ABSTRACT

Fig. 81. Vital spots on the front of the body, as recognised by the principal schools of Japanese karate (Fujita et al. (I), p. 34). They are called atemi (tang shen) , 'body-withstanders', shiketsu (SStl hsiieh), 'death loci', or katsu-ketsu (huo hsiieh), 'life loci'. This drawing and the following one may be compared \vith Figs. 79 and 80.