Sunday, February 2, 2014

Comparison of Vital Points listed by Mutsu and Funakoshi


I listed the Vital Points listed in Mutsu's 1933 Karate Kempo and compare them with the Vital Points in Funakoshi's 1935 Karate-Do Taiken.





Mutsu's Vital Points Funakoshi's Vital Points


Vital Points of the Head and Neck Vital Points of Head and Face



Tendo (Suture, coronal)
Tentou (Frontal Fontanel) Frontal Fontanel (tento)
Keichu (Back of Neck)
Kasumi (Temple) Temple (kasumi)
Mimi (Ear)
Uto (Between the eyes, also called Miken) Glabella (uto)
Me (Eyes) Eyeball, Gansei)

Circumorbital region (Seidon) upper and lower eye sockets
Jinchu (Philtrum)
Hana (Nose)

Suture intermaxillary (jinchu) juncture of upper jawbones below nose
Kakon (under chin) Lower jaw, center (gekon) 
Dokko (Side of Jaw)

Mandible, base (mikazuki)
Keido-Maku (Carotid Artery) neck side (matsukaze)
Nodo (Throat, esophagus, inner carotid, trachea, adams Apple


Vital Points of the Chest and Abdomen Front: Middle Section


Shofu (right) Murasame (Left) (Behond Clavical) Supraclavicular fossa (murasame)
Hichu (Suprasternan Noch) Suprasteral notch (hichu)
Shoho (Sternum)
Ganka (Below Nipples)
Danchu (Middle of Sternum) Sternal angle (tanchu)

Xiphoid process (kyosen)
Shigetsu (Solar Plexus) Solar Plelxus (suigetsu)
Myojo (Below Umbillicus) Point about one inch below umbilicus (myojo,tanden)

Subaxillary region (kyoei) 4th intercostal space

Region below nipple (ganka)
Denko  (Lower Rib Cage) abdomen, hypochondriac region (denko)

Abdomen, lumbar region (inazuma)
Tsukikage (Kidney)
Abara (Ribs)
Kinteki (Testicles also called Tsukikage) Testes (kinteki)


Vital points of the Four Limbs


Te no Kou (Back of Hand) Hand, back (shuko)
Kote (Wrist) Wrist, inside (uchi shakutaku)

Wrist, dorsal surface (shoshakutaku)
Ude Kansetsu (Arm Joint=Elbow) Eblow, lateral surface (chukitsu, hijizume)
Wan Myaku (Artery in upper arm near shoulder) Uppe Arm, dorsal surface (wanjun)
Ashi no Yubi (Toes)

Instep (kori)
Ashi No Kou (Top of Foot) Foot, top, lateral part (soin, kusagakure)
<<< Ingunial region (yako)
<<< Medial malleolus (naike, uchikurubushi,uchikurobushi)

Fibula, middle (kokotsu, mukozune)
Mukou-zune (Shin Bone)
Hiza Kansetsu (Knee Joint)
<< (Femur and Femural Artery)
Futo (Front of Thigh) Thigh, lower lateral part (fukuto)

Gluteal fold (ushiro inazuma)


Vital Points of the Back


Koutoubu (back of head)

Concavity behind ear (dokko)

Neck, back (keichu)
<<< (Spinal Column) Spine, tip (bitei)

Scapular ridge, middle (hayauchi)
Soda (Between shoulder blades, also called Kassatsu) Space between 5th & 6th thoracic veretbrae (kassatsu)
Ushiro Denko (behind lower rib cage) Lumbar region (ushiro denko)
Ushiro Tsukikage (Behind Kidney)
Koumon (Anus)

Soleus muscle, lower part (kusanagi)

Thank you to Joe Swift for providing a translation of Mutsu.


 








 


















 









































































































 











































































































































  

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