Statement One: "You should train only under the supervision of an expert until he/she feels you are capable of controlling your training yourself?"
Comment: Yes. Yes. and the final answer is "YES!" Take all this posting and information as the basic knowledge you need to find an expert because for every expert there are dozens of non-experts that will gladly take your money and let you pound on their makiwara.
Statement Two: "Makiwara training will cause arthritis and other similar diseases as we age?"
Comment: I disagree. I am fifty-seven. I used makiwara extensively for the first ten or so years. I did lots of breaking. I still use the makiwara on a limited basis and can say I have not experienced anything that could be called arthritis or any other similar ailment (not disease, arthritis is not a disease but a condition). I will continue to do this until I die at around 150 years ;-)
Statement Three: "The purpose of the makiwara is to build fists of iron that can stop any attacker with one punch?"
Comment: My answer, not! This is a urban legend as many of the stories of prowess are today. The legends live but are they viable of the myth I think they are. I can say that the variables necessary for one punch ability are nothing like either a social or anti-social threat, i.e. fighting or predatory violence.
In this particular post we covered three distinct areas of concern when researching whether a person would utilize the karate tool, the makiwara. The answers here and in following posts will help karate-ka determine their needs in pursuing the art of the makiwara.
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