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In some martial arts, the athlete is supposed to strenthen his hands with the purpose of becoming able to hit adversaries with bare hands without getting hurt, or with the purpose of breaking objects. Moreover Breaking is  a technique in martial arts in which athletes show the ability of breaking verious types of objects thought their fists or elbow, but also body parts like the head, knee and fingertips may be used. The practice of increasing hand resistance is called "hand conditioning" or "fist conditioning". <ref>https://wayofmartialarts.com/karate-hand-conditioning-exercises-and-tips/</ref>. A german scientific article of 2005<ref>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16281784/</ref> reported the effect of hand conditioning on a Taekwondo athlete who participated in object breaking competition. An MRI investigation revealed an augmentation of tissue between the heads of the metacarpals. This augmentation was a response of connective tissue to repetitive microtrauma.