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the baby grip thing

Postby everything on Thu May 04, 2017 5:57 pm

Everyone who's ever experienced it knows what I'm talking about. Talk about stick, adhere, follow. What is actually going on there? How come only babies can do it like that?
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Re: the baby grip thing

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Re: the baby grip thing

Postby everything on Fri May 05, 2017 7:13 am

Very nice and so true.
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Re: the baby grip thing

Postby Wuyizidi on Mon Feb 26, 2018 6:58 pm

everything wrote:Everyone who's ever experienced it knows what I'm talking about. Talk about stick, adhere, follow. What is actually going on there? How come only babies can do it like that?


You mean this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmar_grasp_reflex

It's one the 7 vestigial features of the human body. https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.co ... f-infants/
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Re: the baby grip thing

Postby klonk on Mon Feb 26, 2018 7:22 pm

It's tits, man. Once you outgrow your need for tits you lose it.

Oh, wait...
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Re: the baby grip thing

Postby everything on Mon Feb 26, 2018 9:26 pm

Yes!

And LOL yes.
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Re: the baby grip thing

Postby Steve James on Mon Feb 26, 2018 9:47 pm

The suck reflex is the reason for the grasp reflex :)
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Re: the baby grip thing

Postby everything on Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:53 am

hahaha.

seriously though. from that article, the baby using this grip reflex can support its entire weight. apparently it loses this ability/reflex after 6 months. if you've ever encountered it, it's really something. the baby of course isn't using any kind of "brute force". tai chi hippies should love this (like I do). the article doesn't seem to explain / account for the seemingly incredible strength / natural "jin".
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Re: the baby grip thing

Postby Yeung on Tue Mar 06, 2018 2:45 am

I develop a kickiing technique from this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik8VKZKLLjk

And also gripping without concentric muscle contraction as baby don't have it.
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Re: the baby grip thing

Postby Bao on Tue Mar 06, 2018 2:57 am

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Re: the baby grip thing

Postby klonk on Fri Mar 16, 2018 6:18 pm

Bao wrote:Image


Oh, that is great. Kid 1, goozoo 0. (Select "open picture in a new tab" if you can't see the animation running.)
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Re: the baby grip thing

Postby everything on Fri Mar 16, 2018 9:53 pm

holy freaking moly!!!!!!

not just "baby grip". that is nonchalant and awesome. nevermind "grasp bird's tail" if you can just "grasp bird's head"!
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Re: the baby grip thing

Postby grzegorz on Mon Mar 19, 2018 2:22 pm

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Re: the baby grip thing

Postby everything on Mon Mar 19, 2018 6:11 pm

hahahahahahaha i love that. ;D
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Re: the baby grip thing

Postby Trick on Tue Mar 20, 2018 12:20 am

grzegorz wrote:Image

holy freaking moly!!!!!!
that is nonchalant and awesome. nevermind "grasp bird's tail" if you can just "grasp bird's ....." - Everything, hope you didn't mind I borrowed some of your words there 8-)
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