I had been studying the martial arts and wrestling for years when I was introduced to the late Master Stan Hart.
My teacher and beloved friend the late Master Royal Seymour wanted me to attend a seminar with him, where secret and forbidden strikes and points would be taught through the application of traditional Karate forms or Kata.
Master Seymour was on an intimate level with Master Hart and convinced him to at least allow me to observe.
Master Hart was possibly the world’s leading expert on the arts of Hakuda and Hakushu; and a highly decorated Master of Ryu-Kyu Kempo.
I attentively learned the grabs and clutches that Master Hart would apply to put his student demonstrators in excruciating pain.
Whenever Master Seymour and I would return from these classes; I would immediately ask him to do the techniques on me.
Class after class I would watch and then after class become a punching dummy and yes I would also practice on Master Seymour.
Master Seymour took it upon himself to teach me the training.
Finally Master Seymour approached Master Hart and explained that I was learning and he was in fact teaching me.
The only thing Master Hart would not do is execute a knockout on me.
For the next two years I learned the techniques from Master Seymour and Master Hart by getting beat up.
As time went by and Master Seymour convinced him of my diligence in training; he finally accepted me as a full student and years after the first training session I was ranked.
Through the years I learned pain points, disabling points, knockout points, recovery points, herbs and more.
In fact there were no champions who were highly trained in these mystical pressure points.
Why pressure points just don’t work in a fight 1.
Adrenaline makes the body numb and trigger many other hormonal changes that can make the ability to execute and feel these mystical pressure point strikes improbable if not impossible.
These ancient techniques for striking and manipulating pressure points are a product of a more primitive time when mysticism was a major influence on life.
Master Stan Hart published an article on fighting arts.com.
Looking back on the very many years I trained and corresponded with Master Hart; I now realize he never pushed these methods as street combat or for combative use.
Master Hart was very much different from his rival George Dillman who continues to promote the mystical striking as effective and practical in street or combative situations.
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