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drippingwet · 01-09-2005, 10:20 PM

As part of my all new training programme, I'm thinking about lunging pads. Are they worth it. What are the drills that you use them for?

O_O #2 · 01-09-2005, 10:38 PM

ewwww! lunging pads? thats sick. We dont have to hear about what kind of pad you use! Go to some female only forum or something to talk about that kind of stuff.

raymac · 01-09-2005, 11:37 PM

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youre an idiot.

drippingwet · 01-09-2005, 11:39 PM

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Originally Posted by raymac

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youre an idiot.

Who are you talking about?

akaiyuki · 01-09-2005, 11:54 PM

Whenever you see O_O or O_O #2, just ignore his/her post. -__-
O_O got banned, you can guess why.

mrbiggs · 01-09-2005, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by O_O #2

ewwww! lunging pads? thats sick. We dont have to hear about what kind of pad you use! Go to some female only forum or something to talk about that kind of stuff.

Did you notice how no one here thinks you're funny? I'm sure there are many out there who do on the world wide web. It's just.....not here. Why do you keep posting to an unappreciative audience? I'm serious when I say that I'm sure that many people on the internet elsewhere find you funny. Search them out. Leave us alone.

KShan5[PrFC] · 01-10-2005, 12:32 AM

Best way to deal with a dick....err troll, is to act as if there is no troll.

telkanuru · 01-10-2005, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by KShan5[PrFC]

Best way to deal with a dick....err troll, is to act as if there is no troll.

Nice to see you following your own advice

drippingwet · 01-10-2005, 02:05 AM

Erm, the very fact that this thread has been dominated by talk of trolls shows that ignoring may not be a favourite strategy. Maybe we can get back to the original question so I can know whether to order a lunging pad from Leon Paul this morning.

Hurriranger · 01-10-2005, 02:26 AM

i feel like a bit of a fool but what's a lunging pad?

drippingwet · 01-10-2005, 02:29 AM

It's a pad that goes on the wall so you can target practice or something. Not sure the full use/s.

Larrison · 01-10-2005, 03:42 AM

Hmm.. I made one. Plywood, faced with some closed cell foam cut from an old camping pad. Oval for a head (dimensions traced from an old fencing mask), trapezoidal shoulders tapering to waist (dimensions estimated by tracing approximately that of an old fencing jacket front laid against the plywood), and cut with a jig saw. Attached it to the inside of my garage door with dry wall screws.

drippingwet · 01-10-2005, 03:56 AM

Actually, there's a section on it in my Wojciechowski book. But any input is still appreciated.

The Armourer · 01-10-2005, 04:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Larrison

Hmm.. I made one. Plywood, faced with some closed cell foam cut from an old camping pad. Oval for a head (dimensions traced from an old fencing mask), trapezoidal shoulders tapering to waist (dimensions estimated by tracing approximately that of an old fencing jacket front laid against the plywood), and cut with a jig saw. Attached it to the inside of my garage door with dry wall screws.

Think this is the sensible option - I do not know anyone who has actually bought a lunging pad all the ones I have seen have been similarly home-made. I do remember our old coach made some similar training aids, my favourite was an old tennis ball attached to some elastic long enough to attach the end at say ceiling height. The tennis ball is like a wrist (this was for epee obviously) and the idea was to repeatedly hit the ball with the point whilst moving your body as if in an actual bout.

(Oh - on the other subject I am surprised you all havent got O_O on your ignore list. I have no idea what crap hes saying these days. Any news when #2 is being banned?)

Alain · 01-10-2005, 05:27 AM

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Originally Posted by drippingwet

As part of my all new training programme, I'm thinking about lunging pads. Are they worth it. What are the drills that you use them for?

Hey,

I don't use one myself, but getting one won't do you any harm. They can be useful for doing footwork/pointwork exercises on your own, and allow you to focus on technique.

Examples of exercises you can do: Arm first, hit... then with a step... then with a lunge... then with a step-lunge, etc. Practise doing movements such as parries, feints, beats, prises de fer, etc. Keep it simple!

Best of luck

Hurriranger · 01-10-2005, 06:24 AM

ohhh right, we have a really old one at my school, everyone prefers the little tennis ball on a stick.

JackSparrow · 01-10-2005, 08:51 AM

I've graduated to using a squash ball. It requires much better point control.

oiuyt · 01-10-2005, 02:16 PM

Whereas I started with using a golf ball....

-B :)

akaiyuki · 01-10-2005, 03:04 PM

I used a ping pong ball before.
Only because the next smallest ball I had was a basketball

ThatReallyHurt · 01-10-2005, 06:41 PM

I made one out of a 6'x2' piece of plywood. I put some carpet on it, and made three cardboard squares of different sizes that velcro to various spots on the carpet. That way, I can try to hit different sizes/placements of target area when practicing. It's helped me a lot with point control.

The tennis ball is still pretty frustrating, but... one day at a time...