The Bronze Gravel Palm (銅砂掌, Tóng shā zhǎng), a.k.a. Bamboo Leaf Hand (竹葉手, Zhú yè shǒu), allows the practitioner to break objects and cause injury to an opponent. Training methods include hitting a bag filled with iron filings with a palm heel strike. A 15 kg bag is used initially, and its weight increases until 60 kg as the training progresses. The practitioner is deemed to have mastered the skill once he can hit the 60 kg bag at full force continuously without showing signs of weariness.
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