What is the best way to do finger pushups?
I was always told that when doing finger pushups, you should spread your fingers on the floor, because doing them on your fingertips can ruin your vision, because there are meridians on your fingertips which are connected to your eyes. However, on the kung fu forum in the "figertraining question" thread, Drunken Monkey said that spreading your fingers puts too much pressure on your fingers, which can lead to tendonitis and arthritis. So what is the best way to do them? Thank you for any advice that you can give me on this topic
The best support is an arch
Even a foot can teach us that. I have students stay on the pads of their fingers because of the vision danger and make sure that they can see an arch from the side view.
Scarlet Mantis....You do those two?....your hands get going slow as the burn sets in, but you get a second "wind" after a while. We had to do those for 10 minutes, but I've gone as long as 30 durring boring classes.
We do different finger excersices for different purposes such as twisting the radius and ulna, grabbing clothing, grabbing muscle groups, lose flesh etc.
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I have just purchased an issue of Martial Arts Legends magazine which focuses on martial fitness. In, there is a picture of Matt Furey doing finger pushups with the fingers straight and you can see an arch between his thumb and the rest of his fingers. So until anyone can offer me irrefutable evidence to the contrary, I am going to agree with the Yoga instructor. No offense, guys. Thanks again for your help. Peace.
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This doesn't look like a healthy way to do this. I've seen plenty of finger push ups and hand (finger) stands - one finger zen is a Shaolin thing - but not with so much contortion of the 2nd finger joint.