Nikkyo: Hold your left (for example) wrist in front of your center, wrist bent. Drop the right hand down so that its palm covers the back of the left hand, fingers grasping the blade of the hand. Bring both wrists up the center line, stretching the left wrist.

Kotegaeshi: Again, left wrist centered. Point the hand up, and turn clockwise so that your thumb is away, palm facing left. Right hand's palm against the back of the left hand again, this time the fingers grasp the base of the thumb. While maintaining the clockwise stretch, bring down the center line.

Sankyo: The third wrist exercise, this one is done by holding the left hand out in front of you, thumb pointing downwards, palm out. The right hand, coming over the palm side of the hand, grasps the lower edge of the hand (side with the thumb) but not grabbing the thumb. The right hand then turns the left hand so that the left hand is palm up, and both are extended away from your body. Make a special note to keep the shoulders from tensing up.


These exercises are done in Aikido to strengthen the wrists of the martial artist. They do pretty well but it does take a long time for you to see improvement. I'll search for others.

I have broken my wrists repeatedly during childhood and teenage years from various accidents such as falling off of buildings and bad skateboard accidents.. my doctors told me that the broken bones usually grow back stronger than they were to begin with before you broke them. In that case, your wrists may be better suited for parkour now that you have broken and healed them, so stop looking for excuses and go train. ;p

I'm not a doctor but I do know that it's usually which part you break. Breaking a long major and individual bone will grow back stronger and in most cases be stronger, like breaking an ulna or a tibia/fibula.

However when you get into places such as the wrist which has so many bones that make up one acting joint, location of the break is a very big deal. My sister recently broke her wrist and because of the location and specific bone.cartilage that was broken she will never again regain the same strength in her wrist.

Just proceed with caution and if you EVER feel your wrists (or any other body part for that matter) start signaling pain, stop and let it heal.