Having problems with finding a sparring partner? Or you wake up in the middle of the night and decided to train but your class is not scheduled until tomorrow? These may only be some of the problems you have with regards to advance your training in martial arts. In reality, there may be more. The solution for that is to work with a wooden dummy, or better yet own one.
A wooden dummy has a cylindrical body with arms and a leg. Sometimes it is called a Muk Yan Jong or Mook Jong which means "wooden man post" and it is usually used in Wing Chun Kung Fu. However, its usage is not limited to this type. Another style that uses this training equipment often is Jeet Kune Do. Other forms differ depending on the style of martial arts that a practioner studies.
There are a lot of advantages in developing your skills with the use of this equipment. Generally, it aims to improve your power, skill and precision. In fighting, it is important to develop these so that by the end of the fight, you're the one standing while your opponent is lying on the floor. That would feel great, wouldn't it?
If you have a mook jong to use at home, one recognizable benefit is that you can use it anytime you want. Whether you want to train in the middle of the night or during the wee hours of the morning, the dummy is available. No need to set an appointment and check if your training partner is available or not. It is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
In addition, you could practice with this specialized martial arts equipment with the use of martial arts training videos. There is a vast availability of training videos on the web or in the market. You could do this without the help of a training master. Not only you can save money from classes, you would not need to worry about what time you need to train during the day.
Using a wooden dummy can also help you develop your striking power. In practicing, it is not enough to deliver your strikes into thin air because you cannot estimate if your strength is good enough or not. Punching a wooden object could help you strengthen not only your hitting force but also your skin and muscles as well. In an actual training, you won't be able to punch or kick as hard with a sparring partner.
Another advantage of its usage includes your opportunity to master the techniques in guarding and opposing an attack, kicks, balance and footwork. The proper positioning of your arms and legs, including your posture can also be practiced. Since it is available to use any time of the day, you can train as long as you want. The more you practice, the faster you can develop your skills.
A wooden dummy might not be able to fight you back during your training yet it is still very helpful so that you can polish your skills. Repetition is a good way to get better at something and as the old adage goes, "Practice makes perfect". By the end of your training, you will be able to appreciate the fruits of your labor and commend a part of this to the wooden dummy who served as your training buddy.
Here you will find information about the Wooden Dummy Muk Yang Jongs or "Wooden Men" as they are often called. Also Wooden Dummy variations and other different training devices all with the same purpose of improving your martial arts training.
Wooden Dummy training and conditioning devices for Wing Chun Kung Fu, Jeet Kune Do and other Martial Arts and we are now setting a new standard with our unique and exclusive Martialarm Wooden Dummy alternative for the training of trapping and controling of your opponents arms.
The Muk Yang Jong is a traditional Chinese Kung Fu training device that provides today's martial artist with a convenient practice partner. The Wooden Dummy shows correct execution of techniques, proper positioning relative to an opponent, circling footwork, kicking, arm and leg conditioning, sensitivity development to weight resistance, sticking, and other important principles.
Most fighting techniques in Wing Chun are developed from the techniques in the Wooden Dummy Training Forms. Formal sets of wooden dummy techniques are taught by most Wing Chun Kung Fu schools after the student has become familiar with these. He is free to improvise and training in correction of form but also conditioning and attacks and defense.
Wooden Dummy and Martialarm training allows the Kung Fu practitioner a way to correctly train the body in performing techniques and the amount of power that one uses at certain times of a technique. Because the timing of delivering these techniques and strikes can be drilled repeatedly over and over on the wooden dummy or martialarm skill is perfected. Speed is developed because you can drill a series of movements over and over, creating the muscle memories needed to perform techniques automatically. Accuracy is refined because the practitioner learns how to correctly position his/her body in relation to the dummy so that both arms can be used simultaneously. Footwork and mobility are enhanced, as the practitioner is forced to move from one side of the dummy to the other, moving in and out as well as laterally. View this in our martialarm martial arts free online movie demonstrations!
The design of the wooden dummy is such that nearly all the Wing Chun techniques can be drilled on it. Due to the fixed nature of the dummy the individual practitioner's movements become quite exacting and precise and although working with a "static" partner, the Wing Chun practitioner learns how to combine footwork patterns smoothly with arm movements that deflect and attack, developing skills that are mandatory for successful free sparring. This is also true with working with the martialarm training dummy but this training does add the element of motion from the moving limb of the martialarm which you must learn how to control.
The wooden dummy is also used as a conditioning device to supplement the sand bag for training short range punches, palms, chops and kicks. Its advantage in using the sand bag is that all the deflecting movements can be practiced on it. The wooden dummy reinforces the correct stance, correct arm angle, correct stepping and the correct power generation.
The martialarm is a martial arts home training partner. You simply hang it up and practice your martial arts techniques on it within your own home. You can train at your own pace and so practice your martial art at whatever time you wish. It gives the new student the opportunity to increase his training hours and get experience. It also gives the expert an easy partner for maintaining his martial edge and the needed repetition and practice to perfect his skills.
There are many variations of the standard Wooden Dummy and the most popular is the classic Wing Chun dummy, which is essential in the study of the art of Wing Chun. A second type is the modified wing chun dummy, which is a dummy with a head and neck. Another variation is of Bruce Lee's design for his own personal jeet kune do wooden dummy, called the JKD Dummy, which, when combined with the Wing Chun option, gives a practioner the best of both Wing Chun and Jeet Kune Do wooden dummy techniques. Another is the Martialarm Training Partner for trapping and opponent control, each have there own uses.
There is also the Sui Sau Jong the Choy Lee Fut dummy. It has a swinging arm at the front of the dummy, as well as a helicopter-like arm at the top. The arms move in a way that requires quick reactions from the student, alternating between striking and blocking as the dummy counter attacks and the arms are coordinated so that striking the swinging arm causes the rotation of the helicopter arm, which is located at head height so the student must avoid or block this arm or receive a blow to the head. The emphasis is on training speed and lightning reactions to your opponents counterstrikes. As you strike the dummy harder and faster so too will the dummy counterattack harder and faster. A formidable opponent, the mastery of the sui sau jong requires not only speed and accuracy, but also a high level of concentration and awareness, as any break in concentration usually results in a painful blow from the dummies arm.
Accuracy in measurements is of vital importance and if the measurements are inaccurate, the Wing Chun practitioner will develop wrong postures, which logically results in deminished effectivity and lessen the training effectiveness.
Martial Arts styles like; wing chun, jeet kune do, kung fu, karate, in fact all combat systems can benefit from the Kung Fu wooden dummy. Our unique wooden dummy alternative is the ideal martial arts training device. The Martialarm Kung fu training dummy and Wing Chun Kung Fu Wooden Dummy offers the best training for the 21st century.
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