what is iron palm training?

[Asdasdas]

what is it/whydo people do it and would it help in a fight? i thought it was something to do with palms but i seen a video they use there elbows and fists too and stuff, at my old kung fu place we tiger striked a hard log and slapped it and chopped for practice is this iron palm? and if you do a tiger strike are your fingers suppose to hit on your palm? and how bout a chop what part of the chop should hit? the bone near the pinky on that side or lower? and how about hitting with the other side of your hand?



whats it suppose to do and can anyone do it? and how long till you see results (and how would you even see results like that) :S
and how can you tell if its working, like do your hands just start to hurt?

why they do it

[Gabe B.]

iron palm training is basically the practice of killing the nerves in any certain part of ur body. its name is wat it is. ''iron'' palm training. it kills nerves making u as hard as iron. so basically if u train long enough the right n correct way with the proper training ud be able to break almost anything. bricks, cement, cement slabs, cocunuts. stuff like tht. shaolin monks do this training wen they have a big pot full of rice or sand n they continuously hit over n over. thts iron paml training. hope this helped