Thank's a lot, I just set up two of them in my back yard, one for me, and a shorter one for my little brother. He's always been wanting to train with me and he was pretty excited when I told him I made him his own Makiwara. Now comes the tough part! Haha
I tried the design yesterday and unfortunately after about 100 or so punches I already broke the welds off on the spike on that type of 4x4 anchor. I would highly suggest a concrete anchor instead. FYI I used the 32" anchor (longest they make at Home Depot). What I did with the lumber I had was mount it to one of my solid fence posts in the yard. Working better so far.
+Eric Asistin Clearly you punch harder than I do. :-) Granted, this design will never be the sturdiest option out there, but given a "no-concrete" requirement it's the best I could come up with. If I had a fence with posts, yeah, that would probably have been a good option too.
+K Goodman Concrete will surely be sturdier, but - for me anyway - I know I'll have to break it out of the ground one of these days, so I wanted something less permanent.
Cool! I'll check out the method for concreting as it will be a permanent fixture and see which method is more feasible for me to complete successfully.
Thank you for the design. I'm wondering about the longevity of the post anchor after a couple months of training. Have you found it needs to be re-set, or has it maintained it's integrity?
+Jason Parrish That's going to depend on a lot of factors. The more flexible your wood, shorter your boards, and clay-like your soil, the better it will stay -- and the opposite is also true. Tall, stiff boards and "farming" soil will make it come loose quicker - as will freeze/thaw weather. I live in the middle of Illinois so it held up until I took it down (I built one inside -- maybe I'll do a video on that too).
Thank's a lot, I just set up two of them in my back yard, one for me, and a shorter one for my little brother. He's always been wanting to train with me and he was pretty excited when I told him I made him his own Makiwara. Now comes the tough part! Haha
excellent video, thank you!
I anticipated that this would be a "first run", so I just used cheap scrap pine. When I rebuild it I'll probably use ash.
Hi there..great idea that I really want duplicate. What type of lumber did you use for the strike board? Is it oak, ash, pine, etc? Thanks!
THANK YOU SO MUCH.I finally can do something to strengthen my fists on my downtime.
I tried the design yesterday and unfortunately after about 100 or so punches I already broke the welds off on the spike on that type of 4x4 anchor. I would highly suggest a concrete anchor instead. FYI I used the 32" anchor (longest they make at Home Depot). What I did with the lumber I had was mount it to one of my solid fence posts in the yard. Working better so far.
+Eric Asistin Clearly you punch harder than I do. :-) Granted, this design will never be the sturdiest option out there, but given a "no-concrete" requirement it's the best I could come up with. If I had a fence with posts, yeah, that would probably have been a good option too.
Excellent Ed - really good video1
Great video and many thanks for your insight. I was considering a concrete build but then your video popped up first! osu!!
+K Goodman Concrete will surely be sturdier, but - for me anyway - I know I'll have to break it out of the ground one of these days, so I wanted something less permanent.
Cool! I'll check out the method for concreting as it will be a permanent fixture and see which method is more feasible for me to complete successfully.
Great video, thanks!
Nicely done. Thanks.
Thank you for the design. I'm wondering about the longevity of the post anchor after a couple months of training. Have you found it needs to be re-set, or has it maintained it's integrity?
+Jason Parrish That's going to depend on a lot of factors. The more flexible your wood, shorter your boards, and clay-like your soil, the better it will stay -- and the opposite is also true. Tall, stiff boards and "farming" soil will make it come loose quicker - as will freeze/thaw weather. I live in the middle of Illinois so it held up until I took it down (I built one inside -- maybe I'll do a video on that too).
Thanks for the video. Nice job.
thank you that was helpful
I use natural fibers, common rope made of sisal. Pretty cheap here.
Awesome, thank you sir.
Thanks, great video.