Makiwara -Karate Training Tool-

Makiwara is the most representative Okinawan karate training tool.

This movie is the one of karate DVD which title is "OKINAWA KARATE Indomitable Shorin ryu Shubukan Uema Dojo".
*Disc1 (35min)
History of Okinawan Karate
*Disc2 (105min)
Shorin-ryu katas and applications, for beginners
kobujutsu
Basic movements
Stances
Strikes
Blocks
Kicks
Tanren training

You can get the Okinawa Karate Sorin-ryu DVD at the web site!
http://www.shubukan.org/shop01.html

More Karate videos in English here;
http://www.okinawabbtv.com/international/

Karate videos in Japanese here;
http://www.okinawabbtv.com/culture/karate/

Please enjoy Okinawan karate!!
http://www.okinawabbtv.com/

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• karate
• okinawa
• shorin-ryu
• 空手
• 沖縄
• 小林流
• DVD

[VoxVishin]

@jobbew ahahahaa :P I'v been doing 6 to 7 martial arts at a time since I was eight. :D

[jobbew]

@VoxVishin Sound like a good beginners level :-) - (just tickling your ego :-))

[jobbew]

@DaBhaalspawn Static makiwara are indeed very tough on your body. I'm not saying there are no benefits to that kind of training, but for myself, I indeed try to stay away from them for exact the reasons you mention, too. A flexible board plank makiwara works a lot better for me.

[jobbew]

@slingman6 Only if you do it with a certain harshness towards yourself. If your blows are hard, but in balance, it actually is a delightfull training, in my experience.

[VoxVishin]

@jobbew I know I took isshin ryu for about 6 years.

[jobbew]

@VoxVishin However, injury is the best cure there is for a big ego ! :-)

[jobbew]

@VoxVishin Next to hard punching, also try to keep it fluid and wholosome. On youtube you can find lots of videos of people who seem to think that makiwara is only about hitting hard...but that's only 10% of the training! Makiwara training is also about hitting healthy. If one starts to hard when one is not ready for it, the 'beng' may impress your girlfriend, but you Qi cannot flow and you actually train bad technique that can result in injury. Jobbe

[jobbew]

@VoxVishin @samminutes Yes but be carefull: in brick walls you will sometimes dislocate a part of the wall because of the repetitive tremors of the makiwara. Concrete, or some wood walls are okay, but for serious makiwara training in combination with brick walls its better to somehow fix the plank into the floor,

Jobbe

[samminutes]

@VoxVishin You have 2 options. First Makiwara type (into the earth). Buy a long wooden plank (about 2m50) and just bury it.

The second solution is to fix the makiwara like the second photo. Buy a long wooden plank ( just for your size, about 1m20 ?) and a second which is smaller and thicker (about 10cm). Fixe the smaller piece to the wall at 2cm of the floor, screw the long wooden plank to the little part and you have a good makiwara !

[VoxVishin]

@samminutes esplain i tryed to build one so many times. Remember gotta be sturdy so it wont brake. I hit pretty hard already.. haha