For other uses, see Touch of Death (disambiguation).
"Dim Mak" redirects here. For other uses, see Dim Mak (disambiguation).
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
點脈 / 點穴
Simplified Chinese
点脉 / 点穴
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
diǎnmài / diǎnxué
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
dim2 mak6 / dim2 jyut6
Japanese name
Kanji
急所術
Hiragana
きゅうしょじゅつ
Transcriptions
Revised Hepburn
kyūshojutsu
Kunrei-shiki
kyûsyozyutu
The touch of death (or death-point striking) is any martial arts technique reputed to kill using seemingly less than lethal force targeted at specific areas of the body.
The concept known as dim mak (simplified Chinese: 点脉; traditional Chinese: 點脈; pinyin: diǎnmài; Jyutping: dim2 mak6; lit. 'press artery'), alternatively diǎnxué (simplified Chinese: 点穴; traditional Chinese: 點穴) traces its history to traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture. Tales of its use are often found in the Wuxia genre of Chinese martial arts fiction. Dim mak is depicted as a secret body of knowledge with techniques that attack pressure points and meridians, said to incapacitate or sometimes cause immediate or even delayed death to an opponent. Little scientific or historical evidence exists for a martial arts "touch of death"; however, in rare cases, death can occur in response to trauma such as Commotio cordis, an often lethal disruption of heart rhythm that occurs as a result of a blow to the area directly over the heart.[1][2]
The concept known as vibrating palm originates with the Chinese martial arts Neijin ("internal") energy techniques that deal with the qi energy and the type of force (jin) used: "a technique that is part psychic and part vibratory, this energy is then focused into a wave".[3]
^Link, Mark S. (2012). "Commotio Cordis". AHA Journals. 5 (2): 425–432. doi:10.1161/circep.111.962712. PMID 22511659. S2CID 8488620. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
^Adams, Cecil (May 21, 2004). "The Straight Dope: Is the "commando death touch" real?". Retrieved 2009-07-14.
^Pickens, Ricky (1991), "the Mysterious Vibration Palm", Inside Kung Fu
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