KickChick Posted February 9, 2003 Posted February 9, 2003 I personally just use a heavy bag at home .... excuting strike to bag (without gloves of course) ...there are those that do use a makiwara which you can purchase to use at home. Or if you don't have a heavy bag .. you can construct sand bags to hit. (fill a canvas bag with sand) I have read also that you can also strike using your knife hand on a 1 in. pine board. Holding the board on its edge and repeatedly striking it. This hardens the edge of your hand. You increase the conditioning difficulty by then striking the corner of the board several times. You then must rub/massage hands to get blood flowing afterwards. I choose not to do this type of "iron hand" conditioning .... I manage ok without it so far.
ZeRo Posted February 9, 2003 Author Posted February 9, 2003 thanks, just one question is the wall ok for conditioning until i get something else? i usually just do strikes against the wall. is this ok?
ZeRo Posted February 10, 2003 Author Posted February 10, 2003 wow, im amazed since yesterday my hand has made a complete recovery! thanks for the help anyway, ill know what to do when i try stupid things like open back hand or something, im gonna try and make that my demo technique when i get better at breaking.
SaiFightsMS Posted February 10, 2003 Posted February 10, 2003 I really wouldn't recommend using the wall as a makawari. The easist to make striking pad is to take two heavy washcloths sew them together and stuff them with dried beans or sand.
kchenault Posted February 10, 2003 Posted February 10, 2003 You could punch into a bucket of fine sand. That will help calluses form on the knuckles. Kind of annoying until you get used to it though. Ken ChenaultTFT - It does a body good!
ZeRo Posted February 10, 2003 Author Posted February 10, 2003 ive got some saw-dust (sp?) i use it for my mouse, is punching that gonna help?
kchenault Posted February 10, 2003 Posted February 10, 2003 Uh.....I don't think so. When I say fine sand, I mean the kind you find in a sandbox. Sawdust won't do anything but flare up you allergies. Ken ChenaultTFT - It does a body good!
ZeRo Posted February 10, 2003 Author Posted February 10, 2003 thought so, but i wasnt sure thanks man
Maestro Posted February 10, 2003 Posted February 10, 2003 Basicly anything rough that will build up calluses will work alright. The idea is just to get a good callus, it acts like a bumper to spread out the impact area. I do knifehands to a piece of that fabric-backed 300grit sandpaper with foam behind it, works pretty good. The sand is excellent though, especially if you want to condition the entire hand. Might as well take my advice--I don't use it anymore.
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