i found a few books in PDF form

i was wondering if pressure points in a book is just as good as a teacher both teach were the point location is a picture diagram for the book and the both say were they both have functioning and resons of using the pressure point. one is self defence pressure points and the other pdf is dim mak pressure points..should i try and follow the books or consolt an instuctor before hand? if i consult a constructer then that will be difficult cause i have no extra money to spend.

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Care to share those??

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“	Originally Posted By: mantis mangler i was wondering if pressure points in a book is just as good as a teacher both teach were the point location is a picture diagram for the book and the both say were they both have functioning and resons of using the pressure point. one is self defence pressure points and the other pdf is dim mak pressure points..should i try and follow the books or consolt an instuctor before hand? if i consult a constructer then that will be difficult cause i have no extra money to spend.	”

No. Books are nice to provide guidelines and details and refreshers after you've learned from a competent instructor. But how do you know the pressure points really work if they haven't been demonstrated on you and done successfully by you, to someone else?

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"Whatever the case, it proves that countless disasters can be prevented by simply assuming everyone you're working with is a moron." ~ Adam Brown, 5 Tiny Mistakes...

I think it's better to save up for an instructor. For most cases I've seen on book sites, it says that "Books can never replace a teacher. Books act as a reference after you have sucessfully learned from a qualified teacher."

sorry for the double ost i got a lag spike and accidently did that

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Erle Montaigue thinks you can beat a grappler with Dim Mak, and it is so worthwhile that he wrote a book about it....



So don't trust everything he says.

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sorry about the books without pictures but i just grabbed the text and the pictures are just cluder

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“	Originally Posted By: Jon2006 Erle Montaigue thinks you can beat a grappler with Dim Mak, and it is so worthwhile that he wrote a book about it.... So don't trust everything he says.	”

I repeat....do not listen to this man!

“	Originally Posted By: Jon2006 I repeat....do not listen to this man!	”

I agree. I hadn't heard about him until just the other day. I did a search on him, and my findings all point straight to him being a goob. Whereas his placement of actual pressure points seem to be correct, (you can find that info almsot anywhere), I wouldn't put too much stock in his descriptions of the combinations required to produce a certain effect. This is something that is not so easy as to buy a book and become deadly after 2 chapters. Striking pressure points calls for tremendous accuracy and tremendous power, as each spot is not much bigger than a nickel, and you need to strike most of them pretty hard to get the desired reaction. Steer clear, and just stick with the Mantis, which will have this stuff in it...just be patient.

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Really, all you had to say was "Earl Montague."

And -- I know you picked those up for free off the Internet and stuff, but it's still a copyright violation to post entire blocks of text like that. If the mods see this they're gonna get a little peeved at you. Maybe you can go back and edit those posts, cut out 90% of the text please?


/writer
/kind of peeved about this kind of posting even when done innocently
/thanks in advance

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"Pain can be a great teacher of compassion and humility."~ Unkotare-san

"Whatever the case, it proves that countless disasters can be prevented by simply assuming everyone you're working with is a moron." ~ Adam Brown, 5 Tiny Mistakes...

omg i did not know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ok i will

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it wont let me edit the first book how do i delete it?!! some mod can you delete it for me?? hheellpp!!!!

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I'm not sure if you can actually delete the post but you should be able to go in and just delete most of the text manually, shorten it up a lot. There should be an "edit" button at the bottom right of your post.

If not, PM a mod or hit the "Report Bad Post" icon (the ! at the top of each post). Might take the mod a little while to get here.

Thanks for trying to take care of it though, that's a bene from me!

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"Pain can be a great teacher of compassion and humility."~ Unkotare-san

"Whatever the case, it proves that countless disasters can be prevented by simply assuming everyone you're working with is a moron." ~ Adam Brown, 5 Tiny Mistakes...

is it possable to delete the whole thread? if so can some one handle this cause my compute doesnt want to alow me to edit

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