How do you move tendons away from your knuckles to be able to harden your knuckles?

Question

A few weeks ago I saw on TV buddhists training and they came across apart that got my attention. It showed how they toughen up there fists by moving the tendons out of the way and increasing the bone marrow or something. I only saw a little part of it but i saw they were punching into sand. What is it they do to harden they knuckles an can anyone explain the whole process? And please don't tell me i should not try it cus it will only make me go ask other people lol. I don't know what the technical name for this is so i came here. Thanks for any help.

Answer 1

u can lessen ur senstitivity on n e part of your body, u want to lessen the sensitivity on ur knukles so punch something hard until it hurts, keep punching 4 a while then stop, let the pain subside, then punch again, this proceses takes weeks and sometimes months, but the end result is that u wont b sensitive in the area. first it wil get worse and ur nukles will b xtremly sensitive then it will get better, also when u do loose the sensitivity keep up the execise otherwise they will become sensitive, u can do this to other parts of ur body 4 example ur shins, take a 2 by 4 and wak ur shins with and then folow the same proceses as with the nukles

Answer 2

The hardening process has many different applications. For the fist it is just as you said-punching into a bucket of sand over a period of several months each day. You then wet the sand some and after that progress to buckets of dried peas or beans and eventually to buckets of pebbles and small rocks. This is a gradual process and it takes a few years minimum so you don't see it done much any more. Because it is done gradually over an extended period of time the knuckles, especially the first two primary knuckles develop a build up of calcium on the front of them. Along with this running your hands under cold water as well the use of certain lineaments and oils was also used to aid in this process. Throughout this process you are also moving the tendons further to the sides and between the knuckles.

You do much the same thing with your forearms and blocking and litter ally move the tendons and nerves further off the side and up over onto the tops of your forearms and that is the reason why you sometimes see blocking drills that include students blocking against block, arm against arm.

Answer 3

It's a typical hardening process that is accomplished in many different ways in hard sytle arts like TaeKwon-Do, Karate, etc.

Each time you strike something hard with the knuckles, you compress the bones in the hand and essentially create tiny fractures that heal more solidly than before. By this careful process, the bones become more dense over time, and therefore more able to sustain harder impacts.

Beginning with knuckle pushups to stiffen wrists and prepare the knuckles you can progressively move up to leather coverd strike plates, buckets of sand, boards, and so on. The more you practice, the more prepared your weapon will be when you may need it.

I've heard of people moving their tendons out of the way prior to striking, but have not seen any real evidence of that in the many breaks I've undertaken, or viewed as others broke, but it's always a possibility that is necessary in some systems. Within TaeKwon-Do, isolating the correct weapon usually involves isolating bone as the ultimate striking implement, thus the tendons should not be invovled.

Hope this helps a little.

Ken C
9th Dan HapMoosaKi-Do
8th Dan TaeKwon-Do
7th Dan YongChul-Do

Answer 4

You should do some Iron palm research online. I personally trained in this and it is a lenghty process which needs to be done correctly or you can really mess your hands up for the rest of your life. Brian Gray has a good website to start with and as with any hand training regimine a good Dit Da Jow is a must and Brian sells a great mixture which is relatively cheap. The Dit Da Jow will help in keeping the pain and swelling or bruising to a bare minimum and should be used before and after training regimens. Just do a search for iron palm conditioning and you should be able to find training supplies that are easy to come by and the proper technics how to condition the hands for such extreme uses. This really does work.I have effortlessly broken houndreds of cement blocks with the knuckles,back of the hand and of course the palm and even opened a few coconuts with just my hands! Train smart, be patient and dedicated and you will be amazed at the results

Answer 5

Thats easy just buy a good Iron Fist Dit Da Jow and a training bag full of sand or mung beans and rub in the Jow before and after you train hit the bag four different ways closed fist, chop, back hand and claw do this for 15 minutes eveyday and after about 90 days you will notice your hands becoming rock hard remember the Jow will help condition and toughen up your hands.

Answer 6

by bashing your knuckles into hard things. I'm not sure if my tendon is in any different of a position now but it stung for awhile and now it is strangely insensitive to pain.

Answer 7

It's also a great way to get arthritis when you're 30