So what does everyone think of George Dillmans theories?

Lets try to keep this clean please

I beleive that many of the pressure points he shows are very valid but the ways he uses to demonstrate them can not be used in a real fight.

In an acutal situation the attacker will not be standing still giving you enough time to properly line up and execute a technique.

I would like to see if he can hit those points against someone who is trying not to be hit.

Scott

Mika J
Were you a student of his style?

I am not saying that he cant do it but I guess I am saying that I havent seen it personally.

I agree that some of his teaching arnt the best. Seeing how he knocks out most of his students in his video clips, I would bet money that most of those students will have various health problems later in life.

Scott

     I have one of his books and just started reading it.  It seems a little complicated, but appears to be sound on what I have read so far.  I have not read a lot of his work, but have glanced over his website.  To say the least, I find whats there (under the video samples) to be enough to peak my interest.  I would be interested in what the rest of you think. From what it said at the top of this post, "Keep it clean" it does not appear that his ideas are popular.  Let me know, I have just started researching this topic.

Joe The reason I said "keep it clean" is that there are some that have very strong opinions on his teachings and I did not want to start a flame war here.

Although his video clips are entertaining to watch it is very dangerous to the students he is knocking out.   You can just as well tell if a pressure point is working by pressing and perhaps lightly hitting to see the reactions. You do not need to always knock the other person to know that it works.

Scott

 Next time you go to your doctors office, ask him this, if a person is knock out, for a period of one minute is there any permanent damage??? Then you can look up the record by way of the state box commission to find out the condition of those boxers who have been knock out 30 or more times! Do the math, knock out are unsafe. that is why Dillman, When a student is out FOR more that 15 seconds he then gets feverish to revive them. Any first year Med student can tell you,

     KNOCK OUT ARE NOT SAFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

I have been studying with Grand Master Dillman for 7 years, when I first started training in martial arts.  His theories are 100% proven and effective.  People who question his theories should just attend his seminars, he has them all over the world, all the time.  I attend two 3 day camps each year and 5 or 6 1 day seminars.  Yes, they are sometimes repetitive, but that's how students learn.  I have been instructed in pressure points from day 1, as a white belt.  Now 7 years later, as a Black belt, I am confident about when and how to use them.  He will be in Portage, IN on December 1.  I encourage all martial artists in the area to attend.  So, what do I think of George Dillman's theories?  They are the best theories a martial artist should study and learn.  I am 1 of 3 or 4 women in my school, so I train with men.  Really big ones.  Pound for pound, I could never stop one of them from an attack, standing or pinned down.  The laws of physics will not allow my 125 pound body to lift or move someone double my weight or more.  Using pressure points, I get them off of me in very little time, without wasting precious energy.  Remember the old saying "the bigger they are, the harder they fall"?  The person who quoted that must have been one of Grand Master Dillman's students. 

Just becouse your getting wet does not mean it is raining out.
Master Moran