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Reply With Quoteyes that's true. if its definitely better, progress. dump the old, stick with the new, but know the reasons why.Originally Posted by shootodog
Haha pwede din. hindi sa wanted. just sounds good in theory. Dapat pala naglagay ako ng dont try this at home na notice sa thread. pero yun for the sake of archiving different techniques lang naman malay mo it could prove useful forfuture research, but yes DONT TRY THIS AT HOME peace
yes that's true. if its definitely better, progress. dump the old, stick with the new, but know the reasons why.
Just hit the pads and kick the damn bags!!! JESUS!!! High blood aabutin ko sa thread na 'to. Taena.
easy lang boss sic... ang puso... ganyan talaga pagtumatanda na...
patikim muna ako ng bagong sauce
Ako din! I drool every time I see those on facebook!patikim muna ako ng bagong sauce
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unorthodoxed but no longer applicable on the present setting
nice nice, any thing else anyone has heard of?
You meant banana trees.
The selection of the banana tree was purposeful in that it was soft enough not to cause unnecessary damage to the shins, but nonetheless hard enough to cause the required trauma to deaden the nerves and increase the density of the tibia.
It's completely wrong to think that the practice was for a muay practitioner to "harden" his shins. His shins, or tibiae, being bone, are already hard to begin with. The degree and, more important, the frequency of the trauma send messages to the brain to ossify the area and increase bone density.
In the former forum, a guy posted that he presses a metal rod gradually against his shins as part of his training. In real life, however, you don't strike men made of sticks or rods. They're made of flesh, muscle, and bone. Thus, the banana and heavy bags, as these approximate, to a certain extent, an actual human being. You also derive the same benefits provided by banana trees. But bags, at most, swing. They don't move the way real persons do. Thus, the pads, where the instructor trains the practitioner to strike as he would on a bag, but with footwork, and with added emphasis on specific areas of attack. And, of course, there's no better way to train for a fight than by actually being in one. Thus, the sparring sessions and, ultimately (in the sport sense, that is), tournaments.
All training is purposeful. Dabbing your shins with candle wax is self-defeating, since you are depriving your shins the opportunity to naturally accustom itself to trauma. Unorthodox practices, while dazzling to some, may tend to be counter-productive and, as some muay brothers here said, ridiculous or stupid. Don't reinvent the wheel. Stick to what works and has worked for centuries.
Do a lot of roadwork. Running trains cardiovascular endurance and, incidentally, strengthens your legs. Do padwork with your instructor (and spar a little if permitted). Then do bagwork.
My dalawang sentimos.
Hope that helps.
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