Recommendations for beginner arm toughening?

[CFT]

The Pushup-Punch Routine.

Do 10 pushups. Then a series of a strike or block.
Change the kind of pushups, change the strike.
Repeat for one hour.

We do this every first of the month class. Fun fun.

And how does this toughen the arms?

[Lindley]

Play the Huen Sao technique -->

1) Through a punch straight out
2) Open the fist and rotate the hand so the palm faces up
3) Keeping the elbow locked straight, with the palm facing up, bring the wrist back as far as possible and stop
4) Rotate the wrist into the center
5) Upon completion of the rotation extend each finger starting with the pinky so they slowly roll into a fist

The key is to do it slowly and deliberatly.


Good luck with your kung fu...

[CHAZ]

Here's some of those Hung Gar exercises YongChun was going on about, and a few others.

http://www.fuhok.com/Hung%20Gar%20Training/lingung.htm

Chaz

[Liddel]

If you throw punches at older students and they use actions like Pak Sao / Pie Sao / Tan Sao (anything blocking the inside 'soft' part of the arm) with a good amount of inch power to block said punches, your arm will become very sore and tight quickly.... do this over and over and your arms will toughen up while giving others much needed practice.

You may also catch an idea about the use of inch power outside of punching ?
Over time youll notice less and less bruising...
You may need some Dit Da Jow though
Good Luck