Class Considerations & Background

• Safety

Student safety and an environment conducive to learning are two high priorities of the TACT system and the TACT instructors. Students will be required to perform and recreate impact applications with partners. It’s important that students respond quickly and cooperatively with instructors and that students leave their egos at home.

• Clothing:

No martial arts uniforms. All classes will be done in street clothes. T-shirts and jeans are fine. Bring an extra white T-Shirt you don’t mind getting marked up. Reserve your spot today!

• Pressure Points

The actual use of nerve pressure points has been traced as far back as 550 A.D. Japanese Samurai put a considerable amount of time and effort into the study and use of pressure points for close combat and control of a subject.

The first person known to have researched vital body points was Dharma, who was also responsible for the death of over 5,000 slaves during his research and study of the martial arts and its techniques. Many traditional martial arts systems utilize some form of pressure points in their system, either for blocking, striking, or ground immobilization. Therefore, this system is not new, but very ancient. However, the total understanding of the dynamics and physics of pressure points are better understood today.

Research has shown pressure points are the most effective, accurate and humane self-defense system available to a peace officer today.

Pressure points are usually located in depressions at bones, joints and muscles. The precise area of each pressure point is usually about the size of a dime (but can be as small as the head of a pin) and the effectiveness dissipates further from the point. Some points are easy to locate because of their sensitivity. Others are harder to find, and require more precise targeting and need to be applied at just the right angle. The human body consists of literally hundreds of pressure points. NICT uses the most effective, most responsive and safest pressure points and restraints available to law enforcement.

The use of nerve motor points with impact weapons is one of the newest breakthroughs in police defensive tactics. The age-old problem in impact weapon training has been how to develop a system that officers could retain and use under stress. Another problem has been developing striking points that would immediately neutralize the offender but also minimize the risk of injury. Most current systems work on the principle of striking the knee or shinbone directly, which, when used often, causes damage to cartilage, ligaments, tendons, muscles and bone. The controversy in some states and provinces is whether this type of injury might be classified as causing great bodily harm.