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Martial arts training apparatus and method
| Details |
Inventors: Lebowitz, Leizer;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
A training apparatus and method for training a martial arts student. A pair of simulated limbs are designed to strike blows against the student in a way that requires great skill on the part of the student to defend against the blows. The blows are directed at the student with considerable force, and from a variety of different angles, thus requiring great dexterity on the part of the student to defend against the blow. The limb members are supported in a way that allows them many degrees of movement. Specifically, the limb members are each connected for universal movement relative to a support. In addition, each of the limb members can pivot relative to the means that connects it for universal movement relative to the support. Still further, the support itself has several degrees of movement to provide additional ranges of movement for the limb members. A spring arrangement resiliently biases the limb members towards a neutral position relative to a student positioned in a striking area. The spring arrangement allows one limb member to recoil relative to the other limb member when a blow is delivered against the one limb member from the striking area. The spring arrangement is designed so that when the one limb member recoils, it applies a resilient follow-up force to the other limb member that causes the other limb member to strike a return blow at a student in the striking area. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT As discussed above, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for training a student in the martial arts.
The following description relates to the principles of the invention, as they are used in training a martial arts student in arm fighting techniques.
Thus, in the preferred embodiment the training apparatus provides a pair of limb members simulating the arms of an opponent.
However, with the principles of the invention in mind, it will be clear how the invention can be used in simulating various other types of limb movements.
FIGS.
7 and 8 schematically illustrate the manner in which a student can train in the martial arts according to the principles of this invention.
Initially, the student positions himself in a striking area in which he faces the apparatus of the invention.
In FIGS.
7 and 8 the striking area is designated 10.
When he is positioned in striking area, the student is facing two simulated arm members 12, 14.
The student can deliver a blow against one of the arm members (e.
g.
arm member 12), and that arm member will recoil relative to the other arm member 14, as illustrated schematically in FIG.
8.
Both arm members 12, 14 are mounted for floating, universal type movement, which means that the exact direction of recoil of the arm member 12 may vary, depending on the direction from which the student's blow is delivered.
After the arm member 12 recoils, the other arm member 14 delivers a return blow against the student positioned in the striking area 10.
The return blow can come from almost any angle, and depends partly on the direction from which the initial blow as struck.
For example, viewing FIGS.
7 and 8, if the initial blow is struck in the downward direction, the return blow is likely to be struck from above the student's shoulder, and in a downward direction.
That is typical of a fighting situation, because if a student delivers a downward blow against an opponent, it is likely that the student's body will move downward, and a return blow is probably going to be delivered from above the student's shoulder and downward against the student
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