All good inventions go through product development, and urban poor man's Kendo Dummy is no exception. Although it was rainy today, I still decided to do some R&D on the project and the new version is below.
As you can see, the original Coca-Cola box is still in use, and is nearing the end of its life after being beaten quite severely in testing phases from v1.0 and v2.0. The crate is still in use, but the overall design now does not rely upon the wheelie bin for men or dou cuts. Yes, it can do dou cuts~!
In this version, I aquired 4x cardboard boxes of good quality from my local mass hardware superstore (read Bunnings Villawood) and a roll of blue cloth tape (a 50mmx50m roll for $4.20). The base box was taped to the box above it so the open sides were opposite, and the third box was slid over the second box until the open flaps hit the base of the second box, meaning that the middle section of the visible box three (over box two) was double boxed/layered. This is the section marked as the dou cut region, as it is much stiffer and responsive like a hard dou. As you can see on the right side, it has a dent already in it from my gyaku-dou testing. The last box was taped on sideways to provide flex bounce on the top incase the men cut went too deep through the men box.
I put four bricks inside (2x regular, 2x paving) and it provided quite solid ballast for my dou cuts and men cuts. You can obviously put more or less as you desire. If you don't have bricks, fill some old milk or softdrink bottles with water and sit them inside instead.
This verion is a little more space consuming than the previous one, but it means you can practice even when your bin is waiting on the curb for emptying, and you can practice dou cuts on it. For kote cuts, you will have to still use the bin as before.
Edite: Update on the dummy. The coca-cola box has packed it in after about 20 minutes of solid hitting. Then I continued with hitting the cardboard box without the coca-cola box, and it's doing ok. It's cardboard, what do you expect?... The dou cut region is handling it quite well so far. I've beat it pretty good with my cuts, and it's softened up some, and has a permanent dented shape now. The tape is holding well, so it will last for at least for another session. In terms of cost effectiveness, considering I still have tape left, and it costs me $5.20 at the cheapest (offpeak) to travel to training, I think I'm still doing alright by building one of these every training day LOL
As you can see, the original Coca-Cola box is still in use, and is nearing the end of its life after being beaten quite severely in testing phases from v1.0 and v2.0. The crate is still in use, but the overall design now does not rely upon the wheelie bin for men or dou cuts. Yes, it can do dou cuts~!In this version, I aquired 4x cardboard boxes of good quality from my local mass hardware superstore (read Bunnings Villawood) and a roll of blue cloth tape (a 50mmx50m roll for $4.20). The base box was taped to the box above it so the open sides were opposite, and the third box was slid over the second box until the open flaps hit the base of the second box, meaning that the middle section of the visible box three (over box two) was double boxed/layered. This is the section marked as the dou cut region, as it is much stiffer and responsive like a hard dou. As you can see on the right side, it has a dent already in it from my gyaku-dou testing. The last box was taped on sideways to provide flex bounce on the top incase the men cut went too deep through the men box.
I put four bricks inside (2x regular, 2x paving) and it provided quite solid ballast for my dou cuts and men cuts. You can obviously put more or less as you desire. If you don't have bricks, fill some old milk or softdrink bottles with water and sit them inside instead.
This verion is a little more space consuming than the previous one, but it means you can practice even when your bin is waiting on the curb for emptying, and you can practice dou cuts on it. For kote cuts, you will have to still use the bin as before.
Edite: Update on the dummy. The coca-cola box has packed it in after about 20 minutes of solid hitting. Then I continued with hitting the cardboard box without the coca-cola box, and it's doing ok. It's cardboard, what do you expect?... The dou cut region is handling it quite well so far. I've beat it pretty good with my cuts, and it's softened up some, and has a permanent dented shape now. The tape is holding well, so it will last for at least for another session. In terms of cost effectiveness, considering I still have tape left, and it costs me $5.20 at the cheapest (offpeak) to travel to training, I think I'm still doing alright by building one of these every training day LOL
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