Advanced Pressure Point Grappling

As someone who has been involved in numerous combat and martial art systems (Boxing, Wrestling, Kickboxing, Judo, Jujitsu, Karate-Do, Kendo, Kenjutsu, etc.) for more than 50 years I had read and heard about George A. Dillman but never had an opportunity to train in his system. Lately I have been able to purchase some of his books for a bargain price. The first one I read was his beginner’s guide to pressure point self-defense, which was actually a basic karate techniques book.I just finished reading this amazing (Advanced Pressure Point Grappling: Tuite: The Dillman method of instant self-defense by Dillman and Thomas) 360 page huge volume and this short review cannot do this book justice. First off, he emphasizes the fact that these techniques should not be practiced without guidance from an instructor of his system. This is NOT a book for beginners. Even though I was quite familiar with the Jujitsu, Judo and Aiki-Jutsu techniques shown in this book, but for those who have not trained in these various finger, wrist and other joint locks and takedowns, it will be extremely difficult to learn from just the photographs in this book. There is so much valuable material in this book that it must be studied at length along with having a hands-on course with a Dillman instructor to fully appreciate all this amazing book offers you.This book is organized into eight detailed chapters. Chapter one covers a history of Ryukyu Kempo. Chapter two deals with the principles of Tuite. Chapter three shows the pressure points. Chapter four explains basic Tuite-Waza. Chapter five covers defense against simple assaults. Chapter six shows Tuite defense against complex assaults. Advanced concepts in Tuite are covered in chapter seven. The final chapter explains Tuite as Bunkai.I must say that I was very impressed with this book and wish I had met and attended a Dillman Seminar when I was a young martial artist. It does not matter whether you practice Karate-Do, Jujitsu, Aikido, Hapkido or any other martial art; this is one book you should have in your personal martial arts library.Rating: 5 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: Shotokan Karate: Practical Combat Karate for the street)

A very thick book on the subject

This product arrived on time and was in good shape. The hard covers were in great shape. There was some underlining in the book but it was described to be in good not excellent or 'like new' condition. It was just like I wanted it. I always get a lot better quality and service with Amazon as opposed to ebay. I am not a fan of ebay. They don't stand behind their sales if something goes wrong.Doug

This is a must for anybody martial artist who is looking to learn just that bit extra when it comes down to training,The book is written extremely well with great pictures and easy to understand dialog... If not for anything the faces tell a thousand words by the expressions they have.I am very glad to have been able to read and commend all involved in the making of this book.

Still assessing & will for some time. Well written great illustrations informative 👍

This book does a good job at presenting basic tuite and kyusho jutsu techniques, along with some good bunkai from various kata. I think the book demonstrates that Mr. Dillman was exposed Seiyu Oyata during one of the best periods of receiving Okinawan bunkai knowledge in the U.S.

This book contains good information on pressure point techniques.Although in a real combat situation I would only consider them a bonus and not rely on them as a first line of defense.

Books by Professor Dillman and Grandmaster Thomas are worth their weight in gold. I have hundreds of martial arts books and these are by far the best.

This is the worst Kindle-Book I EVER bought. The book was not really converted to a propper e-Book. It's just the paper-book scanned in with the next or previous page shining through. The quality is miserable!!!!I am training with a student of a student of Dillman. I think the content is great. But I also think you can only really understand it if you take classes with someone from Dillman's Lineage. So this book is really highly recommended for every student of kyusho-jitsu - just DO NOT BUY the eBook!!! Get some used copy or try to get some copy directly from the organization of George Dillman or Dustin Seal.

This book is a good introduction to kyusho. In my opinion, it could use more text and pictures, and less blank spaces.An interesting book to start dim-mak from scratch : having read Erle Montaigue's Encyclopedia of Dim-Mak, there is nothing new in this book. Indeed, the purpose of an encyclopedia is to be complete, whereas this book, perhaps, aims at keeping some secret to the practitionners of the Dillman Method (?).As a conclusion, I repeat : it's a great introduction to "how to add some kyusho to your grappling techniques", and the many pictures are also worth the trouble. Just more text, or a smaller book would do the trick as well (I dream of a book about kyusho I could read on the bus or the train : all I have found is at least A4, and heavy : not transportable ;-)