Iron palm

'hands hard as iron yet soft as silk') is a body of training techniques in various Chinese martial arts.

Some non-Chinese martial arts styles, such as Muay Thai and many schools of Karate, also feature hand conditioning, but the term Iron Palm is not typically used to describe these types of training, as they tend not to focus on developing internal power when conditioning the hands for the bone-crushing forces encountered with the striking maneuvers evident in breaking normally "unbreakable" objects.

Relaxation while training the strikes and use of good Dit Da Jow medicine is imperative to yielding proper success.

The Chinese martial arts can utilize a wide variety of open and closed hand strikes.

Tie Ba Zhang Yao is a popular liniment used for Iron Palm training and conditioning.