{"id":257,"date":"2012-03-13T23:06:02","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T03:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karate.gregoryzone.org\/?p=257"},"modified":"2012-03-13T23:06:02","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T03:06:02","slug":"arming-the-heavy-bag-part-one-trial-by-wire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/backinthegi.com\/?p=257","title":{"rendered":"Arming the heavy bag, part one: trial by wire."},"content":{"rendered":"

I recently installed a 100lb heavy bag in my garage, part of my growing “home dojo” that I use for practicing outside of class time. However, just punching and kicking the heavy bag gets a little boring. Moreover, a heavy bag doesn’t really help one practice more complex sequences of techniques such as those included in the ippon kumite exercises. So, I decided that what my heavy bag needed was a pair of arms.<\/p>\n

Surprisingly, there are few options out there, either in terms of bags that come with training arms or attachments that can be added to a standard heavy bag. There are various commercially available grappling dummies, and of course there are traditional training tools like the mook jong used in Kung Fu as well as mook jong-type “arms” that one can strap onto a bag, but this is not what I wanted.<\/p>\n

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The only decent item available for purchase that I have seen is the one shown below. I have ordered a pair of these and will write a review of them when they arrive.<\/p>\n


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