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We all know the Dim Mak made world wide popularity in the martial arts classic movie Blood Sport starring Jean-Claude Van Damme. This “death touch” move was the final flawless victory kill move at the end allowing the blinded Jean-Claude to win the match.

But I never thought that this move was real or in fact it was actually taught to some students in special dojos around the world. But you probably wont learn it from your local dojo. The Dim Mak (dian xue in Mandarin Chinese) is not practiced in a lot of places because of few reasons.

1. Not Many People Know It. Not many people know the intricate details of this very dangerous art of fighting because it’s knowledge was traditionally only passed down to close family members and very advanced favored students of the past masters.

Only the ones that truly could be trusted with such knowledge would obtain it. Students that would only use it in the dire needs of self defense or to defend others from harm.

2. It’s Damn Hard To Learn. You don’t just hit a saturday class for an hour a week and pick up Dim Mak. You need to train as hard as you did to get your first black belt just to learn the many different pressure points and how different people react to them.

You dont want to be pointing your little finger in the middle lower left chest pec of some hug dude expecting him to drop, it wont happen, and he will be mad, and I am sure you will get hurt.
The truth is all the different techniques dont work on everyone.

You will need to be able to quickly evaluate your opponent to apply the best techniques you think for them.

Check out Erle Montaigue’s web site here and his you tube channel here.

3. Not Many Left To Pass It On. The fact is that there are not too many people left who are real masters of the Dim Mak and those who are must not be teaching so many people. Do not fret tho there are some out there that know how to do it and to teach it properly. I will have some links below the article. Time catches up with all of us and some secrets die with their keepers.

4. Some claim it to be a fraud. Some say it doesn’t even work and that those who claim to be Dim Mak masters are just faking their moves and using stage plants to demonstrate on. This is one reason that it has fallen out of favor and its not regularly taught.

One would also assume that teachers cannot teach what they do not know. As time passes and things become forgotten some information looses its shine for usefulness. In a world of high flying round house kicks to the head, who wants to put a guy down with your finger. No show in that!

5. Clouded In Mystery. Some people just dont want to believe something they do not understand. If there is one thing that science has for sure taught us its that we do not know everything. The human body seems to be unlocking doors to medical breakthroughs every day and we can only be amazed at the rapid community collective and distribution of knowledge in our time.

For a martial artist to grow, one would need to keep there mind open to many new possibilities and advancements in science and technology to bore new styles and techniques that can be applied to old ways. Just because something like Dim Mak was discovered long ago doesn’t mean that it didn’t take many years of masters experimenting and expanding this method and forming it into a teachable style. Maybe its not fully ready for the big time yet, but it sure is an interesting idea that some are working very hard on perfecting.

History of Dim Mak
The history of Dim Mak is clouded in legend more then martial arts historical fact because of the tight lipped masters of old. As said above the masters would only pass on this knowledge to trusted students, and if they found no one with whom they could trust, no knowledge was passed. Like all early martial arts, the Dim Mak teachings were kept secret from enemies.

Today people can learn it like anything else. Take a class, read a book, watch a video. There are many websites available to someone who wants to learn about the Dim Mak style. Below I listed some good sources.

These books will also provide more detailed information then most of the sites. Click Here.

http://www.dimmak.net/ Tells about Dim Mak and sells some books on the subject. If you click on the Dim Mak online link you will see a list of the points with there results.

Dr Pier TSUI-PO’s website www.dimmakworld.com is a great site for info and distance lessons. He runs most of the lessons online.

Dim Mak - Wikipedia has some good info that is always growing as users add to it.