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Commotio Cordis and
Dim Mak "There is a definite link between commotio cordis and dim mak,"
said Dr. Kelly, who specializes in internal medicine at North Shore University
Hospital in Manhasset, NY. "Most cases of commotio cordis occur from
a blunt impact to the chest directly over the cardiac silhouette. Interestingly,
the areas most commonly associated with commotio cordis correlate with
the exact location of certain dim mak points." Dr. Kelly's books,
"The Dim Mak Medical Guide," and "Death Touch: The Science
Behind The Legend of Dim Mak," both deal extensively with the medical
science behind dim mak. According to modern medicine, commotio cordis occurs only when the chest
is struck at precisely the right moment. Dr. Vincent stated in his study,
"impacts that occurred 15 to 30 msec before the T-wave peak (the
vulnerable period or the time of greatest heterogeneity of repolarization)
produced ventricular fibrillation in 9 of 10 impacts." Ventricular
fibrillation, where the heart lapses into spasms instead of beating normally,
is considered the primary cause of heart failure in commotio cordis. How
could a dim mak expert know exactly when to strike the chest? Dr. Kelly responded, "commotio cordis has been linked to a vulnerable
period of the cardiac cycle, which can be affected by the autonomic nervous
system. Interestingly, certain dim mak points directly affect the autonomic
nervous system and actually increase the heart's vulnerability to commotio
cordis." So in the same way that an aikidoist might use atemi to
set up a throw, or an escrimador might use limb destruction to set up
a finishing strike, a dim mak expert might hit other points first, setting
up her opponent for the finishing tap on the chest. Increasing Our Understanding Not long ago, people believed "evil spirits" caused diseases.
150 years later, many diseases that wiped out millions are no more, thanks
to Pasteur's germ theory and the invention of vaccinations. The notion
of "vital points," as used in acupuncture and in dim mak, dates
back more than 2000 years. Perhaps in the next hundred years, science
will find more reasons why dim mak is real.