Best Way to Strenghten my Fists?

Question

Which is a better way to make my fist harder? Makiwara board or boxing walls?

Answer 1

Hitting very hard things is a bad idea. In any sport you try and lessen damaging impact while increasing intensity so you can stay in the sport longer and avoid arthritis when you retire.

You don't see marathon runners running wearing wooden clogs on concrete to strengthen their joints after all :)

one thing I used to do is slap things. I'm not joking. I used to play a sort of handball as a relaxation sport on off days, without a glove, and really whack the ball, my palm would end up all fat and red, but for whatever whenever I was doing this my knuckles seemed to get a lot tougher. I even used it to rehab from hand injuries.

Answer 2

Makiwara is a good way to condition the fist. You can start off with mung beans, sand, or sawdust. I like to hit things that give way some, and absorb the energy of the strike. So I won't recommend hitting brick walls or huge trees. Knuckle push-ups are also a good way to condition the knuckles. Whatever you decide to do make sure you get yourself some dit da jow linament to put on your hands after conditioning.

Answer 3

The Makiwara board would be the better option, its a traditional technique used for Japanese warriors to strengthen the skin on their fists when preparring for battle. In honesty though, alot of that was out done when Muay Thai came in the picture, and they trained with their knees and elbows. Those are way better to strike with than your fists, you can break your hand if you hit someones face hard enough or repeatedly. Not just the skin, I mean either way even boxers break their hands training and fighting, as well as MMA fighters. Its kind of part of the business.

Answer 4

Makiwara is my personal favorite, though Wall-Bags, like used in Wing Chun are excellent as well. It's important to strengthen the small muscles in the hand, which is why hand conditioning works. Another method is to fill a deep bucket with sand, and punch downward into the bucket. In theory, with time, you can change the sand to small pebbles. I'd only suggest this method if y ou live near an ocean, and have a readilly accessible supply of different (smoothe and course) sands.

Answer 5

Use both.

A very gradual increase in the amount of conditioning is important to realize.

I first began my fingers and fist conditioning (back in 1968) beating in buckets of rice, then sand, then gravel; and also punching and kicking automobile tires chained to the wall of my dojo, and heavy leather 'heavy bags' slowly over a period of several years.

Also, squeezing a rubber ball or a rolled up ball of canvas or towel helps to strengthen hands and grip.

Answer 6

What you are looking to do is condition the hands. By striking hard objects repeatedly there will be changes in the structure of your hands as your body adapts to the action you are taking (do not strike full force - you start just tapping the makiwara board, wall, stone, tree, etc and gradually work up the force you strike with and number of times you hit)

Answer 7

The best way to make your fist harder is hitting sand like in a bucket. What movie was that in anyway? Wasn't it Karate Kid?

Answer 8

Get a punching bag. I do it gloveless, but I suggest you use a wrist wrap becuase when you get tired, you get careless and you wouldn't want to hurt your wrist. When I first started, my hand bled from skin stretching between my pinkie and the first finger in, so make sure you punch the right way.

Answer 9

buy or reasearch something about training iron palm or iron fist. Start out with beans, then add little chuncks of rock, then add sand, slowly build up...also go on martialartsmart.com and buy dit da jow.........this linament will help strengthen connective tissues over time...........trust me....you will have devasting power...........also do lots of grip training with round weight plates

Answer 10

DO NOT PUNCH A BRICK WALL , all this does is damage your fists.

instead do press ups on your knuckles, this will strenghen your muscles