Proper rope for makiwara

[cheesefrysamurai]

Honestly, I know rope is traditional and all that, but my favorite makiwara I ever used that produced the best results was an 18" 2x4 mounted to a 6 foot 2x4 (4 feet above ground, 2 feet below and cemented in place) which had a 3 foot 2x4 attached at the bottom.

So that means the top 18" was two 2x4s and the bottom 3 feet were two 2x4s screwed together. The top 18" section was then wrapped with a heavy bath towel that was folded over lengthwise and then wrapped around the boards about 3 times and tied into place.

You could really lay into it and get a good flex on the center 18" single 2x4 section and this developed really nice penetrating punches. Also didn't take long before you were feeling that board even though it was under about 6 layers of heavy bath towel but it didn't wipe out your knuckles so you could work on it a long time.

I really need to make another one.

Can you post some pics?