Universal Grappling Arts

One of the main factors that seperate this system from others is our focus on anatomy, physiology, kinesiology and neruology. All styles of martial arts have a list "deadly targets" and "deadly strikes". At Universal Grappling Arts we seek to educate our students with the elusive "why". A great example is in Kali we use the blade to attack the limb of the enemy that is holding his weapon. This is called gunting or scissor, because the first techniques use a scissor action. The concept is that if a man can't hold his weapon he can't attack you. This is a quality concept. Now for how and why. One of the ideal locations is the inside of the wrist/forearm. This area contains the flexor muscle group. The flexors are responsible for closing the hand. If these muscles are cut, the ability to close the hand (thus maintain a grip on a weapon) is removed. This has to be the inside fleshy portion of the arm. The outide of the arm (posterior) contains the extensor muscle group. As the name implies they are responsible for extending the hand. This is not as strategicly important or as accessible as the flexors. It's unfortunate but many instructors falsely claim this to be a "deadly technique". Although the slashing of the radial artery (wrist/forearm) has the potential to be fatal it should never be looked at as the magic bullet kill shot. An average sized man with an average heart rate can live around one and a half to two minutes after this artery has been slashed, with out medical attention. The reason he won't just fall down and die is because there is only about 5% of the body's total blood volume pumping through this area at any given time. This means the enemy can continue to stab, punch or kick you for those remaining moments. We need to be able to understand what is happening to the enemy and to continue to bring the counter attack to him untill we no longer deem him a threat.

                                              Ask questions, Train hard.