DIY training gear!

[Hawkmoon]

hmmmm...

A post and pulley arrangement that helps develop punch power.

A post 4/5ft tall with a pulley or some such arrangement on it, held in the ground with bricks.

The rope connects your fist at one end and to a tire at the other end.

The idea is, as you stand in a fighting stance the rope being turned through 90 degrees to allow force to be transmitted at the same right angle as you extend your fist forward so lifting the tire by that action!

I was thinking of an upper cut ..

http://www.karatetest.com/kyokushinkai/8thkyu/seiken-shita-uchi-57.htm

[taken from karatetest.com]

As the arm comes forward the rope like the arm is parallel to the floor, turns through 90 degrees then travels up to the post to the pulley and back down the other side to the tire so lifting the tire in that action.

The point is to keep the arm parallel to the floor and maybe over time increase the weight!

Its important to maintain the fist and arm position parallel and so develop the right muscle group.

A part two to this would be...

Like normal punch machines, you punch forward and lift a weight (tire) in that action.

(Rope over the shoulder to the pulley and so lift the tire etc)

[bushido_man96]

Sounds interesting. Have any pics or drawings of what it would look like? I've used the weighted pulley machines at my gym to work punches with weights before. Same idea?

[Hawkmoon]

hmm...

...I think I need to create a photobucket account.

Then try out my artist ability!

LOL!

[/img]

[Wastelander]

I just finished making myself some tai tanren kigu (body conditioning tools)--a tetsutaba (iron bundle) and a taketaba (cane bundle). The tetsutaba is made with a length of 3/4" PVC pipe and 50 heavy-gauge steel wires, although normally they are made with 108. Since this is a new tool for me, I'm starting with a lighter one than normal, and I'll make a heavier one later on. After taking this photo I put a coat of black spray paint on the PVC handle, and I'm going to wrap it with twine to give it a little nicer look and feel. The taketaba is made of 25 3' long bamboo stalks, approximately 3/8" in thickness, tied together with jute twine.

http://s22.postimg.org/6pfjxri9d/tai_tanren_brushes.jpg

[Hawkmoon]

cool!

I'd thought about something like this but could not get past the idea of some leather straps ...which I couldn't picture any other way than effectively being a whip of sorts!

Nice!

[Wastelander]

Lol, I think quite a few people have leather straps come to mind when they think of things like this. Whipping can condition the skin, but these tools are for impact, so they also condition the muscles and bones. After taking the above photo last night, I took the taketaba to the garage and gave it a little more character:

http://s16.postimg.org/gguh273f9/tetsutaba.jpg

[Hawkmoon]

That looks better!

Nice job!

Your pic filled in the gaps in what I was thinking about, in that the bamboo (not leather) would be a great way to go!

Just like you grab a handful of sticks (split canes) (any gardening store would stock them I guess) bind them together as you show with the tatsutaba and bingo!

(An image in place on the hosts site)

http://www.lbsbuyersguide.co.uk/plant-support-tree-care/plant-support/green-chinese-split-bamboo-flower-sticks.html

[Wastelander]

That looks better!

Nice job!

Your pic filled in the gaps in what I was thinking about, in that the bamboo (not leather) would be a great way to go!

Just like you grab a handful of sticks (split canes) (any gardening store would stock them I guess) bind them together as you show with the tatsutaba and bingo!

(An image in place on the hosts site)

http://www.lbsbuyersguide.co.uk/plant-support-tree-care/plant-support/green-chinese-split-bamboo-flower-sticks.html

Glad I could help! The bamboo I used for the taketaba is, indeed, used for staking plants. I would use the whole stalks instead of the split ones, if you can find them, though.

[sensei8]

I just finished making myself some tai tanren kigu (body conditioning tools)--a tetsutaba (iron bundle) and a taketaba (cane bundle). The tetsutaba is made with a length of 3/4" PVC pipe and 50 heavy-gauge steel wires, although normally they are made with 108. Since this is a new tool for me, I'm starting with a lighter one than normal, and I'll make a heavier one later on. After taking this photo I put a coat of black spray paint on the PVC handle, and I'm going to wrap it with twine to give it a little nicer look and feel. The taketaba is made of 25 3' long bamboo stalks, approximately 3/8" in thickness, tied together with jute twine.

http://s22.postimg.org/6pfjxri9d/tai_tanren_brushes.jpg

Love it!!

[Hawkmoon]

Inspired from some searching on YouTube off the back of this vid:

Conditioning 'stack'.

A stack of used tires as high as you wish (suggestion; as high as you)

1. Tie them together so they form a cylinder.

- (Ropes passed through the tier walls, fixed to the top and bottom tires and so holding them together)

2. A 4 inch post (as always) sits in the ground and used to anchor the stack to a position.

3. Fix the tiers to each other.

- This needs to be good and not to tight and the fixing of the 'stack' to the post should be relaxed but not to loose!

I'll suggest some movement to be more 'real' when contact is made.

Once it moves an inch or so in the stack, no more than 6 inches on the post, simply punch and kick the stack!

The idea is to allow the 'stack to flex' to be more real and still (I get they are tiers) offer some resistance to your attack!

Look at this video, at around 1.47 you can see a tire stack!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L5MUMpAU7k

This is the idea!