Hand conditioning

[Vasquez]

How do you condition your hands? sand bag -> hot water -> gravel bag -> tree trunk-> concrete / marble

[David Jamieson]

mung bean bag for palm/back/knife/heel

heavy bag for 'other'

[Royal Dragon]

I don't condition my hands anymore. I just do Qi Gong now.

When I did though, I used a canvas bag filled with Mung beans for the top and palm and knife edge of my hand as well as striking it wiht finger tips and knuckles.

I used a concrete cylinder to strike the bone Karate guys allways use to break things, and the other side of my hand.

I was useing sand buckets for a while, enough to see "Some" forward progress, but not enough to develop any special, or noticable skill.

I blew a hole in a cinder bock wall with a palm strike once though, so I know my methods work.

[Dale Dugas]

I use a bag of steel shot to train my iron palm.

I have other various sized bags to train my claws, by grabbing bags I toss up as well as play catch with a partner.

I also train my grip strength as your hands will love you for it.

I use COC(Captains of Crush) grippers as well as plate loading grip machine to blast my lower arms.

I still train my iron palm, though I seem to gravitate toward more qi gong like Royal Dragon, maybe thats a natural progression.

Dale

[David Jamieson]

The gongs and jows used in this type of training have a definite effect.
I have always used them in tandem with conditioning.

[Royal Dragon]

I have also found that wrist training for Chin Na is a great cool down after iron hand work. I used to do the solo exercises normally, but I'm sure the partner work would be even better.