How do you knock someone out with a pressure point in the neck?

Answer 1

Commander Spock notwithstanding, there is no "pressure point" in the neck that knocks people out. Two techniques in combat invovling the neck result in unconsciousness: brain hypoxia resulting form occlusion of the jugular veins and/or carotid arteries, and a sudden torsoin on the brain stem that, for reasons we don't quite understand, results in temporary unconsciousness.

The first is most often seen in the Carotid Choke Hold so popular with police departments. This either prevents oxygenated blood from entering the brain, or prevents de-oxygenated blood from leaving the brain, quickly resulting in unconsciousness from hypoxia.

The other method is the reason prize fighters develop hugely strong next muscles. A sudden spinning of the head, resultant from a blow that imparts torsion or spin, shocks the brainstem, resulting in unconsciousness. In the old days, fighters susceptible to this were said to have a "glass jaw".

Warning!An anesthesiologist friend of mine told me the whole problem with this is that we don't really quite understand why we're conscious -- so unconsciousness is in many ways a mystery. Knocking someone out, no matter how you do it, puts them a LOT closer to death, and many accidents have happened with these methods that resulted in mortality.

Trying to knock your adversary out is a technique used by law enforcement when they feel they're in danger of their life, but not to the point that they're ready to resort to deadly force. Prize fighters learn early to protect against this blow, so it's rarely seen in the ring. Non-lethal fights are best handled if one stays away from inducing unconsciousness, in that accidental death is not an impossible result, and turns a minor scuffle into a high level felony.

NOTE:

The above is not fully true, there are spots that if the correct techinque is applied and do not require a strangulation. (And no they do not work magically or just by touch or projecting ones Chi, they require contact) As a professional I am not sharing those with you for safety reasons. Sorry, see Warning(s) above

Answer 2

There are a number of them, but to learn them you need to be instructed by someone that knows them and can properly teach them. Just knowing where they are at isn't enough, you need to understand the direction to apply force, the required force and the reaction it will illicit from an opponent if it doesn't work.

Answer 3

The temples. Get your knuckle in there and hit them as hard as you can. Works well with a hand on each side of the head, too.

I respectfully disagree with the above answer. In fact I say it comes with a caveat as it can do much more than knock a person unconscious; a hard strike to a temple can kill a person. I advise against doing so if you want to be legally and ethically clear of problems.

Boxing, MMA, and many matches and too many real combat situations has led me to believe by experience that the best way to knock a person unconscious is to strike at the chin (the button) either with a stiff lead, cross, or hook (front of chin or to the side of chin). Imagine the head as a lever, the brain bounces inside the head upon impact the more movement (hitting the farthest part of the lever in this case the chin moves the head respectively in equal proportions. Viola, many glancing blows have knocked out big guys because the rapidity of the rotation and the actual "jitter" resulting from such a blow. watch MMA fights and tell me that I am wrong. It happens so many times with a kick to the chin, punch to chin.

I ask that you get a good boxing coach to express his thoughts on the matter he will say same thing. Nest is hitting hard to the nose (brain blinking), and of course only if you know how to do it using a jujitsu choke to put a person asleep. Do not play with any of these ideas or techniques on anybody. Only test it in a professional gym under proper supervision under the eye of a professional coach.

Answer 4

For young teens and younger hard on the back of the head does nicely since the skull isn't completely sealed at the soft spot.