Okinawan Iron Body

[Quigga]

It's a shame if any martial arts enthusiast hasn't watched this gents videos yet

Nice skillful development!

[everything]

not letting anyone kick my knee if I can help it!

[Quigga]

I would avoid it as well, just really interesting to see what flavors and kinds of development are out there in the wild Certainly not unimpressive.

[Fubo]

Problem with stuff like the knee kicking is, it can seem like you're not doing much damage at the time, cause you're well conditioned, but injuries/arthritis can really come back to haunt you when you age. I have a bunch of arthritis and chronic injuries that I got from various grappling/wrestling arts, that only revealed themselves after I had stopped training those arts for a while and as I got older. What I like about the internal arts (when trained correctly) is their ability to condition the body without resorting to methods that can give you chronic injuries.

[everything]

yeah you cannot feel the cartilage damage at first due to no "nerve innervation", but it's accumulating over the years and when you feel something else, the damage has been done.

[Doc Stier]

Although I admire the trained ability to absorb strikes and kicks, I have never been attracted to practicing Iron Shirt, Golden Bell Cover, or other similar methods, as my personal priority is to train and apply the ability to evade and neutralize incoming force and power through movement, rather than to absorb same in a stationary position. ymmv

[origami_itto]

Although I admire the trained ability to absorb strikes and kicks, I have never been attracted to practicing Iron Shirt, Golden Bell Cover, or other similar methods, as my personal priority is to train and apply the ability to evade and neutralize incoming force and power through movement, rather than to absorb same in a stationary position. ymmv

I saw this video earlier of, I guess, an Iron Palm guy or something.

had his hand out on a wooden pedestal and was beating it with a hammer. I didn't see a hat out to catch change but that was the general sense I got from the scenery.

Somebody commented, asking what the use of the skill was and all I could reply was that it was good for begging from money from passers-by.

[yeniseri]

Okinawan Iron Body has an origin in South China MA system so there is a shared foundation in study and background though
OKinawan Iron Body appears to have a more functional utility vs the Chollywood movie representation grounded in street gymnastics
and parlour tricks.

[origami_itto]

This guy!

https://fb.watch/mB1Gt7Nfpl/?mibextid=3CPnLj

[yeniseri]

This guy!

https://fb.watch/mB1Gt7Nfpl/?mibextid=3CPnLj

That is extreme!