Tameshiwari Baseball Bat

[Traymond]

Im gonna try and break a 2 x 1 this summer sometime probably in july doing the same technique, then I will go up to a 2X2. and maybe a 2X4 before the bat.

[Kuma]

Hmmm maybe a rubber mallet was the wrong word choice to use. Its not a real hammer in sense of pounding nails...its a softer rubber mallet...I dont benefit much from kote Kitae any more since their is no one that wants to do it with me anymore. So the only kitae practice I have is with inanimate objects such as a door, ring sizer, and rubber mallet in example, but if you guys have any other ideas on stuff that I can hit please let me know.

You're training in Uechi Ryu right now, aren't you? Your sensei should be pretty well conditioned.

[Traymond]

He is, indeed, And we have been doing quite a bit of Kitae (More so Sanchin Kitae), but I will only be training with him until the end of April, then I wont be doing nothing with him for quite some time (This coming November), he is the one that advised me to use a rubber mallet (Its what he used), and pine makiwara conditioning (wrap the makiwara with oiled rope).