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Ironbear24
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That reminded me of the classic "bro do you even lift?" Quote. Only here it's "do you even break?"
Tree hitting.
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That reminded me of the classic "bro do you even lift?" Quote. Only here it's "do you even break?"
Kickboxer101
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Nope what did the tree ever do to you? If I ever get attacked by a tree then I will
ShawnP
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what is the point of kicking a tree or doing "toe push kick" to a tree if your going to wear sneakers?
Here is a clip to train your arm on a tree. To find the right kind tree is important.
Pittsburgh Arnis
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A "carpet dummy" can be quite useful.
I'm unsure if its a sound method of training for everyone. I tried doing it at first with no wrapping and always took skin off my middle finger knuckle and pointer finger. It also caused broken blood vessels in between ring finger and middle finger knuckles which takes a few days for the swelling to go down but no bone breaks or tendon problems. Also another problem without tight wrist wrapping was the sprained wrists from the impact on the rounded tree or an imperfect punch that should have gone straight into the tree causing the wrist to move sideways(painful mistakes). With tight wrist wrapping and shorter speed bagging type punches, fast and full power for one to two minute sessions it still caused a lot of friction and heat between a tight wrap and skin on my knuckles however without the broken blood vessels..sometimes still causing bleeding from this friction yet able to do the same the day after with minimal injury. Doing full draw type punches into a tree took some time to even think of trying even with the wrapping but eventually I tried it and its fine. Hitting large oak trees, pine or jungle trees that were more flexible really whatever was available. Anyone else have similar experience with tree training? I figured the law of conservation of energy that this would make the body stronger seeing how the energy from the strike is not absorbed by the object but reflected mostly back to and through myself from an immovable object like a full grown tree giving me an equal opponent(tree hits back) similar to punching someone else's punches or a mirror match. If I don't understand correctly where does the energy go? I'm not trying to direct the energy all the way through the tree and out the other side. I've tried striking metal before about 7 years ago but it just isn't as enjoyable or natural to me. Whatever floats your boat I guess, I've been hitting trees for about 4-5 years when I get the urge to or feel like exercising and breaking a sweat.
Honest question in response to your own: why do you continue to hit trees? Based on what you've said, it's broken blood vessels, permanently damaged your hand, and caused you to sprain your wrist when you punch incorrectly. You also acknowledge that it has a chance of breaking your bones, and harming you even more. Am I misunderstanding something here? If not, what's the perceived/experienced benefit to you that outweighs the negative effects and future risks that you have/may experience, that keeps you doing it for 4-5 years?
Yes you misunderstand, I refined hitting trees to work for me over the last few years. There was no permanent damage done after the first experience so I continued to and only injured myself about 3 times early on. I'm unsure what you mean by negative effects and future risks when I already have a working technique that only sometimes skins my knuckles from friction of the wrist wrap??
BuckerooBonzai
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It's a really great exercise for kendo/gumdo training with a bokken/mukgum. I always take a mukgum hiking with me and my kiddos do as well and we train against trees as we are hiking in the woods. Great way to practice speed and focus in kendo sparring.
Xue Sheng
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Being one that was attacked by a tree (it jumped me) back in my days working on a tree farm.... all I can tell you is never...and I mean NEVER...trust a tree...
Oh and the tree that jumped me....well it won't be jumping anyone else... that's for sure.....
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Any of that stuff tree hitting or punching wooden planks is just pointless. It's done to to look cool no other benefit. I can understand kicking them to strengthen the shins for Thai fighters but punching just no point and can damage your hands severely
Fair enough. I was running on very little sleep at the time, so that's probably why I misread.
The negative effects was in reference to what I thought you were saying that there was still permanent damage. The future risks involve accidentally hitting incorrectly, with your wrist bent, too strongly, etc. and damaging your wrist which is always a possibility.
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I make students punch trees to as a way to train their technique. 2 bad habits students will quickly lose when punching trees.
1. Swiping punches. - punches that don't go straight into or away from a target. Some people swipe their punches
2. Hitting with a lack of control - any one who tends to hit without control will quickly learn control when punching a tree or a hard object.
I've punched brick, trees, and steel and I haven't damage my hand severely. Because I don't do 1 and 2. The other benefit is that I became really good with understanding the range of my punches.
The only way someone will permanently damage their hand is if they are trying to bash and destroy their hand with the assumption that it will make their legs harder.
KangTsai
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Some people kick banana trees, but that's a different story. No, dont hit trees with your hands, just use a bag, a heavy one.
