Quote Originally Posted by Strike For The South View Post
I never said it was useless, go back to the thread and read what I wrote. I also have never claimed to be an expert fighter. I do know that throwing a balled, bare knuckle fist at a mans face is a good way to break everybone in your hand.
Really, then why throughout history have people done it succesfully? It is called conditioning, genius. You need to condition your fists to be able to take heavy impacts on hard objects. There are many sophisticated ways of doing this, but I used to just practice on a concrete wall. Start out slow and light, and build up.
I've punch people in the face, and not broke my hand, and I've been punched in the face by someone who did not break their hand. You will only break your hand if you are an untrained idiot or have exceptionally bad luck. Also, you are not supposed to target the hardest areas of people's skulls!