Does having a roll of quarters in your fist actually ever help in a fight? Is it just a myth or is there a biomechanical advantage?
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What a roll of quarters is going to do is allow you to solidify your fist as much as possible prior to impact. The palm and knuckle portion of your hand is not a singular piece of bone, it is comprised of over a dozen small bones. It is fairly easy to break your hand due to this, as the average human adult male can produce enough force via punch to accomplish this. But in a fight, breaking your hand not only would cause you pain, but would cost you one of your weapons/defensive tools.
This is why you see boxers/mma fighters with all of the tape on their hands underneath the gloves. The tape is applied tightly in a manner to help solidify the fist into as much of a singular object as possible in order to protect the fighter.
A roll of quarters, when squeezed, can simulate the effect of taping your hands for a fight, but it can be done substantially faster, and you dont need to have the knowledge of how to tape your hands. You also dont need to deal with removing the tape from your hands. And it is not nearly as visually obvious, in the event you want to be a bit more subtle.
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