Hitting dummy

[rpalma]

I want to know if anybody knows of a good and training dummy for Kendo. Any suggestions?

[rpalma]

It took a second after I posted this thread to find the answer that I was looking for.

[xvikingx]

It took a second after I posted this thread to find the answer that I was looking for.
:normal: Does that mean you dont need any help? Well, I am posting anyway! :evil:
My wife used to make kimono, dresses, and what not.. So I use her old mannequin (soft yet strurdy) to practice on. (Of course I put my bogu on it) If you can find one of these at a thrift shop it well worth it.

[sminki]

I once considered buying a "Slam Man" (boxing training tool) for my home, putting the Slam Man in an old set of bogu and using as a dummy.

Eventually, I just settled for doing suburi at home.

[Old Warrior]

I thought this thread was just a commentary by someone who bouted with me recently.

[Nishi]

Some 2x4's, some old stinky bogu, and a bit of imagination will make you a good practice dummy....save your money for shinai... :grin:

[rpalma]

Thank! I think I am going to try to build one.

[chidokan]

I just use the guys at the club... :D :D :D :D

Tim Hamilton

[kendomushi]

There are commercially made dummies for sale too. What I have seen so far is a basic one or two point uchikomidai (where you have an uchikomibo mounted to be struck and adjust the height of the stand to simulate the point are); a tire mounted upright, like an "O" atop a stand with adjustable height (this one can be used easily for do and men, plus the tire reflects the energy of a hit, so if you aren't using proper wrist action you know right away when the shinai bounces up); and a sort of mannequin that can have bogu put on it, a shinai put in its "hands" and someone behind can raise and lower the arms to provide a random variety of opportunities.
These all cost hundreds of dollars though. The tire one seems especially easy an idea to construct though.

[rpalma]

Thank you for your help.

[xvikingx]

I agree that a training dummy is no substitute for the dummies that hit back. :ko:

[nodachi]

I agree that a training dummy is no substitute for the dummies that hit back. :ko:

I forget who the interview was of, but there was one on some kendo club's website that interviewed someone who had either won the all japan's or was a hachidan, or both, i forget, anyway, he said he would practice about an hour a day hitting a practice dummy doing big men, small men, big kote, small kote, do etc etc etc to find what works for him and constantly practice his basics.

I know a training dummy is no substitute for jigeiko, but I would love to have a dummy to practice on like that hachidan guy. This kind of training still seems really important to many more experienced kendoka that I wouldn't want to belittle the benefit of using one to practice on.

[Curtis]

I've posted some pictures of 3 different striking stands

The first 2 oictures are of a design I copied and built. I added a reverse arm so you can do kote-men. The 3rd picture is a standard tire stand. The 4th is a stand I built for doing speed drills for kote-men.

These pictures are not listed on a web page. They're just in my image directory.

http://www.kendo-usa.org/images/stand1.jpg

http://www.kendo-usa.org/images/stand3.jpg

http://www.kendo-usa.org/images/stand3.jpg

http://www.kendo-usa.org/images/stand4.jpg

[Curtis]

Oops. Should have had the following.

http://www.kendo-usa.org/images/stand2.jpg

[rpalma]

Thanks Curtis for the JPEGs It is going to be of great help when I build one. I will post a picture ones I am done.

[xvikingx]

This kind of training still seems really important to many more experienced kendoka that I wouldn't want to belittle the benefit of using one to practice on.
When did I belittle the use of a practice dummy? I in fact use one myself, as I stated earlier. :ermm: