Making a Fist, sleight of hand

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    feivel
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    hold your hand in front of you palm facing you

    notice how the fingers are (of course) different lengths.

    now close your fingers towards you until they touch your palm but you can still see your fingernails, dont bend your palm.

    notice how they all line up to be the same length

    this is in preparation for making a fist, so that all the fingers are well and equally supported by the palm, so that when you strike something there is much less of a chance of damaging your fingers!

    now isnt that a nice bit of MAGIC

    #637866
    areivimzehlazeh
    Participant

    “so that when you strike something there is much less of a chance of damaging your fingers”

    if you’re striking something, don’t you deserve a little damage to your fingers?

    #637867
    feivel
    Participant

    not if someone is trying to damage or kill you.

    #637868
    asdfghjkl
    Participant

    feivel: wow fasinating!!!

    #637869

    Haha cool!!

    #637870
    qwertyuiop
    Member

    feivel: i just tried it, it’s really cool.$

    #637871
    kapusta
    Participant

    feivel, they dont! something wrong with me?

    #637872
    noitallmr
    Participant

    Amazing how all these “little” amazing things about one’s body go unnoticed!

    #637873
    teen
    Member

    ummm whats the big deal? its because it is longer until the uh knuckle i guess (im not sure what the thing is called). u can find something in everything if u really wanted to

    not trying to sound lke a downer or anything but honestly why is it a big deal? and y is there less chance of damagin ur fingers just bec they r the same lentgh?

    #637874
    moish01
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    hey i was thinking the same thing. if your hand was opened and you were saying that i’d understand. like when you jam a finger. but if you’re closing your fingers in it shouldn’t make a difference. what’s the difference with your fingers if you’re punching with your knuckles?

    #637876
    moish01
    Member

    martial arts doesn’t use fists. they use the side of your hand.

    #637877
    feivel
    Participant

    teen, moish

    if your fingers are not well supported by the palm forming a unified solid mass they can easily be bent forcefully by the blow resulting in a strain or fracture. it is not only the knuckles involved in producing a blow, the next joint up can also be involved.

    “y is there less chance of damagin ur fingers just bec they r the same lentgh? “

    because otherwise only the longest finger would be supported by the palm.

    kapusta: maybe you are evolving into a pacifist?

    #637878
    qwertyuiop
    Member

    thank you sensei ames.$

    #637879
    A. Nuran
    Participant

    moish, I’ve been doing various martial arts for a very long time. The edge of the hand is only one blow, and it’s really not that common. The body has many natural weapons. Among the best are the knee, the elbow, the shin and the forehead. Hitting someone in the skull with your ungloved, unwrapped, untaped fist is a good way to break the delicate bones of the hand. There’s even a condition called “boxer’s fracture”.

    Self defense is a whole separate world far, far removed from the yeshiva…

    #637880
    kiruvwife
    Member

    I heard a vort on this once….

    When a person keeps their hands closed, (meaning refrains from giving tzedakah, chesed, etc.) it’s hard for them to see the individual needs of each person (i.e all the fingers the same length),,,but when he opens his hand, (opens his heart to giving) each finger is a different lenghth then he is able to see each person in need and what type of chesed is required for that individual person.

    #637881
    asdfghjkl
    Participant

    kiruvwife: wow that was really a nice vort!!! thanx!!!

    #637882
    teen
    Member

    heres a nice thing i heard

    when a baby is born its fingers are always clenched in a fist to show that it only cares about itself but whena person dies thier hands are open to show that they have come to the point where they care about others

    thats not it exactly but its the gist of it

    #637883
    kiruvwife
    Member

    ames;asdfghjkl-glad you enjoyed…wish I knew who said it originally

    #637884
    asdfghjkl
    Participant

    teen: i liked that one!!!!

    #637885
    teen
    Member

    asdf: yeh i heard it fom one of my rabbis a few years ago cant believe i still remembered it

    #637886
    asdfghjkl
    Participant

    teen: that’s awesome you remember it!!!!

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