Makiwara Training

[strangepair03]

I have one of the Shureido ones, to me it is worth the money.

http://www.shureidousa.com/training/makiwara.html

If I am not being impolite, may I ask what the cost is? ShureidoUSA does not seem to post the prices.

I think it was around $125-135 or so. I bought it years ago.

[LLLEARNER]

I have one of the Shureido ones, to me it is worth the money.

http://www.shureidousa.com/training/makiwara.html

If I am not being impolite, may I ask what the cost is? ShureidoUSA does not seem to post the prices.

I think it was around $125-135 or so. I bought it years ago.

That is not as bad as I thought.

[sensei8]

I'm cheap...that's why I've used landscape beams for my Makiwara. They stand up to a beating and they keep on ticking. While the spring might be gone, it serves my purposes through its resistance. Cost about $3-$4!!

[Spartacus Maximus]

Cheaper still is a board of regular ordinary pinewood stuck to a piece of foam floor mat. Duct tape that to a standing heavy bag and have at it. Or lay it down on the floor and pound away. It works just as good, maybe better than a post makiwara but it takes some getting used to. As a bonus it is portable and fits in any bag.

[Wastelander]

Cheaper still is a board of regular ordinary pinewood stuck to a piece of foam floor mat. Duct tape that to a standing heavy bag and have at it. Or lay it down on the floor and pound away. It works just as good, maybe better than a post makiwara but it takes some getting used to. As a bonus it is portable and fits in any bag.

While that would certainly have some hand conditioning benefits, and I've seen people do this, I find that it doesn't serve the purpose a makiwara is supposed to serve. Because it's mounted on a swinging (or free-standing bag), it can only resist with its weight, instead of with a spring action. This means that once you are hitting hard enough to make the bag swing away from you, the resistance diminishes instead of increasing like it does with a proper makiwara.

[Spartacus Maximus]

A free-standing bag or other structure is most preferable to use when taping the board to something. Most of the time the boards are used on their own and just placed on the floor.