How Do You Iron Palm With Real Iron Palm?
Iron Palm, Iron Palm, Iron Palm…everybody is talking about the Iron Palm. What is Iron Palm? Is Iron Palm just for breaking bricks? Or is Iron Palm the deadliest hand technique known to martial arts? The first step in training for the Chinese Iron Palm Skills is to condition the hands. This is done with a three-year program of conditioning with Iron Palm liniment and various elements, beginning with dried peas or beans, and working through mixtures of these with pebbles, then all stone, then mixtures of stone and iron pellets, and finally, all iron pellets. These days, it is easier to obtain 3/8″ steel hunting shot, which works just as good as the iron pellets. For information on the Iron Palm liniment, please go to www.briangray.com Once the traditional three-year period of conditioning has been completed, the student begins breaking solid objects to learn how to intensify and compress the striking potential. There are two levels of breaking. First is the level of External. In this
