LexS
24-Dec-2003, 01:18 AM
I'm posting this here and one other place on the board, hoping that's OK, moderators.
Here, because I have 2 daughters and one wife :) and I care about women's self-defense & safety issues.
I made this batch of training aids for home use:
1) Home-made punching / kicking bag.
Constructed out of rolled up carpet, duct taped to the desired circumference, and put it in a laundry bag which hangs from an attic rafter. I vary the hanging height for punching or kicking.
2) Home-made practice dummy.
Constructed out of PVC pipe 'skeleton', carpet head, torso & legs, and duct tape. ( I call him 'Bob Berber'. )
The head is carpet and a lot of tape, torso is mostly carpet wrapped to human thickness, the legs the same. I dressed it in clothes and a skull / ski cap. (Only felt really weird when I was pulling its pants up ! Better than leaving them down, I guess.)
Feet are PVC 'T' joints metal-strapped to a 3 foot by 3 foot piece of plywod.
Glad to write out the plans and post photos if anyone's interested.
3) Home-made speed bag.
Long athletic 'tube' sock filled with beans as a timing & distance bag. I can spar with it or practice speed strikes of all sorts.
Here, because I have 2 daughters and one wife :) and I care about women's self-defense & safety issues.
I made this batch of training aids for home use:
1) Home-made punching / kicking bag.
Constructed out of rolled up carpet, duct taped to the desired circumference, and put it in a laundry bag which hangs from an attic rafter. I vary the hanging height for punching or kicking.
2) Home-made practice dummy.
Constructed out of PVC pipe 'skeleton', carpet head, torso & legs, and duct tape. ( I call him 'Bob Berber'. )
The head is carpet and a lot of tape, torso is mostly carpet wrapped to human thickness, the legs the same. I dressed it in clothes and a skull / ski cap. (Only felt really weird when I was pulling its pants up ! Better than leaving them down, I guess.)
Feet are PVC 'T' joints metal-strapped to a 3 foot by 3 foot piece of plywod.
Glad to write out the plans and post photos if anyone's interested.
3) Home-made speed bag.
Long athletic 'tube' sock filled with beans as a timing & distance bag. I can spar with it or practice speed strikes of all sorts.