Pressure Points

[Brandon Blackwing]

So, I have been thinking about this for a while, since I was hoping to be able to make use of it later on. I did a lot of research on combat and pressure points when developing Bran's combat style, but never found anything along the lines of "I touched your forehead and now you can't move"-pressure points. Weak spots of the human body, yes, but no real pressure points.

However I remembered something a couple days back when I was taking a nap. The lore on Unarmed Combat states this:

The master of unarmed combat is without equal. Their entire body is a natural weapon of death. With but a touch to the right part of an opponent's body, the master can paralyze or even kill.

Also Flux says this:

Nerves connect the physical body with the astral body - Djed flows through these neural pathways in order to transmit orders to the limbs. With effort, this energy powering the nerves can be harnessed and manipulated.

So, this leads me to my question: can one with Master Unarmed Combat make use of precise blows to block or disrupt these Djed-nerves? For example you strike the arm of an opponent in multiple spots so enough of the Djed-nerves are hit and the opponent can't use it anymore for a while? Kind of akin to detaching the astral body from the physical one with projection, though only without actually detaching the bodies, just blocking/disrupting the djed-pathways. Or is that just impossible?

I thought that perhaps it could be done, since in Miz things are not the same as they are IRL, and while pressure points may or may not exist here -perhaps only in comics and such- they might exist in Miz?

Thanks,

-Bran

[Roderick]

I think that drifts over too much in to flux for it to be considered a part of unarmed combat. To me it just feels like the person who wrote the unarmed combat article chose the wrong words in that particular part of the article. I imagine that pressure points, as in the, "I dig my fingers in here and you say ow" variety, do exist, but the idea that someone trained in unarmed combat could affect the flow of djed inside someone without the use of magic doesn't really cut it for me.

[Rayage]

I think that it might be possible, Brandon. You will need extensive lore and knowledge of the points within the body to disrupt the flow of djed. It would be a whole lot easier with magic like Flux. There are types of Antimagic which effects a wizards djed that isnt magical in nature, such as preforming the lobotomy. Im sure that it could be worked out and theorized that with the right amount of skill and knowledge of the anatomy of your enemy (IE Human anatomy, Akalak anatomy, Zith anatomy, etc), you could come up with a physical combat-based form of antimagic. It would be some development I think.

Masters of Massage are able to effect the djed stream as well. So I think its an interesting idea for temporary 'djed blocking' of a wizard. Good idea, still needs some thought.

[Kailily Sinclair]

Its strange in the wrestling write up of all places there exists some brief content of pressure points.

[Brandon Blackwing]

Oh, thanks guys, that's really helpful. It would be cool to actually ICly develop a form of antimagic, so I'll definitely give this all the thought it deserves.

All input is still appreciated though