Bare fists!!

[Eye of the Tiger]

Does anyone hear punch tough material punch bags (leather) with bare fists and feet. I have been doing this for about 2 weeks since I bought mine and although I am one to take pain I can't stand the stinging sensation when I wack the tough leather with a round house kick. My skin on the edge of my fingers and a few of my toes were bleeding I just carried on hitting with all my power. Should I start using pads or should I just take that awful sting. I wouldn't mind if I kept on braking something but I really find it hard to take tiny little sharp sting.

 

THX for your replys

 

 

[Bretty101]

It sounds like the sting is from slapping the bag with the top of your foot. This isn't gonna go away.

 

For kicks connect more with your shin/instep rather then the top of your foot and toes. Else invest in some foot pads.

 

I've found punching the bag splits my knuckles too. Though the skin does toughen there isn't much point. Use some hand wraps or gloves.

 

Bretty

 

 

[G95champ]

I do both bare knuckle and gloves. I may wear bag gloves only because I am bad to hit the chain links at the top when I get into a combo and the bag starts to swing.

 

I do not punch the bag with my fists. This is a real simple way to mess your wrist up. Unless you wrap them. I always use palms and and other open hand strikes on the bag.

 

As far as your feet goes. Yeah you need to try and hit more with the shin or instep instead of the top fo the foot. I have never had any real pain from this. If I was you before I went to pads I would get some sweat paints or something to maybe give you a bit of padding without actually having pads on.

 

 

[Pacificshore]

I would suggest that you pad up some if your gonna do heavy bag work. The less pain and suffering you cause yourself the better. All the little pains that your body feels is telling you something is wrong. If you ignore the signs/signals, it'll just catch up to you in the end. Train hard, but Train Smart.

[Eye of the Tiger]

I have to use gloves for now as I have so many scabs on my fists from continually bashing the bag I don't let it heal. When I perform a round house kick I make contact with my foot so the knukle bit of the toes and the rest of the foot smack into it witch hurts like hell ,especially in the cold. Should you make contact with the bottom of your shin and the start of your foot so it is like a hook?

 

Thanks for your replys

 

 

[ZeRo]

i find hand wraps help a hell of a lot. there only £4 also feet pads are good.

 

 

[Eye of the Tiger]

Thanks. Now that I hook it with my shins that sting has gone. Funny how your body tells you how to perfect a technique through pain. Everythin else is fine. I of course use hand wraps as without them I would brake or at least damege my wrists. But apart from that thats it. I also hit train hardcore, become hardcore. I also hit my dads palm tree that doesn't break, I got that from the fil Kick Boxer when Jean Claude Van Damme hits the palm tree till it breaks when he trtains in Muay Thai. Train Hardcore, become hardcore. Pads and mittens are for the softees.

 

 

[WhiteShark]

No offense Eye o'Tiger but kicking something as hard as a palm tree is really a bad Idea. The myth that Thai fighter kick palm trees comes from the very old tradition of kicking young banana trees. which are way softer than your average Palm tree. If you must kick something other than a heavy bag try an old tire. Take it off the rim first though it should be well worn out so that the tread doesn't cut you then kick flat against it while it is tied vertically to a tree or pole.

 

here is a quote I found about the banana trees:

 

"In the past, the Thai would kick, knee, elbow and punch a young banana sapling until it became soft. Then the trainer would wrap the trunk of the sapling around his forearms, and the fighter would practice kicking and punching some more. Today, we use thick, hard pads to protect our forearms when taking a round kick from a training partner. This is perhaps the origin of the stereotypic tree-kicking scene in kickboxing movies. "

 

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[ This Message was edited by: WhiteShark on 2002-07-02 16:14 ]

[Eye of the Tiger]

Wow, I train harder than a Muay Thai fighter, except my foots pretty badly broozed. I damaged the knukle parts on my foot and my toes bled quite a bit. I did this coz I was inspired to be just as hardcore as a Muay Thai fighter. So, do you think you could get a banana tree here in England?