Editing Iron palm (section)

==Techniques==

Iron Palm uses five different striking techniques:
*Slapping with the whole palm
*Throwing with the back of the hand
*Cutting with the side of the palm
*Dotting with the fingertips
*Stamping with the base of the palm
These techniques are used when striking the Iron Palm bag which can be filled with a variety of materials such as [[sand]], [[rice]], dried [[mung beans]] or [[soy beans]], [[Gravel#Types|pea gravel]], or steel shot (whether [[Birdshot|bird shot]] or [[Buckshot|buck shot]]), depending on one's level of expertise. Sometimes a mixture is utilized, e.g. soybeans & steel shot in the same bag.
Before and after each training session, an Iron Palm liniment is applied to the hands to prevent injury and condition the hands. ''Tie Ba Zhang Yao'' is a popular liniment used for Iron Palm training and conditioning.<ref name="EMWI">{{cite web|url=https://eastmeetswest.com/hands-like-stone-in-100-days/|title=Hands Like Stone in 100 days|website=Eastmeetswest.com}}</ref>