[grey_whiskers]

One other point -- it is not always the peak intensity of the force, but the shape of the force vs. time curve which leads to breakage -- if you allow the bones and internal structures time in which to deform, they can bear a much greater force than if the force "ramps up" suddenly. The garden variety analogy is to that of a fall onto a mattress vs. a concrete surface: the deceleration, and therefore the force, happens over a much shorter period of time on the hard surface...

Another intereesting thing (someone mentioned rotaiton of the brain) is the possibility for "diffuse axonal injury" eg. shearing of tissue within the brain due to the radial velocity gradient as one goes out from the center of the head: just as all points on a record turntable have the same angular velocity, but cover different distances, so it is with the head. The increasing velocity with distance gives rise to shearing forces, which, if great enough, can cause trauma in the brain even without blunt force.

Cheers!

[Tainan]

From a book by an author using the name..."Gilbey"...it is not his real name and there is much to believe that none of the stories are real.

The Dinky Little Poke.
The DLP is a chapter from a lurid little book called"The Secret Fighting Arts of the World"kinda like a 'Ripley's Believe It or Not' for martial arts technique.The offerings shift between streight ahead self defence tricks(Such as the clothes line ala Steven Segal)to wierdo stuff like Scream Fu!
But the best one of the bunch is the DLP.
The story accounts a bookish fellow who liked to drink in low places.The author recounts the tale like a news reporter.A bar tender tells him an experience where this fellow was being harassed one night by two toughs.After the situation got to the point of violence ,before any one could do anything ,both thugs hit the floor.No one saw the small fellow move yet boom boom,down they went.
The DLP is based on a principle which fits well with wing chun structure.
It's all in the angle of a basic streight punch launched to the point of the chin.If you punch into the chin following the line of the jaw from the chin point to the bottom of the ear you will lift the head along a diagonal line upward and back.This pinches an area of the brain called the Medula Oblongata.This part of the brain is very sensitive to irritation and normally well protected from harm....except from this exact angle.It sounds like it would be hard to do ,but in fact is quite natural to the WC play.A little empirical research between my friends and I confirmed it's utility.Very little power is needed to do the job,and does not even produce a bruise.Believe it or not!
I think this phenomenon is one reason WC is known for quick KO's.

The above was copied from a website where the DLP was discussed. I own the book in question and read about this, the DLP, many (20 or so ) yrs ago. Honestly, in my personal experience, there can be a good argument that the DLP is a real phenomena. It well explains something I have witnessed and experienced several times in the occurence of physical pursuits of an agressive nature.

[Tainan]

From a book by an author using the name..."Gilbey"...it is not his real name and there is much to believe that none of the stories are real.

The Dinky Little Poke.
The DLP is a chapter from a lurid little book called"The Secret Fighting Arts of the World"kinda like a 'Ripley's Believe It or Not' for martial arts technique.The offerings shift between streight ahead self defence tricks(Such as the clothes line ala Steven Segal)to wierdo stuff like Scream Fu!
But the best one of the bunch is the DLP.
The story accounts a bookish fellow who liked to drink in low places.The author recounts the tale like a news reporter.A bar tender tells him an experience where this fellow was being harassed one night by two toughs.After the situation got to the point of violence ,before any one could do anything ,both thugs hit the floor.No one saw the small fellow move yet boom boom,down they went.
The DLP is based on a principle which fits well with wing chun structure.
It's all in the angle of a basic streight punch launched to the point of the chin.If you punch into the chin following the line of the jaw from the chin point to the bottom of the ear you will lift the head along a diagonal line upward and back.This pinches an area of the brain called the Medula Oblongata.This part of the brain is very sensitive to irritation and normally well protected from harm....except from this exact angle.It sounds like it would be hard to do ,but in fact is quite natural to the WC play.A little empirical research between my friends and I confirmed it's utility.Very little power is needed to do the job,and does not even produce a bruise.Believe it or not!
I think this phenomenon is one reason WC is known for quick KO's.

The above was copied from a website where the DLP was discussed. I own the book in question and read about this, the DLP, many (20 or so ) yrs ago. Honestly, in my personal experience, there can be a good argument that the DLP is a real phenomena. It well explains something I have witnessed and experienced several times in the occurence of physical pursuits of an agressive nature.