points not working on strangers to the training concept.

when i go on tour with my instructor we work mainly with people who have not trained with us or in kyusho jitsu and we still get the same predictive results. we also find that some people don't have the same reaction as the majority. but the then they are open to other points or are really sensitive to joint locks.

in relation pp ko's, the best thing you can expect are TKO's. much of the evangalistic type demo's are pure fluff and are mainly well meaning students trying not to make a fool out of there instructor.

to paraphrase taika oyata, kyusho works best delivered at a time when the attacker is not expecting it. when someone has not trained in kyusho they will not think that a strike on the arm will hurt like feck as most people do not try to protect there arms.

in my class students seem to be less responsive to strikes the more we practice. as there body prepares for the hit or they know the drill and where the strikes will land.

now I see what you mean:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxAEAT7qL7c