by scramasax57 » Tue Jan 24, 2006 3:21 pm
i too kind of doubt that fingertip pushups cause serious, quickly-onsetting damage in most cases. but there's always the possibility, plus its just easy to injure the fingers, so i do slower methods like fingerpad pushups and slowly building up strength by tapping the fingertips on the heavy bag. i don't know any of this for sure (in fact, i don't really know anything for sure), it's either stuff master yang has told me and in some conjectures of my own.
i've never had the chance to go in to boston for a seminar because they've always overlapped with school. very frustrating. should remedy that next year though; i'll either be in boston working with city year or in worcester in a similar program, in which case it should be easier to get in and train.
aka eric hinds, 2nd stripe
n. andover, ma branch
yang's martial arts association
changchuan, baihe, and xingyi