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Press the Points, Part 1
In the past, I’ve talked about control tactics and how they are a necessity in the world of professional bodyguarding. Facts being facts, you hope to avoid confrontations most of the time, but if you do get into a physical confrontation, the use of force in many cases will be low-level or what many of us call “soft-handed force.” A reader asked me via email what I personally thought of pressure points or pressure point-based techniques. As I’ve stated before, all aspects of training have their place and time in certain situations that you may or may not run across while working as a private protector. Pressure points are definetly