Essential training equipment

Maxximus · 12-14-2000, 06:27 PM

Just curious...what do you all consider your most important piece of personal training equipment (ie heavy bag, grappling dummy, wooden dummy, etc) and why?

YeLLa-TiGeR · 12-14-2000, 06:54 PM

A partner to spar and to do drills with.

Chad W. Getz · 12-14-2000, 08:02 PM

Everywhere I go, I carry two pairs of gloves and two Macho headgear with face cage.

If I know that I am going to train in specific, I also bring two fencing mask, a pair of hockey gloves and two sticks.

Yella-What do you train in?

gungfuhero · 12-15-2000, 02:57 AM

A sparring partner is best, but focus mitts are definitely one of my favorites.

Harley · 12-15-2000, 06:11 AM

I agree that a partner is absolutely the best thing, but as far as equip goes, i think maybe thai pads. you can use them for focus mitts to punch and elbow, pads to knee and elbow and with a decent feeder can be used interactively on the ground or standing. you can attack with them on and defend with them on. you can use them to practice full contact stick work (again with decent feeder), can be tied to a post and used as a Makiwara, can be used as a medicine ball, used as a shield in stick and shield sparring, you can headbutt, elbow and knee them.
I realize that this means you have a partner, without a partner, it will depend on what you want to work on, what area we want to focus on. trapping and destructions, wooden dummy, but also use a rope or belt, ground work - heavy bag, grappling dummy, thai pad (without a partner) striking - everything from bags and pads to boards to couch pillows, you name it and some culture somewhere has used it to strike.
anyway, i think thai pads with a partner and without you must isolate the desired area of training and then decide what equip is best.
harley

Jujujason · 12-10-2007, 01:53 PM

To use with a partner, focus mitts. To use solo, a good old-fashioned heavy (preferably 'banana') bag. Just my two cents.

g-bells · 12-10-2007, 02:47 PM

sparring partner, heavy bag , wooden dummy

**Michael Wright** · 12-11-2007, 05:35 PM

Outside of a training partner and if you have to pick one (which I think is the essence of the question) then I say heavy bag. If you work it right, it trains all of your tools and develops so many attributes: power, body mechanics, conditioning, footwork, timing, distance etc. In a field where training partners can often let you down, the heavy bag is always there.

Unless she runs off with the wooden dummy, bitch. I still miss her, so if you see her with that three-armed son of a bitch you give me a call.

John McNabney · 12-12-2007, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by ;13107

Just curious...what do you all consider your most important piece of personal training equipment (ie heavy bag, grappling dummy, wooden dummy, etc) and why?

Your body (health) and your brain (always learning).....

Keep "IT" Real,
John McNabney

Ghost · 12-12-2007, 08:49 AM

i think the OP means actual equipment that you can buy or make. would have to be pads by a long shot, providing this includes a well trained padman and not someone that doesnt know how to be a padman.

fire cobra · 12-13-2007, 04:06 PM

Other than a good partner it would be the heavy bag for me ,shin and knee kicks for round after round,great stuff.

bodhisattva · 01-04-2008, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by ;13107

Just curious...what do you all consider your most important piece of personal training equipment (ie heavy bag, grappling dummy, wooden dummy, etc) and why?

As far as actual equipment goes, if I had to pick one thing, I'd say the heavy bag. If I could pick two things, I'd say heavy bag and dumbells.

12-14-2000, 06:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
Maxximus Novice Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 216	Just curious...what do you all consider your most important piece of personal training equipment (ie heavy bag, grappling dummy, wooden dummy, etc) and why? __________________ "Son, we're not saying that there's anything wrong with you...but its just that NORMAL boys your age DON'T spend all day lifting weights and learning how to choke people to death!"

12-14-2000, 06:54 PM	#2 (permalink)
YeLLa-TiGeR Registered User Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Boston Posts: 1,148	A partner to spar and to do drills with. __________________ "Nemo me impune lacssit"

12-14-2000, 08:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
Chad W. Getz Advanced Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Honolulu Posts: 509	Everywhere I go, I carry two pairs of gloves and two Macho headgear with face cage. If I know that I am going to train in specific, I also bring two fencing mask, a pair of hockey gloves and two sticks. Yella-What do you train in? __________________ Chad W. Getz Full Contact Hawaii - http://www.fullcontacthi.com Stickfighting Digest - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/stickfighting The grappling arts imply most fights end up on the ground. The striking arts imply all fights start standing up. The clinching arts imply the clinch can stop the striker from striking, and the grappler from taking it to the ground. The weapon arts imply the they can stop the unarmed man. A complete martial art implies any fight can go anywhere...be ready and able to go everywhere.

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g-bells Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 194	sparring partner, heavy bag , wooden dummy __________________ " not all who wonder are lost "

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12-15-2000, 02:57 AM	#4 (permalink)
gungfuhero Registered User Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Bloomington IN Posts: 317	A sparring partner is best, but focus mitts are definitely one of my favorites.

12-15-2000, 06:11 AM	#5 (permalink)
Harley Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: wichita falls, tx Posts: 150	I agree that a partner is absolutely the best thing, but as far as equip goes, i think maybe thai pads. you can use them for focus mitts to punch and elbow, pads to knee and elbow and with a decent feeder can be used interactively on the ground or standing. you can attack with them on and defend with them on. you can use them to practice full contact stick work (again with decent feeder), can be tied to a post and used as a Makiwara, can be used as a medicine ball, used as a shield in stick and shield sparring, you can headbutt, elbow and knee them. I realize that this means you have a partner, without a partner, it will depend on what you want to work on, what area we want to focus on. trapping and destructions, wooden dummy, but also use a rope or belt, ground work - heavy bag, grappling dummy, thai pad (without a partner) striking - everything from bags and pads to boards to couch pillows, you name it and some culture somewhere has used it to strike. anyway, i think thai pads with a partner and without you must isolate the desired area of training and then decide what equip is best. harley

12-10-2007, 01:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
Jujujason Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 104	To use with a partner, focus mitts. To use solo, a good old-fashioned heavy (preferably 'banana') bag. Just my two cents.

12-11-2007, 05:35 PM	#8 (permalink)
Michael Wright Premiere Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: London, England Posts: 1,002	Outside of a training partner and if you have to pick one (which I think is the essence of the question) then I say heavy bag. If you work it right, it trains all of your tools and develops so many attributes: power, body mechanics, conditioning, footwork, timing, distance etc. In a field where training partners can often let you down, the heavy bag is always there. Unless she runs off with the wooden dummy, bitch. I still miss her, so if you see her with that three-armed son of a bitch you give me a call.

12-13-2007, 04:06 PM	#11 (permalink)
fire cobra Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: north east england Posts: 364	Other than a good partner it would be the heavy bag for me ,shin and knee kicks for round after round,great stuff.

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