I've been KNOCKED OUT by NO TOUCH!

**Mr. Machette** · Posted On: 5/20/2010 1:02pm

Originally Posted by Larus marinus

If he'd claimed it was a no-touch *knockdown*, he wouldn't strictly have been lying. *He* didn't touch the OP - and the OP fell down.

That's kind of like calling a bullet the "distance death touch" though...

**Dimmakfist** · Posted On: 5/20/2010 1:10pm

George Dillman knocked me out with a text message!

**beardedtaco** · Posted On: 5/20/2010 1:31pm

An instructor trained by Dillman apparently came to our gym the one time and wanted to try out his pressure point stuff. One of our purple belts said he wanted to grapple him and he could try whatever he wanted. Apparently, after a while he was trying to crawl away but the purple kept dragging him back in till he tapped.
I asked him if the pressure point stuff had any effect when they grappled and he said "Yes ! It pissed me off ! ".

**Larus marinus** · Posted On: 5/20/2010 1:42pm

Originally Posted by Mr. Machette

That's kind of like calling a bullet the "distance death touch" though...

Bollocks. It's clearly a distance (battlefield-tested!) sentry removal technique.

**Sri Hanuman** · Posted On: 5/20/2010 1:45pm

I've been no touch KO'd by Stolichnaya.
But I had to empty the whole bottle first.

**HereBeADragon** · Posted On: 5/20/2010 2:12pm

Thats a pretty good story. I knew a guy in college who "could move things with his mind" he was pretty good with that one. He used this clear gum stuff that was damned near impossible to see and all he had to do was have it stuck to a finger and touch the object once before making it float. Blew people away every time! Great pickup opener too.

On a slightly stranger note I once tried that no touch stuff on a student (not my student but the Thai Boxing coaches student I worked with). I put my hands on either side of his head but not touching his head. I started concentrating on moving energy thru my hands like its always described by these guys. All of a sudden the student gets dizzy and has to sit down. I suspect it was more about the student wanting to believe than anything actually happening. Made a nice buzz at the school thou. :D

**ausohj** · Posted On: 5/20/2010 2:45pm

I think this no touch nonsense actually touches (pun intended) upon something more interesting to research, the bond between master/teacher and student.

**Monkfg** · Posted On: 5/20/2010 3:10pm

When my tai chi teacher was looking for new training rooms he also visited the dojo of a married couple that practiced no touch ko on each other. He asked if they could show it on him, but they said he'd probably die so the guy (being his wives master) showed it on her. great...

I think this no touch nonsense actually touches (pun intended) upon something more interesting to research, the bond between master/teacher and student.

Or a man and his wife.

**HereBeADragon** · Posted On: 5/20/2010 3:29pm

the more you invest in a belief the more you need it to be true.
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This is one of my favorites.

**ausohj** · Posted On: 5/20/2010 4:05pm

I'm familiar with that video, never gets old, but I've always wondered what that master did after the fight. Did his school's membership vanish or did he have an explanation ready to explain why he failed to harm the other fighter?