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by Lucas_ on September 28th, 2004
No. Although it might be possible that similar techniques work. The Straight Dope had an article about this:
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/040521.html
The facts are as follows: There are cases where people did die after being hit by a single blow, and it is likely that there are pressure points where a well-applied and strong enough hit manages to kill an otherwise healthy person by causing heart failure. However, to this day, nobody has been able to do the feat repeatedly - one cause might be that it's kinda hard to find volunteers for this kind of experiment. Experiments where the goal was to disable a person for a short amount of time were done, however, and were successful.
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Ha, cool.
by Relsqui on December 8th, 2005
In the 20+ years I studied martial arts, I saw one technique demonstrated which consisted of a palm strike to the chest which stopped the heart. The person struck spasm-ed and fell to the floor. The Master then applied another nerve strike which re-started the heart. This was demonstrated between a Master and one of his higher black belt instructors. It is the closest thing I have seen to the fictional strike in the movie Kill Bill.
by Ani Doltso on January 29th, 2009