Scientific Iron Palm Study?

[IronWeasel]

I am looking into beginning my Iron Palm training soon.

Many here have asked for objective reviews or evidence, of IP's effectiveness.

Sanjuro Ronin had an X-ray before and after done, which was excellent.

I could do the same, or maybe have a nerve conductivity test done to detect damage, if any.

Just looking for some input so I can draw a baseline before I begin.

[sanjuro_ronin]

If I was to start over and conduct a study I would do the following:

X-ray before, at the 100 day mark, the 1 year and the 2 years mark.
There is a device that building inspectors use to test the foundation and the density of concrete, it a pressure gauge and it is used by pressing it against a surface and it gives a read out, I would do that on my right and left to compare, again at the beginning, 100 day, 1 year and 2 year mark.

And impact test would be cool too, but there are too many variables, unless you can make it as close to a "dead hang drop" as possible.

[David Jamieson]

The x ray is a good idea. and fairly cheap. It's what, 100 bucks for an xray? free in canada if you tell them you think you might have something broken. lol

seriously though, you will see a difference in bone density, tissue density and neuralgic dissipation and skin toughness.

after you xray, go to a hardware store and buy a good construction brick. 99 cents for a decent one (white stone), about 50 cents for a red one, not so bad. try and break it with one shot on a flat surface (no levered edge)

if you can't break it, leave it and continue practice.

when you have finished the cycle, try the brick again and get the follow up xray (free in canada but go to a different hospital this time! lol)

I can almost guarantee that iof you did the cycle diligently and you were correct in the method, the next time you whack that brick on the floor, you will shatter it on the first go.

[David Jamieson]

wtf? spam in the threads?

~G! alert the IT goon squad that you are getting spam in here! lol

[GeneChing]

diegoqing is no more.

This isn't quite iron palm, but it's worth a gander.

[Steve Hamp]

This isn't quite iron palm, but it's worth a gander.

That was pretty cool to watch. Perhaps he should slap with the palm instead of "karate chopping".

--Steve

[David Jamieson]

lol @ "karate is kinda gross"

[sanjuro_ronin]

Hey, I posted that video already, *******s !!

[sanjuro_ronin]

Brute force and "hard hands" is really all that is need to break something, though that break on that clip was way cool, good size chunk of concrete too.

I like the clips that show very little effort on the part of the breaker, like the Chinese "mutant hand" IP guy on youtube, he basically drops his hand and BAM !

In my personal view, that is "real" IP, a relaxed "drop" of the hand, no wind up and no "powering through", just a nice solid drop.

[GeneChing]

I missed your earlier post. Which thread was it on?

I really just chimed in to ban that spammer. Some one sent me that vid that morning, so it seemed timely to drop it in here.

[IronWeasel]

Bumpity...




So, I had my hand X-rayed today.


Now I'm off to hit the bag. (The one with steel shot, not the wife...)

[Samurai Jack]

Would you mind taking before and after photos too? Perhaps take a traceing paper outline also? Many people seem to have an actual increase in the size of thier hands, and it'd be cool to measure that too.

[IronWeasel]

Would you mind taking before and after photos too? Perhaps take a traceing paper outline also? Many people seem to have an actual increase in the size of thier hands, and it'd be cool to measure that too.

Sure.

Maybe I'll shoot it against a ruler, or maybe graph paper as a background for reference.

[stonewarrior67]

how bout shut'n yer cake hole and training?




btw too late to call...saturdays no good, have to go in to work...sorry

[sanjuro_ronin]

My last IP break I got on video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-EUdSIqWNo