SoulAssassin Posted September 19, 2003 Posted September 19, 2003 when doing knuckle push-ups, focus on keeping only the first two knuckles in contact with the ground. This will keep your shoulder, elbow, wrist aligned properly and will toughen the knuckles you want to toughen. There shouldn't be any problems when done properly, I've been a personal trainer for 20 years and consider knuckle push-ups a very reasonable way to condition. Of course, if one doesn't want any risk of injury, then one should not be taking karate anyway. It always amuses me to hear people that are against knuckle push-ups and makiwara because of the injury risk, go on about how tough they are and how they like to fight, etc... I used to have to do them all the time in my tang soo do class so I am not fully against them. I know that you can train knuckles like in iron palm where you hit various things that would tend to hurt, but strengthens them. I was just giving the opinion or 'knowledge' of my personal trainer. If hes 100% wrong then I guess I better find a new one. -SoulAssassin"I aint gonna eat, I aint gonna sleep, aint gonna breath till I see what I wanna see and what I wanna see is you goto asleep, in the dirt permanently"
Goju1 Posted September 20, 2003 Posted September 20, 2003 I used to have to do them all the time in my tang soo do class so I am not fully against them. I know that you can train knuckles like in iron palm where you hit various things that would tend to hurt, but strengthens them. I was just giving the opinion or 'knowledge' of my personal trainer. If hes 100% wrong then I guess I better find a new one. Nothing wrong with your trainer, everyone has their opinion and if one doesn't understand karate, they could very well see knuckle push-ups as damaging. They probably are to some extent, but in a discipline where you're trying to toughen your knuckles, ya gotta do what ya gotta do -m just minimize the negatives.
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