Pressure Point Combat

Pressure Point Combat
Oogway (Kung Fu Panda)
Power/Ability to:	Utilize physical combat with pressure point knowledge.

"Omae Wa Mou Shindeiru/You Are Already Dead."

― Kenshiro's signature phrase (Fist of the North Star)

"He hits you with his fingertips at five different pressure points on your body. And then he lets you walk away. But once you’ve taken five steps, your heart explodes in your body, and you fall to the floor, dead."

― Bill describing Pai Mei's legendary Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique. (Kill Bill)

The ability to infuse Pressure Point Intuition into physical combat. Sub-power of Pressure Point Manipulation. Variation of Combat Merging.

Also Called

• Kyushojitsu (Pressure Point Martial Arts)
• Pressure Point Attack (Dragon Ball series)
• Pressure Point Strikes
• Stress Point Combat

Capabilities

The user can utilize their pressure point knowledge with physical combat.

Applications

• Pressure Point Intuition
• Enhanced Combat

Associations

• Complete Body Strike
• Delayed Effect
• Intuitive Aptitude
• Internal Rupturing
• Martial Arts Intuition
• Mutilation
• Mystical Martial Arts
• Motor-Skill Manipulation
• Needle Proficiency
• Nerve Manipulation
• Ninjutsu
• Pressure Point Manipulation
• Weakness Detection

Limitations

• Must be able to hit the specific nerve-clusters/pressure points, so anything that prevents this (armor, thick enough skin/fat, unusual nervous system) reduces or nullifies this power's effectiveness.

Known Users

• Chelsea (Akame Ga Kill!)
• Kureha Shinogi (Baki series)
• Khyber (Ben 10: Omniverse)
• Grey Matter (Ben 10 Reboot)
• David Cain (DC Comics)
• Benjamin Turner/Bronze Tiger (DC Comics)
• Bruce Wayne/Batman (DC Comics)
• Cassandra Cain (DC Comics)
• Constantine Drakon (DC Comics)
• Nobody (DC Comics)
• Damian Wayne/Robin (DC Comics)
• Mercenary Tao Tao Pai (Dragon Ball)
• Atla (Rising of the Shield Hero)
• Ty Lee (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
• Users of Hakkei (Gintama)
  • Oboro
  • Utsuro
• Neji Hyuga (Naruto)
• Haku (Naruto)
• Various characters (Dragon Ball series)
• James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
• Steve Rogers/Captain America (Marvel Comics)
• Matthew Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Comics)
• Master Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Oroku Saki/The Shredder (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Tai Lung (Kung Fu Panda)
• Oogway (Kung Fu Panda)
• Shifu (Kung Fu Panda)
• Xena (Xena: Warrior Princess)
• The Operative (Firefly)
• Practitioners of Hokuto Shin Ken/Big Dipper God Fist (Fist of the Blue Sky/Fist of the North Star)
• Lao G (One Piece)
• Haruka Kodama/Sasori Banchou (Kongō Banchō)
• Master Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012)
• Minoru Kamiya (Yu Yu Hakusho)

Known Objects

Dragon scaled Tessaiga (Inuyasha)

Gallery

Chelsea (Akame Ga Kill!) stabs Kurome with a needle with lethal precision at her vital pressure point, which would have killed her were it not for her drugs.

Ty Lee (Avatar: The Last Airbender) strikes a pressure point in her opponent, blocking their chi and essentially paralyzing them.

Leonardo (Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) using a pressure point strike to take out Ra's al Ghul.

Bronze Tiger (DC Comics)

With one punch, Constantine Drakon (DC Comics) disabled Connor Hawke's nerve centers.

Nobody (DC Comics)

Daiman Wayne/Robin (DC Comics)

Mercenary Tao Tao Pai (Dragon Ball) striking a fatal pressure point in General Blue's temple, killing him instantly.

Tai Lung (Kung Fu Panda)

The Operative's (Firefly) signature move is paralyzing his opponents by striking a nerve cluster near their waist.

Atla (Rising of the Shield Hero) is natural skilled in striking her opponent's pressure point, capable of killing a large beast with a simply jab to the head.

Xena (Xena: Warrior Princess) uses "the Pinch" to trigger a pressure point near a victim's neck, cutting off blood flow to the brain.

Oboro (Gintama) using Hakkei to strike Gintoki's pressure points, causing a disruption of the meridian flow, which leads to internal damage.

Utsuro (Gintama) using Hakkei to strike Kagura's pressure points, causing a disruption of the meridian flow, which leads to internal damage.

Haku (Naruto) is a master of acupuncture, using his Thousand Needles of Death to precisely strike all his enemies's pressure points to kill them.

Neji Hyuga (Naruto) using Gentle Fist to strike precisely internal points to disable his opponents.

Minoru Kamiya (Yu Yu Hakusho) utilizing his knowledge as a doctor with his new powers to strike Kido's pressure points to paralyze him.

Spock (Star Trek) using the Vulcan Nerve Pinch on an Enterprise Crewmember.

Master Splinter (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012) paralyzing Shredder's arms with a few pressure points.

Practitioners of Hokuto Shin Ken/Big Dipper God Fist (Fist the Blue Sky/Fist of the North Star) use their knowledge of the human body's 708 Keiraku Hikō/Hidden Points...

...to destroy their opponents with internal rupturing.

Using his mastery of Earth Sage Fist and knowledge of pressure points, Lao G (One Piece) can attack the various pressure points in his opponent's body with extreme precision.

Mattew Murdock/Daredevil (Marvel Comics) striking the solar plexus of his "Guardian Angel".

Steve Rogers/Captain America (Marvel Comics) was able to strike pressure into Batroc the Leaper's leg to prevent from attacking him.