June 2, 2013
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Nerve Pinch?
This is not a cure for the golfing yits or the marital arts but, the Martial Art Shoulder Nerve Pinch. It is also referred to in Japanese Jiu-Jitsu instruction, “To master the shoulder pinch, the thumb is pressed into the front side of the top of the shoulder, while the grip is kept by grasping with the fingers at the back of the shoulder. The spot is that is hyper-sensitive to the pinch with the thumb. Bear in mind that the ball of the thumb should dig in at the point where the head of the upper arm joins the scapula. In anatomy, the scapula, or shoulder blade, is the bone that connects the humerus (arm bone) with the clavicle (collarbone). This nerve pinch is used in combination when in a clinch at close quarters. While the pinch leaves some soreness in its wake, it is by no means disabling. The pinch may be resorted to often as it is needed in defence or in offense to wake someone from unconsciousness.”
(Source: “Jiu-Jitsu Combat Tricks: Japanese Feats of Defence in Personal Encounter” of 1904 –West Point Military College - H.I. Hancock (1866-1922).
