Martial Arts Home Training. Mike Young

      Tuttle Publishing

       Boston • Rutland, VT • Tokyo

      PLEASE NOTE THAT THE AUTHOR AND PUBLISHER OF THIS BOOK ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE IN ANY MANNER WHATSOEVER FOR INJURY THAT MAY RESULT FROM PRACTICING THE TECHNIQUES AND/OR FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN WITHIN. SINCE THE PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN MAY BE TOO STRENUOUS IN NATURE FOR SOME READERS TO ENGAGE IN SAFELY, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT A PHYSICIAN BE CONSULTED PRIOR TO TRAINING.

      First published in 1999 by Tuttle Publishing, with editorial offices at 364 Innovation Drive, North Clarendon, VT 05759 U.S.A.

      Copyright © 1999 Mike Young

       All photos appearing in this book are courtesy of Mike Young

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form of by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission from Tuttle Publishing.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Young, Mike

       Martial arts home training: the complete guide to the

       construction and use of home training equipment / by Mike Young.

       --1st ed.

       p. cm.

       Includes bibliographical references (p.).

       ISBN 0-8048-3170-X (pbk.); ISBN 978-1-4629-1762-4 (ebook)

       1. Martial arts--Training. 2 Home gyms--Design and construction.

       I. Title.

       GV1102.7.T7Y68 1997

       796.8--dc21

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      Printed in the United States of America

       Text design by Stephanie Doyle

      DEDICATION

      This book is dedicated to my parents:

      To my late father, Richard K. L. Young, the relentless inventor/junk collector and motivator, who taught me the most valuable lessons in creativity: how to make something useful out of something other people might consider junk. My dad could turn an ordinary piece of wood into a rubber-band gun with a few flicks of his knife. A trip to the local junkyard with my dad was always a hunt for buried treasures.

      And to my mother, Elsie S. Young, who always provided me with an encouraging environment: letting me build and create strange and unusual projects around our house at a very young age (and into adulthood). The support of both of my parents was the genesis for this book.

      Man’s mind stretched to a new idea never

       goes back to its original dimensions.

      —Oliver Wendell Holmes

      The only way to discover the limits of the

       possible is to go beyond them into the

       impossible.

      —Arthur C. Clarke

      Contents

       Foreword

       Preface

       Introduction

       1 The Need for Training and Testing

       2 Developing and Maintaining Motivation

       3 Fundamentals of Developing Home Training Equipment

       4 Tips on Developing a Personal Home Training Routine

       5 The Shadowboxing Towel

       6 The Training: Footwork, Balance, and Leg Developer

       7 The Training: The Multipurpose Tire

       8 The Precision Blocking Stick

       9 The Heavy-Duty Striking Post

       10 The Grocery Bag

       11 The Small Hanging Bag

       12 The Choking Dummy

       Conclusion

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      I would first like to thank Elsie S. Young, Richard K. L. Young, Margarethe F. Young, Kathy Young, Pat Young, Dean Sensui, Owen Uyehara, Jason Yoshida, Walter Wong, Fred Degerberg, Jim Leone, Ruben Diaz, Mark Wiley, and Randall Roberts, who helped make this book a reality. Without their help, support, guidance, and inspiration, this book would never have been conceived or completed.

      There has also been a multitude