Quote Originally Posted by Kframe View Post
You also mentioned that finger tip striking may effect my eyes, may I ask how? My fingers are a long way from my eyes.

Man I need to find a IRL teacher for this stuff.
When I lived in Taiwan, a young classmate of mine started self-training iron palm, but obviously incorrectly. He did all five palm strikes (flat palm, palm edge, palm heel, back of hand, and fingertips), striking hard with each hand on a heavy wooden stool (not even an iron palm bag!) hundreds of times a day. Even the teacher told him to stop it, but he kept on. He used lots of jow, but soon was complaining that his eyesight was becoming messed up, and he started having trouble holding chopsticks, as his hands were shaking. He complained that the jow didn't work, but even the best jow isn't miracle stuff if you're training stupidly.

A lot of health problems can result from improper iron palm training. The fingertips/eyes connection is known among acupuncturists. Best to train under qualified supervision if possible, and begin lightly and work up very gradually.