Iron Conditioning: The Myth Buster Post (Makiwara, Iron Palm, Iron Fist, Breaking)

Nothing really.

In college, to make extra money, I used to be a amateur magician and belonged to a magician guild. Yes-We did magic shows for extra cash.

I, my college buds, and the other performers would break things without skill or training. This said, some of our parlour tricks had to be practiced.

However, I do not equate such practice with training.

Breaking serves no purpose than to entertain, boost the ego and/or confidence.

No actual martial skills could be used

Breaking is no test of skill and requires no training.

It is only a confidence builder and show stopper

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In addition, martial artists no longer have to do this type of conditioning as their practices are hardly ever gonna lead them to use whatever skills.

In other words, eras past this would have been perhaps a necessity, but in these times, a conditioned hand is not as worth as a practiced proper method-technique


Martial artists desire to hold onto such things in order to make them seem like they trained in something special

 

Osu,


As I mentioned, we'll have to agree to disagree...


Osu!

 

As so, martial artists cling onto myth and untangible reality

 

Osu Mitch,


Thank you for the very good advice, but I think we are done with this one...


Osu!