Having limited time for training, I've been contemplating the idea of making
a grappling dummy. Buying a pre-made dummy was out of the question due to
price of $500 and up. I found a great article online at http://www.geocities.com/fightraining/grappled2.html
which showed how to make your own. I thought I'd try my hand at it.
 My
trusty assistant and I start off the day with some breakfast, then head
down to Ace Hardware for supplies. Although I was able to find
almost everything at one store, I was not able to find foam for the
dummy's body. Uh Oh, I guess that means a trip to
Home Depot. The Home Depot shopping experience always trips me
out. The store is HUGE, and I am never able to find anything in it's
vast, never ending aisles of material. Today was no exception.
I wandered the giant warehouse in search of foam, or a sales assistant to
help. After about 20 minutes of being lost somewhere in the
carpet section (I get side tracked easily), I found a sales employee
to help me! They didn't have any foam that he knew of,
and politely told me to piss off while he restocked the
shelves. Anyways, I found the foam at another store in
town. |
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| Materials: Heavy gauge wire, foam (like the stuff
to insulate pipes), old t-shirts and rags, duct tape (lots of
it! I used 6 big rolls) |
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| I started off by doubling up the wire and bending it into
the shape of the legs, arms, and torso. I then added the pvc foam, tapped it tightly onto the wire. Basically I just tapped the shit out of the
grappling dummy to give him his form. |
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| For his head, I took a 12" stick and wrapped the top
with clothes... then proceeded to wrap with duct tape. I then taped
the stick to frame body. |
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| My helper doing some measuring for me. |
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| Before and after "Butt Implants" |
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| After I was finished, I decided to clean out my garage so I
could train! |
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| Afterthoughts: I wish I would have used
either thicker wire, or tripled up the wire I was using. I also need to
somehow add more weight to the dummy. Maybe I'll try to figure
those problems out when I make Pedro's hermano (brother) Jaun the
Grappling Dummy!
Comments? Email Me
(Rodd Snyder) |
