The Hapkido Pressure Points class is a specialist class that explores the use of of anatomical weak points in applying martial arts techniques.
Pressure points are simply areas of the body where nerves can be attacked directly with the application of pressure. We use also principles of Acupuncture theory as this helps teach us where the nerve pathways run and the best places and ways to attack these pathways.
We take a pragmatic approach to this aspect of our training because not everybody responds the same way to pressure points. On most people they work well but on a few people they have no real affect.
Because of this we don't focus on the use of pressure points in our regular Hapkido classes and instead focus on developing the correct technical skills to make our techniques work on anybody. Adding the application of attacks to pressure points on top of the correct technical application of our techniques may amplify the effects of these techniques.
The class material focuses heavily on self-learning. The actual class is "hands on" where we study how to apply pressure points to our core techniques. In between classes you will need to study both anatomy and the basics of acupuncture to learn where the body's vulnerable spots are.
Practical application of this material is taught fortnightly in a sub-class to the Monday night Hapkido class.