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    Default Re: Been hardening my knuckles...

    i really dont know but i guess its cause of the years and years and years of training, and probably poor handwrap technique.

    but if you want to lessen the pain when punching expecially if you hit the hard parts of a face like chin,eyebrows and cheeks. you should always keep your fist clenched tightly as in real tight. never punch with a slightly opened fist itll hurt like hell!

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    Quote Originally Posted by mnmc10 View Post
    i really dont know but i guess its cause of the years and years and years of training, and probably poor handwrap technique.

    but if you want to lessen the pain when punching expecially if you hit the hard parts of a face like chin,eyebrows and cheeks. you should always keep your fist clenched tightly as in real tight. never punch with a slightly opened fist itll hurt like hell!
    Oh yes! I've found that out on the heavy bag.

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    Default Re: Been hardening my knuckles...

    What a bizarre thread

    I don't see how you can harden your knuckles to prevent your hand from hurting. All your doing is hardening the skin, so it maybe won't sting as much.

    But it's not stinging hands that hurt, its broken bones and this wont help that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo View Post
    What a bizarre thread

    I don't see how you can harden your knuckles to prevent your hand from hurting. All your doing is hardening the skin, so it maybe won't sting as much.

    But it's not stinging hands that hurt, its broken bones and this wont help that.
    It's supposed to help gradually toughen up the bone too.

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    Default Re: Been hardening my knuckles...

    Quote Originally Posted by Clubber View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo View Post
    What a bizarre thread

    I don't see how you can harden your knuckles to prevent your hand from hurting. All your doing is hardening the skin, so it maybe won't sting as much.

    But it's not stinging hands that hurt, its broken bones and this wont help that.
    It's supposed to help gradually toughen up the bone too.
    I'd ask Scrap for advice, he's the most knowledgeble person here, not only a trainer but he fought himself during the bare knuckle days of John L Sullivan.

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    Default Re: Been hardening my knuckles...

    Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Clubber View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo View Post
    What a bizarre thread

    I don't see how you can harden your knuckles to prevent your hand from hurting. All your doing is hardening the skin, so it maybe won't sting as much.

    But it's not stinging hands that hurt, its broken bones and this wont help that.
    It's supposed to help gradually toughen up the bone too.
    I'd ask Scrap for advice, he's the most knowledgeble person here, not only a trainer but he fought himself during the bare knuckle days of John L Sullivan.
    I haven't seen him in awhile. I might try to PM him.

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    Default Re: Been hardening my knuckles...

    Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Clubber View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo View Post
    What a bizarre thread

    I don't see how you can harden your knuckles to prevent your hand from hurting. All your doing is hardening the skin, so it maybe won't sting as much.

    But it's not stinging hands that hurt, its broken bones and this wont help that.
    It's supposed to help gradually toughen up the bone too.
    I'd ask Scrap for advice, he's the most knowledgeble person here, not only a trainer but he fought himself during the bare knuckle days of John L Sullivan.
    wait are u shitting me? scraps a pikey? okay okay..not a pikey, but was he really around when people were still pugilizing with no gloves and the ring was just a ring of people? That is insane..

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    Default Re: Been hardening my knuckles...

    Quote Originally Posted by Andre View Post
    There are herbs you can buy through the chinese that stop any bone damage but your skin goes like iron when tensed up.
    You have to heat it up like a tea and soak in it for 20 miniutes after training on the hard bags.

    Whats going on you going to fight Kimo slice ?
    Also what is this ancient chinese tea called that you are speaking of Andre? Like the ts, i've carried away on the heavybags sometimes, sometimes with no wraps or gloves. Its gotten my knuckles quite a bit rougher, but i had no idea it strengthened the bone! *goes off the whale away on heavy bag*

    So does hitting a heavybag with no gloves on actually make your fist more solid, so that it will be less prone to breakage?
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    So does hitting a heavybag with no gloves on actually make your fist more solid, so that it will be less prone to breakage?

    not sure BUT hitting the bag w/o handwraps or gloves will not improve the power of your punch. since its painfull to hit, your body tends to soften the punch instead of giving a full swing at it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by southpawed View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Andre View Post
    There are herbs you can buy through the chinese that stop any bone damage but your skin goes like iron when tensed up.
    You have to heat it up like a tea and soak in it for 20 miniutes after training on the hard bags.

    Whats going on you going to fight Kimo slice ?
    Also what is this ancient chinese tea called that you are speaking of Andre? Like the ts, i've carried away on the heavybags sometimes, sometimes with no wraps or gloves. Its gotten my knuckles quite a bit rougher, but i had no idea it strengthened the bone! *goes off the whale away on heavy bag*

    So does hitting a heavybag with no gloves on actually make your fist more solid, so that it will be less prone to breakage?
    Its whats used in iron palm training, dont know the name sorry , i can count to ten in Cantonese if that helps.
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    Ya, but it's been well over 10 years since I last pounded that poor thing on some hard stuffs, so during that long period it sort of 'settled down' a bit to its form now. So you could imagine what it looked like then. Definitely it was lot uglier with the two front knuckles looking like two marbles jutting out of the fist. The right impact point for karate is the two front knuckles (the fore- and the middle fingers), not the middle-finger to pinky knuckles. But I must say that during it's peak days, it was one mean punching machine, capable of wrecking anyone's jaw who dared to challenge that mean fellow. But now it's a reformed baby, no more ugly brawls and as meek as a lamb.
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    Default Re: Been hardening my knuckles...

    Actually, I try to gradually train all 4 knuckles, because YA NEVER KNOW when you might accidentally use those last 2.

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    The idea is to not end up with arthritus when your older from the beating you give them.
    Thats where the herbs come into iron palm training they make the skin like leather abd harder when tensed but the bone stays unbrusied.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Clubber View Post
    Actually, I try to gradually train all 4 knuckles, because YA NEVER KNOW when you might accidentally use those last 2.
    Seriously, I wouldn't recommend it unless you have a practical need for them. But if you must, do it gradually. You shouldn't rush this thing because you might permanently damage your knuckle bones and ligaments. And also, try to strenghten you wrist because when you punch bare-handed, the first thing to go is the wrist, especially if you're a thin built with thin arms. Strenghten it so your punches won't collapse under your wrist during impact. Actually, learning to punch bare-handed is the best way to learn punching, even for boxers. Learning to box with gloves leaves too many flaws that will adversely affect your punching, although some has eventually overcome those flaws and those who did are the best punchers in boxing.
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    I thought about doing this many years ago but I knew it would be me who would contract the flesh eating bacteria from it.

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