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This bag is designed to provide a solid yet soft surface with total force absorption. There is no pain factor involved so your strikes can be full, "through the target" with all the force and power you can generate, without holding back. This training is at the other end of the spectrum of power development and will allow you to multiply your striking force after you have trained the conditioning levels of Iron Palm training. The concept is that of cotton palm, which uses the conditioning and heavy, yang power palm developed in all the previous levels, but uses a soft, yielding surface and soft, heavy hand strikes. Instead, this type of Yin training uses the heavy, conditioned palm with a air cushioned, rebounding effect to further develop strike follow-through and to develop higher force.
This bag can be used over your prior level bags or over a solid board with the objective of your power going through this bag and reaching the surface on the other side.
The bag is 11'' X 10'' X 2" and weighs from 0.75 to 1.0 pound. The bag is hand constructed of heavy canvas . As the practitioner advances in penetration and force of strikes, the bag will begin to give in and loose its resilience and rebound. This will take a long time of diligent training and is a sign post of advancement.
This type of training is meant to be conducted after several years of consistent Iron Palm training and can be started in conjunction with advanced level 3 steel shot or when transitioning to sand bag training. It can be stand alone training after level 3 has been completed.
How to use:
Place on a flat, solid, horizontal surface. Use a full stroke, relaxed, heavy hand to strike the bag with a flat hand profile, so the whole flat surface of the hand and fingers makes contact. Use palmar and dorsal surfaces of each hand alternating. Do not use front knuckle or back knuckle strikes where the wrist is bent, This method is meant to train your hand for palm and backhand penetrating strikes of extraordinary force.
The use of Iron Palm liniment formulas that covers the full spectrum or at the very advanced level are recommended such as: Grandmaster Ark Wong's, Mew Hing or Chan Nin Tong.
It is highly recommended that you train daily, at the same time each day (+/- 1 hour), preferably early morning. This level can be practiced long term. A minimum of 12 months is generally required to achieve reasonable results assuming all of the training prior to this was conducted properly. It is best to train under the guidance of an experienced instructor.
Disclaimer: User assumes all risk of injury from use or mis-use of this product. The guidance of a trained instructor is highly recommended. A good quality herbal conditioning liniment should be used when training to reduce the chances of injury and to get maximum results.