Can you palm strike in mma

Bas always said its the most effect strike but other than the Diaz slap I cant think of anyone using Bas's palm strikes. Cheese , Jul 12, No, but plenty of fighters use jabs.

Paradigm , Jul 12, Joined: Jun 20, Messages: 2, Likes Received: 0. Restrictive fight format, rigged. Don't think about it too much. Chagaev , Jul 12, I used to use them for shit like board breaking lol.

Deleted member , Jul 12, Yes Jon Jones uses teh palm strike with his fingers first. Haj01 , Jul 12, Joined: Mar 27, Messages: 3, Likes Received: These days they have gloves and hands taped up so much that it's like a frigging club, so it doesn't make much sense to palm strike.

If the UFC dropped gloves I guarantee most people would start palm striking. Doug22 , Jul 12, Last time I saw palms used was when Chael fought Anderson. Cowboy Cerroliveira , Jul 12, I used a couple the other day on a jar of pickles Had to go with the butter knife after. Grandmaster Supporting Member. Kickboxer said:. God I'd love someone to knock one of the diaz brothers out when they do that taunting rubbish. Tez3 said:. Then they've succeeded in what they set out to do lol. You'll watch their fights hoping to see them lose, they've got you hooked.

Won't make any difference to them lol I don't watch fights live and I don't buy ppvs I watch highlights the next day and maybe sometimes buy a DVD of a certain event.

MMAexamined White Belt. Other than that it's mostly used as a retreat if reach is bigger than opponent's. JowGaWolf Sr. Grandmaster MT Mentor. Joined Aug 3, Messages 10, Reaction score 3, The thing with palm strikes is that your hands have to be conditioned in order for them to really be fully effective. Many people look at palm strikes as something that anyone can do, but in reality it requires conditioning and I don't think many people in UFC do or are even interested in the type of conditioning needed in order to have an effective palm strike.

I don't know if anyone has been hit with someone who has been doing iron palm training, but the the open hand feels hard like a fist and not a slap. Joined Mar 5, Messages Reaction score Kenpoguy said:. Pretty sure you can judo chop a guy in mma if you want to. I have heard of an arakan guy trying it in the cage. I don't think throat, adams apple, neck, person back, back of the head strikes and spine strikes are allowed in MMA. By the MMA rules no matter how you strike open or closed fist to those areas.

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Selective Iron Palm training. Many reputable self-defence instructors teach palm strikes rather than punches. The question is why? The reality of the matter is there are pros and cons to both techniques, and you need to see what suits you. The biggest argument for palm strikes and against punches is that there is far less chance of injuring the small bones in your hands while palm striking.

This is very true. In sport fighting — MMA, boxing and kickboxing competitors have their hands tightly wrapped and they wear gloves, it is a common misconception but this is not for the protection of the opponent but rather it is designed to protect the hands of the puncher.

In early UFCs, competitors fought bare-knuckled and many broke their hands in punching opponents skulls. When boxers get into street fights they also commonly break their hands. So based on these examples of sport fighters breaking their hands it would seem punching is too risky. But that is not the complete story. First of all these sport fighters that break their hands in bare-knuckled fights, wrap their hands and wear boxing gloves even while training.

This is significant as the small bone behind the pinky finger is the most likely bone to break, this is so common amongst boxers it is called boxers fracture.

For us, in Shinkyu we always train to strike with our index and middle finger seiken knuckles even when hook punching significantly reducing chance of injury. Equally importantly we train bare knuckled with pads especially in combat classes and as a result, we condition our hands to be tougher.

Some karate practitioners take conditioning their hands to the extreme with makiwari training and board breaking. If your hands are tough enough to confidently break a hard board, you are unlikely to hurt your hands punching an opponents head.

But be under no illusion you need to toughen your knuckles if you want this level of reliability.