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"There are no karate men who do not use the Makiwara." - Nagamine Shoshin shinshii This is the first of a series of posts on Machiwara ...

Anatomy of the wooden dummy

I recently shared the picture above on Facebook (courtesy of Damiano Rosso). The photo shows a boxer training with a homemade punching bag at the Kampala Boxing Club in Uganda. Since posting the photo, I’ve had several people ask about how to create one of these bags. Last year, I posted a tutorial that details […]

Years ago while exploring supplemental exercise routines for combat conditioning I discovered some advanced forms of Indian Clubs on the market. These devices are clubs weighted and used for strength training purposes. What I saw reminded me of the Chishi I used to workout with in my younger years of traditional Karate. The Chishi is […]

Share4TweetPin130134 SharesA cheap hand-made training dummy In 6 Dragons Kung Fu, we use various kinds of training dummies (made of wood, metal, fabric, etc.): each of them has different peculiarities and workout goals (read for example 6DKF’s speed training with the wooden dummy). Note – This article has been asked by one of our Core […]

Sword-fighting Martial Arts Practice Dummy That Fights Back!: Boy's been doing kendo for about a year now and I saw a photo of a kendo practice dummy and thought we could knock up something similar in an afternoon with just the bits we had lying around. And it works! Articulated in three places! Fights back!!!…

Hojo Undo methods are a category of "supplementary exercises" (involving specialized equipment) that are utilized in Okinawan martial arts. Most of these methods fall into one of two categories: 1) weight resistance tools for "functional strength" training and 2) tools which involve various types of impact conditioning. Most of these methods had a long history in China before they were imported to Okinawa. There is so much discussion of Hojo Undo in various groups that I felt there was…

Quick , Easy, and Inexpensive Sword Practice Pell: Since I haven't seen any instructions on how to make one , despite seeing pictures of similar ones. I figured I would do a short Instructable on how I made mine. Sorry I didn't take any pictures along the way but hopefully I should be able to explai…

Share2TweetPin535537 SharesA low-cost, hand-made PVC dummy By popular demand, we decided to publish the assembly instructions (measurements, materials, montage, etc.) of the PVC version of the classic wooden dummy of Wing Chun (Muk Yan Jong or Mu Ren Zhuang). Before proceeding, it is important to underline a few premises (some of which have been already […]

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