MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING DEVICE
A martial arts training device includes a target for attachment to a punching bag. The target is a hollow shell containing a filler material. The shell is fixed to a strap that includes a mechanism for securing the strap around a punching bag.
The present invention relates to a martial arts training device that is a target accessory for attachment to a heavy punching bag used in practicing mixed martial arts.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONMixed martial arts (MMA) is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian Jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. A common practice has been to practice self defense techniques with a training partner, using either no body contact at all or some degree of contact, but with a range of padding accessories worn by both partners in order to protect both partners against injury. A person involved in MMA may not always have a willing and capable partner available when the person wants to practice. Further, it may be preferable to teach and practice many MMA skills without using a human opponent.
A device that can be used in the teaching and practice of MMA is commonly referred to as a heavy punching bag. Punching bags have been used in martial arts for the entire written history of military training. The design of a punching bag allows it to take repeated and constant physical abuse without breaking. The punching bag must also absorb the impact of blows, without causing harm to the user. There are different types of punching bags, with different names based on their size, use and mounting method. Almost all punching bags are covered with leather or synthetic materials such as vinyl, or even canvas that resist abrasion. A heavy bag is a large cylindrical bag, usually suspended by chains or ropes for practicing powerful body punches and kicks. Heavy bags may be mounted on a weighted pedestal rather than being hung from above, and these heavy bags are referred to as pedestal bags or tower bags. A shortcoming of a heavy punching bag is that there is no target emulating the head of an opponent at which a user can aim punches and kicks. If a target were to be merely painted on the heavy punching bag it would not emulate the experience of contacting the head of an actual opponent. Furthermore a target painted on a heavy punching bag would not be easily adapted to the height of a particular opponent, such a feature would require changing the position of the entire heavy punching bag, which would be time and energy consuming if it could be conveniently done.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThere is provided in accordance with the present invention a martial arts training device including a target for attachment to a punching bag, the target comprising a hollow shell containing a filler material, the shell being fixed to a strap that includes a means for securing the strap around a punching bag.
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It will be seen that the advantages set forth above, and those made apparent from the foregoing description, are efficiently attained and since certain changes may be made in the above construction without departing from the scope of the invention, it is intended that all matters contained in the foregoing description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall there between.
Claims
1. A martial arts training device comprising a target for attachment to a punching bag, the target comprising a hollow shell containing a filler material, the shell being fixed to a strap that includes a means for securing the strap around a punching bag.
2. The martial arts training device of claim 1 wherein the hollow shell has a first exterior surface that is fixed to the strap and an opposing second exterior surface that emulates the size and shapes of the facial features of a human.
3. The martial arts training device of claim 1 wherein the hollow shell comprises a polymeric material.
4. The martial arts training device of claim 2 wherein the hollow shell comprises a polymeric material.
5. The martial arts training device of claim 1 wherein the filler material located inside the hollow shell comprises sand.
6. The martial arts training device of claim 3 wherein the filler material located inside the hollow shell comprises sand.
7. The martial arts training device of claim 4 wherein the filler material located inside the hollow shell comprises sand.
8. The martial arts training device of claim 1 wherein an interior of the hollow shell has a volume and the filler material located inside the hollow shell does not fill the entire volume of the interior of the hollow shell.
9. The martial arts training device of claim 5 wherein an interior of the hollow shell has a volume and the sand does not fill the entire volume of the interior of the hollow shell.
10. The martial arts training device of claim 6 wherein an interior of the hollow shell has a volume and the sand does not fill the entire volume of the interior of the hollow shell.
11. The martial arts training device of claim 7 wherein an interior of the hollow shell has a volume and the sand does not fill the entire volume of the interior of the hollow shell.
12. The martial arts training device of claim 8 wherein the filler material occupies only about ninety percent of the volume of the interior of the hollow shell.
13. The martial arts training device of claim 11 wherein the sand occupies only about ninety percent of the volume of the interior of the hollow shell.
14. The martial arts training device of claim 1 assembled with a heavy punching bag wherein the strap extends around to punching bag and secures the target to the heavy punching bag by forming the strap into a closed loop that cinches the target to the heavy punching bag.
14. The martial arts training device of claim 2 assembled with a heavy punching bag wherein the strap extends around to punching bag and secures the target to the heavy punching bag by forming the strap into a closed loop that cinches the target to the heavy punching bag with the second exterior surface that emulates the size and shapes of the facial features of a human disposed distal from the heavy punching bag.
15. A martial arts training device comprising a target for attachment to a punching bag, the target comprising a hollow polymeric shell containing a filler material, the hollow shell has a first exterior surface that is fixed to a strap that includes a means for securing the strap around a punching bag, the first surface of the hollow polymeric shell provided with strap guides providing passages for receiving the strap, and the hollow shell having an opposing second surface that emulates the size and shapes of the facial features of a human
16. The martial arts training device of claim 15 wherein an interior of the hollow shell has a volume and the filler material located inside the hollow shell does not fill the entire volume of the interior of the hollow shell.
17. The martial arts training device of claim 16 wherein the filler material occupies only about ninety percent of the volume of the interior of the hollow shell.
18. The martial arts training device of claim 17 wherein the filler material located inside the hollow shell comprises sand.
19. The martial arts training device of claim 15 assembled with a heavy punching bag wherein the strap extends around the heavy punching bag and secures the target to the heavy punching bag by forming the strap into a closed loop that cinches the target to the heavy punching bag with the second exterior surface that emulates the size and shapes of the facial features of a human disposed distal from the heavy punching bag.
20. The martial arts training device of claim 18 assembled with a heavy punching bag wherein the strap extends around the heavy punching bag and secures the target to the heavy punching bag by forming the strap into a closed loop that cinches the target to the heavy punching bag with the second exterior surface that emulates the size and shapes of the facial features of a human disposed distal from the heavy punching bag.
Type: Application
Filed: Sep 16, 2012
Publication Date: Mar 20, 2014
Inventor: TOMMY JUBEI KNIGHT (Tampa, FL)
Application Number: 13/621,250