Makiwara
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This afternoon, my good buddy
For those of you that don’t know, a makiwara is a punching board, used for cultivating connection, strength, and conditioning the hands. You need a post, which is sometimes cut to a taper (mine isn’t) and some rope. Wrap rope around post, punch until perfection is attained.
To give you any idea how unpleasant the rope is, I drew blood just attempting to wrap it tightly. I did 10 light punches with my left hand to test it, and my skin stayed on but was very roughed up. My right hand is out of commission due to some battle damage earned while doing a breaking demonstration at work a few weeks ago. I did one punch with my right hand and got sharp, brilliant pain that danced up my forearm so I decided to be done with that.
It’s going to be a fun summer breaking this thing in!!
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