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-'''Dim Mak''', ({{zh-tspl|t=點脈|s=点脉|p=diǎnmài|l=press artery}}; [[Jyutping]]: dim2 mak6), alternatively diǎnxuè ({{zh-ts|t=點穴|s=点穴}}), also known as the '''Death Touch''' is a concept in [[Wuxia]] or Chinese martial arts fiction. It is depicted as a technique of [[Chinese martial arts]], consisting in an attack on [[pressure point]]s and [[Meridian (Chinese medicine)|meridians]], said to incapacitate or sometimes cause immediate or even "delayed" death to an opponent.<ref name="Adams">{{cite web|url=http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2509/is-the-ninja-death-touch-real|title=The Straight Dope: Is the "ninja death touch" real?|last=Adams|first=Cecil|date=May 21, 2004 |accessdate=2009-07-14}}</ref>
-The practice of attacking "pressure-points" in [[Japanese martial arts]] is known as [[Kyusho-jitsu]].
-Although  Dim Mak originates in Wuxia fiction, there have been a number of martial artists claiming to practice the technique in real life, beginnig with US American eccentric [[Count Dante]] in the 1960s.
-The earliest available reference to diǎnxuè appears in a [[Qing dynasty]] account of [[Shaolin Temple]] which states that [[Zhang Sanfeng]] devised a set of 72 "hollow points".{{cn}}
-==See also==
-*[[Hokuto Shinken]]
-*[[Iron Palm]]
-*[[Kyusho-jitsu]]
-*[[Ryukyu Kempo]]
-*[[Touch of Death]]
-*[[Varma Kalai]]
-*[[Vulcan nerve pinch]]
-== References ==
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-*Michael Kelly, ''Death Touch: The Science Behind the Legend of Dim Mak'' (2001).
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