Originally Posted by
Bacon
So let me ask you guys something. If iron palm/body/leg/whatever is realy all it's cracked up to be why aren't there any legitimate professional full contact fighters who have it as a part of their training routine?
I've seen Thai fighters kick though maple baseball bats, and those are hard. That's without anything beyond heavy bag, pads, and sparring.
Also another question. How much, if any, do you think iron palm increases the resistance of bones to fracture and breakage in pounds per square inch?
Different systems use different methods.
Old time boxers ( like Marciano for example) used heavier sand bags and punched with ether bare hands or just wraps to condition their hands.
Thai boxers use the HB and other methods.
TCMA use their methods as do the JMA and OMA and KMA.
In Kyokushin we used a variety of methods.
In boxing we do drills where we are being hit to get used to taking shots, this is the boxing version of Iron Body.
I think you are trying to find issues with something that you think is something that it isn't.
Psalms 144:1
Praise be my Lord my Rock,
He trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle !