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4.0 out of 5 stars
Great idea, good book, April 5, 2002
This review is from: Martial Arts Home Training: The Complete Guide to the Construction and Use of Home Training Equipment (Paperback)
This book does offer some insight to training equipment that can be built/used at home. The first 22 pages are spent convincing you of the need to train; this seems out of place for this book. The next 10 pages discuss using a towel, a fairly common technique, I thought. 20 pages are spent on "blocking sticks", this should not be new to anyone who has trained with a competent instructor. These pages were not very helpful and could have been put to better use in my opinion. BUT - this book shines in the chapters that cover "Heavy Duty Striking Post", "Choking Dummy" and "Small Hanging Bag" construction and use. The directions are clear, the techniques simple, and the materials readily available and cheap! This is what makes this book worth the price. If you are disciplined enough to work out at home this book will fill a need.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Nice info but hardly "Complete", November 8, 2005
This review is from: Martial Arts Home Training: The Complete Guide to the Construction and Use of Home Training Equipment (Paperback)
"The Complete Guide to the Construction and Use of Home Training Equipment"
I preface my comments by stating that I was expecting a more formal guide to constructing equipment, similar to what is available in the weight training area.
I agree with everything that reviewer P. Edwards states; however, I would add that, from such a book, I was expecting more breadth of coverage on different training apparatus. Mr. Young showed only 7 items of training equipment (or 10, as he showed three completely different uses for one). Although I found the heavy duty striking post interesting, I would have appreciated some additional alternatives, such as more traditional makiwara designs or wing chun dummies. The internet is a better resource for construction ideas.
Although most of the materials are easy to come by, I would have also appreciated some guidance on where to find some of the materials for the only "complicated" piece of equipment, the heavy duty striking post. Duct tape I can handle but it's not like I can run down to Lowe's for a 6ft section of telephone pole.
Overall, an interesting read but disappointing.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Essential Book on Home Training!, July 1, 2001
This review is from: Martial Arts Home Training: The Complete Guide to the Construction and Use of Home Training Equipment (Paperback)
Mike Young has certainly put together a valuable reference book for martial artists of any style, beginner to advanced practitioner. To his credit, Mike stays away from system-specific dogma and does not tell the reader that they must train a certain way with a certain piece of equipment. In fact, he does the opposite: he explains the dynamics of each piece of training equipment, offers some ideas on how to train with them, then inspires the reader to develop a program that will fit their own specific development needs. .... Martial Arts Home Training is a book that all martial artists should have in their home or gym bag, and refer to it for ideas and inspiration throughout the years. Blindly following a teacher will get you only so far; you must develop and experience "the feel" of the arts within you, and this book shows you how!
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