The following articles describe a number of experimental investigations into the (supposed) links between oriental martial arts & oriental medical traditions:

Overview and summary of experiments

• Colour Visualisation & Vibration Techniques

• The Use of Five Element Theory in Kyusho-Jutsu

• Testing Five Element Theory with Shu Points

It is sometimes convenient to refer to pressure point locations by their acupuncture names, as we have done in these articles, without presupposing any particular theory of how pressure points work. The following sites are useful resources for this:

• Qi Journal's Interactive Acupuncture Chart
• Acuxo's acupuncture charts