Right axilla

Underarm target — anatomical right

The right axilla marks the underarm target on the anatomical-right side of the body. It is mapped as a broad deep soft-tissue region because the teaching locus spans the axillary fold and adjacent lateral chest rather than a single visible surface point.

Right templeLeft templeJaw hingeRight carotid regionLeft carotid regionRight clavicle notchLeft clavicle notchRight axillaRight axillaLeft axillaSternum tipRight floating-rib zoneLeft floating-rib zoneLiver strike zoneSpleen strike zoneGroinRight inner kneeLeft inner kneeInstep

Point 8 of 18 in Kalarimarmam — Meithari Vital Points

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Phillip Zarrilli, When the Body Becomes All Eyes: Paradigms, Practices, and Discourses of Power in Kalarippayattu, a South Indian Martial Art (scholarly_modern)

Lorna Srimathi Dewanar, Kalaripayattu source texts (primary)

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