Conditioning the fingers
Hi, everyone! I am back and ready to give you my latest blog post. We are still on conditioning and this is the last part of the hands that I am going to discuss, namely the fingers. Kung fu seems to take unarmed fighting really really far in that its techniques do not only include punching, striking, kicking and throwing, but also grabbing and tearing. Techniques like Tiger Claw and Eagle Claw are known to rip chunks of flesh from an opponent. In less extreme cases a limb gets rendered useless due to the damage it does to muscles. What Kung Fu and Karate have in common where fingers are concerned is that both these martial arts have in their arsenals techniques that involve striking or thrusting with the fingers. This is just about the point where I sometimes think that these martial arts may be taking things too far. One would think that having fists, palms and elbows to strike with would be enough, but fingers...? Nonetheless- the striking of vital points on the body with ...