But preventing trauma isn't all there is to it
Originally Posted by
goju
i thought that was common knowlefge about karate? why do you thin we have deformed knuckles? because we use so much liniments lol
theres no need to anyway with the diet being the way it is in okinawa. what the people eat prevent them from geting any of the trauma that can come from improper iron bone training
As I understand the physiology of it, "trauma" is part of the training: micro-fracturing the bone, and micro-brusing the tissue, and building it back in the "healing" process, stronger than it was. Science has shown, has it not, that such conditioning results in greater bone density and hardness than the average person without such training.
But, isn't it true though, that there are other reasons to use the medicines, both before and after the training, and the internal supplements: those also contribute to conditioning the bone/tissue "the right way," as I think GMS told us when the training was first taught. Its not just a matter of preventing injury, but also building the tissue quicker, better, also without unnecessary "trauma." And doing so "the right way" maintains full use of the hands that can sometimes be diminished in conditioning without proper medicines/supplements.
Is this not true? I don't think this is revealing any big secrets to the training.
Just One Student
"I seek, not to know all the answers, but to understand the questions." --- Kwai Chang Caine
(I'd really like to know all the answers, too, but understanding the questions, like most of my martial arts practice, is a more realistically attainable goal)