Knuckles

[Sinar89]

now for my 2 cents : )

 

i know what you mean with wanting to toughen your knuckles. what you said by "looking cool" i know it can give you some respect. at lunch i was the new guy at the table last year (came in middle of the year and sat with my friend but he was the only one i knew) and they would do sneek shots at each other with quaters (like bloody knuckles) i played and they couldn't make me flinch.....then i brought in the spiked quarter i made, 7 shots and they were done and were like "dude...your frekin awsome" and nobody messed with me he he he. but, if you want something to strengthen the skin, do what i did (although i was told i was crazy) when it snowed, then it sleeted and the pool had like a layer of ice i could punch through....punch through it. the ice cuts your knuckles. hurts like crap after a few swings cause then your hand is also freezing but my knuckles cut all cut and when they healed, hard as rock. plus stuff won't hurt as easy cause your like "wow....punching ice was alot worse" and, if you want to toughen the bone, take a 2x4 and cut it down a little and then hit your knuckles.....don't smash them, just repeatedly hit them with it. do it everyday. while your watching tv, any time. works great. also just punching on the bag will get the tough as long as your don't just stop if you see a blood blister or see them bruised. word to the wise, make sure not to over due it and break your knuckles. doctors say its the hardest bone to heal. 6 months it takes.

[47MartialMan]

Not neccessary. Foolish game.

[Master Jules]

During makawari training of the knuckles, the second you break the skin, you STOP. Give as much time as needed for the skin to heal and then resume training......NEVER continue hitting until you bleed all over the place......thats detrimental to your training. Makaiwari training for the knuckles has a dual purpose.....the first is to toughen and callous the skin, the second is to cause microfractures in the bones...this will allow the bones to heal by causing calcium deposits, and that is how the knuckles "grow".

[47MartialMan]

During makawari training of the knuckles, the second you break the skin, you STOP. Give as much time as needed for the skin to heal and then resume training......NEVER continue hitting until you bleed all over the place......thats detrimental to your training. Makaiwari training for the knuckles has a dual purpose.....the first is to toughen and callous the skin, the second is to cause microfractures in the bones...this will allow the bones to heal by causing calcium deposits, and that is how the knuckles "grow".

 

But for what reason? Will such a activity, given the current social era, cease for the practitioner, as the decades go by?

 

And, the training that I have seen/been, the knuckles do not "grow", they look flat because of the callous and build-up between each.

[Jinxx0r]

Maybe I missed this, but what would be the point of doing this? (that's not a judgement, but a real question as I really don't see why).

[47MartialMan]

Maybe I missed this, but what would be the point of doing this? (that's not a judgement, but a real question as I really don't see why).

 

Why to my questioning? or Why do it?

 

I am just saying, given the amount of time spent doing this, couldn't the time be spent on something better?

 

Back in the day, when fighting was a way to make a living, or as such payable competition now, but for the average citizen with a job, kids, etc.?

[Jinxx0r]

Maybe I missed this, but what would be the point of doing this? (that's not a judgement, but a real question as I really don't see why).

 

Why to my questioning? or Why do it?

 

I am just saying, given the amount of time spent doing this, couldn't the time be spent on something better?

 

Back in the day, when fighting was a way to make a living, or as such payable competition now, but for the average citizen with a job, kids, etc.?

 

Why do it. I was trying to see what the benefit to doing this would be.

 

Thanks.

[47MartialMan]

The same goes for shin conditioning and hands up training.

[Master Jules]

I do it because its part of Goju Ryu conditioning training.....for some, it may not be practical in todays modern world.....I just enjoy it.

[AngelaG]

The same goes for shin conditioning and hands up training.

What do you mean by hands up training? Do you mean keeping your guard up? If so there are loads of good reason for this, protecting your face/head should be a primary concern!