What is your favorite Karate Training Equipment?
I like the Makiwara
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makiwara
Other Hojo Undo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hojo_undo
I always wanted to learn to use a Speed Bag and I see it's benefit to boxers… http://www.dunhamssports.com/product/index.jsp?productId=9096&cp=694496&parentPage=family
The heavy Bag, like Makiwara, is a staple http://www.dunhamssports.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2606630&cp=694343&parentPage=family
I like Medicine Balls for building strength and fortitude http://www.dunhamssports.com/product/index.jsp?productId=978718&cp=694023&parentPage=family
I know people who use wrist weights http://www.dunhamssports.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2161009&cp&keywords=wrist&searchId=20903698534&parentPage=search though I think they slow you down a bit
And one of my favorite, wrist grips… http://www.dunhamssports.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1190343&cp&keywords=hand+grip&searchId=20903608994&parentPage=search Which can be used with any upper body movements.
Yeah, those rubber chords are pretty cool… you can tie one end to the wall then use it for resistance punches and blocks.
There originally were Makiwara that hung from a rope on the ceiling as well as the one common to most dojos. I forget what they were called, but this sounds a lot like your coke bottles.
For karate I grew up using the Makiwara, automobile tires chained to the wall for punching and kicking, buckets of sand for finger thrusts and thumb gouges, and a speed bag with the bungi tied top and bottom (I forget its name at the moment).
Karate emphasizes one punch ends fight, so you need to work on those knuckles and blasting power.
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For karate I grew up using the Makiwara, automobile tires chained to the wall for punching and kicking, buckets of sand for finger thrusts and thumb gouges, and a speed bag with the bungi tied top and bottom (I forget its name at the moment).
Karate emphasizes one punch ends fight, so you need to work on those knuckles and blasting power.
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A really good sparring partner.
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i wish I had a Makiwara, but until then, the heavybag will do, a heavybag is my favorite
i also like the rubber, resistance cords, i dont know the name of them but you can use them for punching or kicking, and it ads resistance to your movenments
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Here's a Phil original… I take a two liter coke bottle and fill it about three fourths with water, put the top on, and hang it from a sturdy limb with heavy-duty twine about head high. Works great.
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The makiwara was always a favourite to help develop punches and strikes.
Then as this was an Okinawan style there were a lot of the traditional training tools as well.
Shisashi – Stone padlock used for wrist exercises
Jari bako – Sand box for toughening the knuckles and thrusting the fingers into.
Nigiri game – Gripping jar used to strengthen the fingers
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a heavy big puching bag i can do all my moves on
but mosty MOSTLY!!! cloths that move well when training that helps a heck of a lot
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The Dojo after training ! having free-range with all the toys! when all the students have gone home! and they don't have to watch the instructors been not so serious!
Makiwara in the Dojo but at home anything i can hang from the roof eg, tennis-ball from a piece of string! heavy rope with towels wrapped around it, yeah that's about it!
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A good sparring partner
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