http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa1nzD-n25Q
is this fake ??
is this fake ??
Martial Arts Death Touch
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Master Don Juan
I think the touchless striking is BS, but the 'touch of death' is a real thing. There is a nerve in the neck that will easily render another person unconscious if hit. The problem is that the target is tiny and easy to miss. To be able to realistically use something like that in a real fight, you need about twenty years of practice.
Not fake, but it is all psychological. Derren Brown does something similar, where he punches the air in front of a person, and they get knocked to the floor.
The psychology behind it is the belief that your body is going to enter a state of shock after this "death touch" will likely cause it to go into a state of shock. Basically the placebo effect. It's all fabricated in the person's mind. The guy's students all believe in his ability to "death touch", so their brain is tricked into entering a state of shock. Derren brown does this in one of his tv shows, very effectively on martial arts trainers. I think behind the scenes, he hypnotises them to be susceptible to the punches, which is in effect what this trainer has done to his students, as they believe he has the power.
The psychology behind it is the belief that your body is going to enter a state of shock after this "death touch" will likely cause it to go into a state of shock. Basically the placebo effect. It's all fabricated in the person's mind. The guy's students all believe in his ability to "death touch", so their brain is tricked into entering a state of shock. Derren brown does this in one of his tv shows, very effectively on martial arts trainers. I think behind the scenes, he hypnotises them to be susceptible to the punches, which is in effect what this trainer has done to his students, as they believe he has the power.
fake! this one's the real deal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pA1N8KzGVg
You can kill somebody by smashing the ribcage hard enough that it caves the heart.
Other than that, I don't think there's a death 'touch'.
You can crush the carotid arteries to cut off blood to the brain. That can lead to death.
Other than that, I don't think there's a death 'touch'.
You can crush the carotid arteries to cut off blood to the brain. That can lead to death.
I completely agree. The fact that the "death touch" didn't work on anyone but his own students is all one needs to know. It's like those crazy revivalist preachers you see tap people's forehead and the person faints to the ground and swears it was God that did it. Lots of other religious practices have things were people lose their minds or enter some altered state of consciousness going through some ritual. But I think they are just psyching themselves out.CaptainJ said: