Tuesday, January 30, 2007

The Five Point Palm Exploding Heart Technique



This short video is from Kill Bill Vol.2 last chapter: Face to Face, when The Bride finally meets Bill. Quentin Tarantino really is a film-making genius. No one could ever perform the direction of this movie like he did. He's a visionary. Among other curious things this film raises a very interesting issue, which will mostly attract martial arts lovers - the five point palm exploding heart technique. This technique comes from the Taoist kung fu and consists in hitting someone with the fingertips, in a certain way, in five pressure points near the heart. This stimulation provoques a reaction in the heart that makes it stop beating, causing a heart attack. This all has to do with how well the person can control the qi (Cantonese term for adrenaline). The sources from which I looked upon say that it is possible in theory, but does not actually exist because there aren't any evidences, documents or registrations of people who have died from it.

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