Former castleva
05-12-2002, 03:03 AM
I would like to hear what you think about this.
Iīve been doing "hardening" for a while or two and canīt catch the idea of proper application.
Having done heavy bag type for a fair amount of time in the past,I decided to move to the "woods" (forest) about a year ago,and began using trees.
I found it to be a good kind of exercise.It caused my knuckles to tear easily,time after time (having built up stronger tissue,it does not happen anymore) I use fist strikes (mostly backfis,hook and straight shots),palm heel and edge of palm.I used to do fingers too but I was lucky to have quickly learned about worse influences of it.
I also try to regulate my breathing.
This being about that Iīve faced different kinds of views of "how to" about this thing.Hereīs sort of a list:
It has been said that knuckle conditioning may damage finger joints (donīt know how,and have not heard about real life experiences,supposing that it does not go to the level of self-mutilation)
Pressure points of knuckles-that there are a couple of significant points on/around the area,which could cause circulation problems and something with intestines,if I got this right?
Liniments (dit da jow)-which is mostly the idea of cma.I have not had the change to use this,and cma considers it pretty important for healing and developing.Recipes look quite strange to a westerner and it is not largely used everywhere?
Habits of act-Others say theyīve done hard conditioning for a long time without troubles while others highly forbid it.
"Bruised" conditioned knuckles-big knuckles with huge amount of skin covering them.This is what karatekas are well-known for.
Some people think that callouses are bad,some donīt.
Knuckle pushups etc...-Again,some prefer.Some believe them to be harmful (same thing with finger pushups,which can be understood...)
This is all I can think of right now,if I forgot something important,let me know.
BTW,My personal results-some small pain sometimes,in other hand,stronger structure.
Iīve been doing "hardening" for a while or two and canīt catch the idea of proper application.
Having done heavy bag type for a fair amount of time in the past,I decided to move to the "woods" (forest) about a year ago,and began using trees.
I found it to be a good kind of exercise.It caused my knuckles to tear easily,time after time (having built up stronger tissue,it does not happen anymore) I use fist strikes (mostly backfis,hook and straight shots),palm heel and edge of palm.I used to do fingers too but I was lucky to have quickly learned about worse influences of it.
I also try to regulate my breathing.
This being about that Iīve faced different kinds of views of "how to" about this thing.Hereīs sort of a list:
It has been said that knuckle conditioning may damage finger joints (donīt know how,and have not heard about real life experiences,supposing that it does not go to the level of self-mutilation)
Pressure points of knuckles-that there are a couple of significant points on/around the area,which could cause circulation problems and something with intestines,if I got this right?
Liniments (dit da jow)-which is mostly the idea of cma.I have not had the change to use this,and cma considers it pretty important for healing and developing.Recipes look quite strange to a westerner and it is not largely used everywhere?
Habits of act-Others say theyīve done hard conditioning for a long time without troubles while others highly forbid it.
"Bruised" conditioned knuckles-big knuckles with huge amount of skin covering them.This is what karatekas are well-known for.
Some people think that callouses are bad,some donīt.
Knuckle pushups etc...-Again,some prefer.Some believe them to be harmful (same thing with finger pushups,which can be understood...)
This is all I can think of right now,if I forgot something important,let me know.
BTW,My personal results-some small pain sometimes,in other hand,stronger structure.