Timeline for Avoiding Knuckle Scrapes with Bag Work
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| Mar 20, 2015 at 14:27 | history | edited | Dave Newton | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 20, 2015 at 14:26 | comment | added | Dave Newton | @grovberg Makiwaras are for conditioning, not sparring. The katas have strikes at varying heights. (I might also argue that shoulder height is about half-way between two primary targets, the head and torso, so splits the difference.) | |
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| Mar 20, 2015 at 14:12 | comment | added | grovberg | Though it is worth noting that makiwari are usually set to shoulder height so that you CAN strike it perfectly perpendicular. It's also the case that jacking up your hand and bleeding all over it is considered part of the experience of a makiwari. I never really thought about it before, but I'm realizing that most Japanese/Okinawan martial arts (that I'm familiar with anyway) teach you to punch at shoulder height, which is kind of weird since that's rarely a good target. I think you're right that, despite my reservations, bag gloves are my only real option. | |
| Mar 20, 2015 at 13:36 | comment | added | Dave Newton | @grovberg A makiwari or similar is used across many arts; rarely used with gloves as one of its purposes is to condition the knuckles for striking. I mean, bag gloves are pretty common when doing bag work of impact, and their primary purpose is to protect the skin. An uncoated canvas bag is fairly abrasive. | |
| Mar 20, 2015 at 13:25 | comment | added | grovberg | Happens with all punches thrown with any power. My main goal really is to stop getting blood on the public use bags. :-) The more I look into it with academic rigor, the more I realize that there's no way those knuckles won't make some contact with the bag (for anyone). My suspicion now is that few traditional martial artists train with a bag, and everyone who does (boxers, MMA, Kickboxing) generally wears boxing gloves while doing so. | |
| Mar 20, 2015 at 7:22 | comment | added | Captain Kenpachi | Although I think I misunderstood. I think the OP is more concerned about the fact that his knuckles (the right ones) aren't making contact first. | |
| Mar 19, 2015 at 16:25 | comment | added | Dave Newton | @JuannStrauss Hm, yes; hooks in particular could do that if they're not landing flush or they're grazing before solid contact. Still... I've not really seen this happen. Maybe the bag is particularly rough. | |
| Mar 19, 2015 at 15:43 | comment | added | Captain Kenpachi | I suspect he may be scraping his knuckles while throwing hooks and crosses. | |
| Mar 19, 2015 at 13:14 | history | answered | Dave Newton | CC BY-SA 3.0 |