Dear Friend:
Welcome to Martialarm,
My name is Mark Cooper. Being a Wing Chun Kung Fu student for many years and then suddenly finding myself isolated from any school and lacking time, I was desparate to find a solution. I didn't have the space to put a huge traditional wooden dummy in my tiny little apartment and I didn't want to sink about $1000 into it either. Being the handy kind of guy that I am, I designed as best I could this martial arts training device which I called "Martialarm".
I now had my own personal training partner that was flexible, interactive, could take my full force punches and kicks without getting hurt, was always there when I needed it, and never got tired. I no longer had to truck off to the gym for hours to train, so I was saving lots of gas money and I didn't have to try to plan my workout routine around the availability of my favorite sparring partner. The Martialarm became my ultimate training partner!
After my buddies saw my new home training partner, they wanted one too, so to fill the needs of so many, a website was born. The Martialarm has gone through some upgrades and changes over the years to make it even better than my original design. You will see here on my site lots of helpful information for the beginner and also the seasoned practioner.
If you take the time below to sign up for my free newsletter, you will also get access to free ebook downloads and a huge library collection of some really cool martial arts movies and videos that you can enjoy for free. This is just my way of saying thanks for stopping by my website.
The wooden dummy has been used for centuries as a solo training tool. In recent years, they've even been made available in different materials including plastics and other synthetics. But still they all have one thing in common:
The wooden dummy usually costs hundreds of dollars and it is well designed to improve your form; but really only after you have developed a decent structure from many years of kung fu training. A standard dummy cannot truely react to your attacks like a real partner would because it is not designed for attack and defense spring simulation but for form development.
The Wooden Dummy combined with bag work is ideal and is closer to a simulation training that the martialarm offers. But what we really want is the ability to experience opponent joint manipulation; to practise the striking of an opponents arms, body and head and gain a flow, rhythm or feedback that this training with a partner provides us.
A Wooden Dummy can be difficult to use and it can take years to learn how to use it effectively. It is usually taught only to the most experienced students in traditional Wing Chun as it is taught after the first three forms. The Martialarm on the other hand is designed for joint control, trapping hands and for full use of power strikes now, by any student of any martial art.
As martial artists, we all know this. Your martial arts instructor probably hammers the point home in class on a daily basis. Unfortunately, there are only so many classes in a week and this can limit your learning and progress.
You want to get better - fast. And you're willing put in your time with home training. But solo training can only take you so far because it lacks the interaction that only a partner can provide.
"This is the answer to the only problem I had in my martial arts training, 'How to effectively test a technique?' I can now experiment using full power which I could never do before with my normal training partner."
- L-Baxter
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"After training in the various martial arts systems for over 22 years and thinking I had seen it all I was extremely surprised to train with your martialarm product. It is truly excellent and proves once again simple ideas are the best."
- F-Barrasong
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"I just started to train in Karate and also Wing Chun. I wanted to train as much as possible but there are only two classes per week. Since I bought the martialarm I now train everynight! This is great for a beginner who wants to train alot!"
- J. Evans
