lonecoyote
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Are they the same thing? I've recently gotten ahold of some books on kung fu which advocate punching sand bags, with illustrations. These are not hanging heavy bags but huge canvas bags filled with sand. The sand bags must weigh more than any commercially availible heavy bag, which would turn it into a fundamentally different exercise, especially the way the book says to use it, punching a certain number of times over a certain number of days, which puts it more in the category of a conditioning tool. One book says to then change the filling in the bag, claiming that one can eventually work up to iron filings. Is this iron fist? Anybody train this way?