Atemi-Waza  -  Vital Point Striking Techniques
 
 
Chudan kyusho - Middle body vital points
• Shofu - Side of neck
• Sonu - Base of throat
• Hichu - Adam's apple
• Danchu - Sternum upper level
• Kyototsu - Base if sternum
• Suigetsu - solar-plexus
• Kyoei - Armpits
• Ganchu - Below the nipples
• Denko - Between 7th and 8th ribs
• Inazuma - Sides, above hips
• Myojo - Below the navel
• Soda - Between the shoulder blades
• Katsusatsu - Between 5th and 6th vertebrae
• Kodenko - Base of spine
• Wanshun - Triceps
• Hijizume - Elbow joint
• Udekansetsu - Arm and shoulder joint
• Kote - Wrist
• Uchijakuzawa - Inside forearm at pulse
• Sotojakuzawa - Wrist edge above pulse
• Shuko - Back of hand

Jodan Kyusho - Upper body vital points
• Tendo -  Crown of the head
• Tento - Area between crown and forehead
• Komekami - Temples
• Mim - Ears
• Miken - Bridge of nose
• Seidon - Area above and below the eyes
• Gansei - Eyeballs
• Jinchu - Region below nose in middle of upper lip
• Gekon - Below lower lip
• Mikazuki - Jaw
• Dokko - Behind the ears or the mastoid process
• Keichu/nape - back of neck where it meets skull
   
Gedan Kyusho - Lower body vital points
• Kintek - Testicles
• Yako - Inside upper thigh
• Fukuto - Outside lower thigh
• Hizakansetsu - Knee joint
• Sobi - Base of calf muscle
• Kokotsu - Shin
• Kori - Instep
• Kusagakure - Outside top of foot
• Bitei/Coccyx - Tailbone
• Ushiro Inazuma - Below buttocks at junction of leg

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