Portable MAKIWARA - a homemade how to video

[francispacheco]

Portable?

[MrNevped]

Fantastic idea , I shall Try this :) 

[IBETWITCH78]

I was wondering if you can make a step bye step instrucktion manual Of how to build. this. Im stupid and need someone to hold my hand. lol. Ok i have add and some things elude me. I meen take it apart then build it on camera. From my perspective it was already built. So i need step bye step

Please.. Konbanwa

[209UNKNOWN]

Wow, very nice. I don't really fully understand how to make such a thing but i did got the idea and image of how to. I was wondering how to make an indoor Makiwara for myself and this video was very helpful. :D Good job on the build.

[RenshinkanTama]

Awesome video, your boy been watching a little to much Crayon Shinchan?  Been wanting to build a Makiwari in the back yard. I like the idea of using tatami mats instead of rope. Seems like it is easier on the hands. Keep up the good work.

[div545]

Thanx a bunch for a hint... I' ll definitely make one for myself..! Cheers...

[emjrfan8]

You could make some cash for the blue prints. I am thankful for the ideas! *bow*

[Wildnight89]

Great set up! I added to my favorites and will be building one during holydays. Thanks a bunch!

[askaboutRudyV]

WOW, thanks man, for the good ideas. I live in Cali about an hour East of San Francisco, I live in an apartment, I am definitely going to make one of these makiwaras. I used one in a dojo before. I practice Uechi Ryu style Okinawan Karate, and some others as well, plus Marine Corps Martiail arts(its mixed).

[caseysan39]

@askaboutRudyV thx glad you got something out of it that was my hope in posting... well that with a side of any reason to show video of my little training partner ;-0 btw I'm from Cali too years back when living in an old upstairs apt in Fresno I built a similar one with just the small plywood base and screwed it right through the carpet down into the floor joist. That worked well too but my apt was over apt garages it may be kind of loud if there's a unit downstairs.

[skitsystem77]

Hi there! I'm very very impressed with your makiwara and having seen it I fully plan to build one like this for our dojo! I'm just wondering if you have a written guide to building it anywhere? Any help or recommendations would be very much appreciated. Thanks for your time. Good health and good training!

OSU!!! :)

[caseysan39]

@skitsystem77 good health and training back to you sorry for the loooooooong belated reply, regretfully no I don't have plans posted anywhere if there's a carpenter training at your dojo have him or her take a look, as an ex-carpenter myself I imagine this'll give them enough to build one. The dimensions aren't really set in stone my hope was to give a general idea of a design, my design, that resulted from trial and error here...

[tasosdiamantis]

what i used to do instead of a makiwara was : i would get a thin face towel and i wrapped it around a tree and i started hitting at it . Works really well ; try it. ;)

[caseysan39]

@tasosdiamantis I hear ya I've done and still do that myself from time to time, there's a tree near a little mountain Shinto shrine I run stairs to here--not sure what kind of tree? Only that it's big and the bark's not too hard so don't even need a towel :o)

[tasosdiamantis]

@caseysan39 i put a thin towel for two reasons 1st I don't want my hands to bleed because the tree is rough 2nd In case my hands bleed i don't want bugs and dirt and stuff in my hands. It doesn't change the hardness of the tree just the roughness. I remember once our sensei made us rub our hands into sharp pointed gravels (i'm not sure what's the word in english). My hands were bleeding and he shouted you all are caressing them harder and they were already bleeding lol.

[taluntain87]

awesome

[phoenixzion82]

Been looking for some guidance on how to make one of these to further my training. Thanks for the how to video! I know where to start now.

I live in an apartment and I don't have a yard, so this is perfect.

[caseysan39]

@phoenixzion82 just a belated thx for watching and glad you got something out of it

[TheGooberment]

"a homemade how to video"

i dont see any "how to" here

[caseysan39]

@TheGooberment belated thx for watching, i guess the amount of "how to" received is contingent on imagination...

[TheGooberment]

@caseysan39

i did make one.

[DAMAFIIRELAND]

gr8 design m8 and i love the way you train with the kid *Rei*

[caseysan39]

@DAMAFIIRELAND thx he's my favorite little training partner ;-)

[bigdud12345]

how many times do u strike it? and how many days a week? will this make my fist stronger?

[caseysan39]

i try to get it out at least once or twice a week (small Japanese house i take it apart and put it away when not in use) pretty much just listen to your body beginners won't be able to hit it more than a few times whereas advanced can pound away, knuckle push-ups work too for training the fist/wrists basically you damage the tissue a little (not too much stop if you open skin) then the tissue builds up stronger over time, kind of like getting a callous so yes it'll make fists stronger

[vassago47]

That is SO awesome, man. I do muay thai, so I'm looking for ways to impact train .....everything. You gave me lots of great ideas. Stay strong, dude.

[caseysan39]

just a belated thanks and same back to you...

[bazofia91]

Pretty good job im impressed.

[LucDelon]

What style of Karate do you practice? Great Video..

[caseysan39]

Thanks I got my shodan in Shotokan in California before moving to Japan back in 1998, since then have trained shotokan and a little in a couple other styles over the years here. Alas come to the birthplace of karate only to realize my favorite karate dojo is my old one in CA! irony eh. yourself?

[farorin]

Thats given me some great ideas as I am very itnerested in making my own makiwara. Thanks a bunch.

[caseysan39]

you're very welcome thanks for watching and the comment

[caseysan39]

Thanks, my motive in making/posting this on here (save a slight narcissistic reason to see me and my son online - ha) was to show how this plan I had in my head turned out and maybe be of service to other makiwara builders. Thus felt good to read your comment thanks again for watching.

[TroutDoc]

Thank you for sharing. Your son will be deadly once he retracts the draw-hand :)

[caseysan39]

Thanks & ya i can't wait till he turns 4 (the youngest they'll accept kids at the dad/kid karate class here). We both need to improve our form and the boy definitely needs to learn some principles of karate, you know stuff like Funakoshi's axiom "there is no first strike in karate" when playing with this little brother! sigh.. thanks again for watching

[TroutDoc]

Oss, perhaps your two boys can recite the dojo kun together. I have two sons - 9 and 7 years - whom I am eager to get into training but they have little interest in karate (at this time?). What style do you train in, Casey?

[caseysan39]

I hear ya my wife and I have said we won't push em if they don't want to train, but of course I hope they'll want to! I got my shodan in shotokan in CA but it's real different than the JKA dojo I've been to here. e.g. back home we spar on the round clock (no point stuff) go to the ground, joint locks, etc. The dojo near us here is actually shorenji kempo, I've never done it but good first impression from the sensei and seems like good structure so may give it a try. How about yourself?

[TroutDoc]

Casey, I received my shodan in shotokan by college, trained on and off through college and grad school, then strapped on a whitebelt at a new dojo in northwest Montana, and worked my way up again. A couple of years ago, I received my shodan again - tested by Shihan Y. Yaguchi, Shihan T. Okazaki, and a dozen others. Had a great time. You must self-train, sounds like the JKA dojo is further away then where you live.

[caseysan39]

shotokan way too good! I can relate to putting the white belt back on, the sensei at the JKA dojo here lets me wear my black belt but I keep the white belt for times I've gone to other dojos (other styles), it's good for that much needed humility. And yeah I pretty much self-train now as far as karate goes, thus making the makiwara - between work and chasing boys 1 and 3 i'm grateful to stay consistent with iaido and hopeful to get back to karate when the boys are older. ossu

[unikasty]

Good work, boy

[caseysan39]

ありがとう (arigatou - thanks :o)

[mdiem]

cool maki' I like your design

I'm thinking of making a portable that I can strap to a tree and remove easily when I'm done..

[caseysan39]

Thanks for the view and comment - would enjoy seeing a tree mounted makiwara, please send a head's up if by chance you get one made and any video of it posted on youtube. I was actually thinking about doing the same before deciding to go with this plan.

[johnlowrie]

Hi Casey - Great video. If you get the time to draw some plans it would be awesome. Too bad that makiwara training is becoming lost in many dojo. It's nice that you are promoting it's use. Of course I think that we all know who the "real" star is in your video - pretty cute.

[caseysan39]

Thanks for watching, that "star" and his little brother keep life so busy that "draw plans to makiwara" remains low on the to do list, but hopefully will get to it some time - heck maybe even soon since happy to find anything to do other than taxes! If/when I do will send a heads up to you and others who've asked, and I agree it's sad that the makiwara is foreign to many dojo. Oh well all the more reason to keep training with one I suppose - Thanks again.

[twokon]

thats a good video lol to the naked child...

what is it that u are actually hitting?

i can make one alot easier and probably cheaper unlesss u live in japan. the one i hit has about a 3 mil layer of cork and then another 3 mil of leather over the top it is basically a bit of wood cut so that it is 4 inches thick down the bottom and then shaven so that at the top it is only about 1-1 and a hlaf inches with the leather and cork on top

[caseysan39]

hi thanks for watch/commenting, the lower pad there is rice straw mat wrapped with rope and upper is 3/4" foam wrapped in tape. oh and yeah i'm in Japan and i'm sure you could make one easier though cheaper...? well it could be done but i got all the wood for free from a Japanese contractor/lumber yard owner friend, I paid for the tape and some screws and u bolts so I got about 600 yen ($6USD) in it tops. But yeah was design as i go making it, but still holding up well. thanks again

[thankful2one]

Casey-san,

That is excellent! Now you've messed me up. I was going to dig a hole in the backyard, now I'm reconsidering! Ingenius. And it is so cool that you put your little boy in the video. Lucky youg man.

All the best,

Budo Bacca Tom

[caseysan39]

Thanks Tom. as for the boy there's another baka fool term in Japanese - oya baka - lit. foolish parent, said of a parent like me who's turned into one of them "look at my kids" kinda guys. Oh well what'dya gonna do. They're allowed in the dojo here at 4 years old we're counting the days till the real training starts! thanks for watching and good luck with the makiwara

[toddyr14]

Im not much of a carpenter, so i have no interest in making it, but my lord that thing is handy, If that was in wal mart i would totally buy it. If you had full blueprints i would maybe be interested in making this, high school carpentry class is making us make whatever we want, so i intended on making a makiwara, i would appreciate it if you would draw out blue prints, till then i gotta wrap my knuckles and put more hole sin my wall :(

Great video, son is cute keep training!

[caseysan39]

Thanks for the view/comment. You know another guy asked for plans and I got started on trying to draw em up then spaced it so... such is life with a 3 yr old and 10 mo old kids, the little monsters are time consuming!! but way too much fun no complaints. Anyway be easy on your walls if or when I ever get back to getting plans on paper I'll post it on my website and send you a heads up. thanks again for watching.

[pleasehelpme1020]

thats pretty sweet. living in japan's gotta be a real adventure! i take it u speak the language? I'd love to do something like that, maybe to south korea, since my art hails from there. But i dont know if i'd have the guts...lol its quite a transition!

[caseysan39]

thanks it's yet to fall apart! And it was hard when I first moved here, I just knew karate dojo words back then and moved to a small foreigner-less town so was quite a shock, but that was great motivation to learn the language. Still need to study kanji more though, I'm about as literate as a elem school kid at best! I'm all for living abroad though, even if just for a while. I never imagined I'd live here so long but either way think it's a positive experience.

[Bladed0edge0razor]

how is this suppose to make your knuckles less prone to injury when you strike someone?

[twokon]

it builds up strength in ur hand and forearm which allows u to train harder without getting injury or torn skin which results in harder punches

[caseysan39]

just the basic principle of conditioning, e.g. an old carpenter can pound nails all day long without a single blister, yet a newbie swings a hammer for a few hours and is no longer be able to hold it cause of the blisters and pain. or same reason why people in the 3rd world who go barefoot can walk across heat and jagged objects like you and I wouldn't dare to. same deal here, tissue builds up and strengthens to adjust to the added stress. that and the added strength and such as twokon wrote.

[Bladed0edge0razor]

Thank you for your infomation. Now I understand. And also id like to say that the vid is exellent and the makiwara is exellent!

and do you live in japan?

[caseysan39]

Hi yeah I'm in Japan, thanks for watching and the question/comments :0)

[onemanandhismak]

Thats cool!

[caseysan39]

Thanks for watching and commenting, so far so good it's still holding together...

[intlDrx7]

sweet, just by looking at the video I have a great idea of creating the base for my makiwara project. Appreciate your video

[caseysan39]

Way too good thanks for watching and commenting, glad to hear this was helpful in some way - good luck on your makiwara

[WangMurasaki]

Thats a great makiwara you have there. Fantastic job! 5 stars.

[caseysan39]

Thanks for watching and the always happily received favorable comment

[Frankedk]

The makiwara is very good, but you should beware of not to lift your shoulder, when punching ;o)

[caseysan39]

Thanks and yeah I saw that too, my gyakuzuki is far from perfect but in my defense (as noted "Disclaimer..." at 2:14) I didn't wanna punch the lil samurai in front of me. Thus the funky form there.

[mighty58]

Lol, to distract your opponent just drop your shorts! That's great. Is there somewhere online I could find the prints to building this?

[caseysan39]

Yeah the boy's not even in a dojo yet but already developed his own feint technique. I don't have plans for it posted anywhere, but given time I'll try to post a rough drawing w/ dimensions online. I'll let you know if/when I do; will link to it from the "budo" page on my website (address is on my profile) I pretty much just used ones for sale online as a rough guide for demensions. This one's definitely a budget model but still serving its purpose quite well.