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Hey buddies-
Over the last year or so, I've been introduced to countless youtube videos that contained a wealth of great BJJ information. I've noticed that although I got the basic idea in mind, applying these new-found techniques in live rolling situation was a lot more difficult than most of the videos made seem... The biggest problem was, although I was able to grasp the concept of many instructionals, I had to constantly think while rolling how I was going to get to certain moves. Muscle memory is highly underrated imo, lol...
Also- a lot of the techniques learned in class would slip out of my mind within a month or so, so I figured if I could get a little more practice time at home, I would be ahead of the game by at least a little...
This is when I decided getting a grappling dummy would be a good idea. I also figured I could practice ankle locks on it without worrying about injuring a partner... I've searched far and wide over the internet, but most decent quality dummies were at least $300, which is def. the kind of money that I wasn't planning on spending. I actually learned about building one from scratch from this site, and decided to give it a go.
I'm not the most gifted builder, but creating this was easier than I thought.
So...
I present to you, my grappling dummy progress:
1. This is the basic materials I've gathered to build this dummy:
*pool noodles*
*mop head*
*tons of duct tape*
*thick cables purchased at Lowe's- 5 ft, 5.5 ft, and 8 ft*
*2 pillows (not shown in pic)
*a few towels (not shown)
2. To create the head, I started by cutting a piece of pool noodle and fitting it inside a mop head. Then I duct taped it, wrapped it with a towel, and duct taped it some more:
3. Next I took the 5 ft cable, bent it in half to create the spine, and inserted it in the head opening, and secured it with... yes, duct tape:
4. Upon doing so, I took the 8 ft cable and attached it to the lower end of the spine, wrapping it with many layers of tape, and fit the pool noodles over the cable:
Over the last year or so, I've been introduced to countless youtube videos that contained a wealth of great BJJ information. I've noticed that although I got the basic idea in mind, applying these new-found techniques in live rolling situation was a lot more difficult than most of the videos made seem... The biggest problem was, although I was able to grasp the concept of many instructionals, I had to constantly think while rolling how I was going to get to certain moves. Muscle memory is highly underrated imo, lol...
Also- a lot of the techniques learned in class would slip out of my mind within a month or so, so I figured if I could get a little more practice time at home, I would be ahead of the game by at least a little...
This is when I decided getting a grappling dummy would be a good idea. I also figured I could practice ankle locks on it without worrying about injuring a partner... I've searched far and wide over the internet, but most decent quality dummies were at least $300, which is def. the kind of money that I wasn't planning on spending. I actually learned about building one from scratch from this site, and decided to give it a go.
I'm not the most gifted builder, but creating this was easier than I thought.
So...
I present to you, my grappling dummy progress:
1. This is the basic materials I've gathered to build this dummy:
*pool noodles*
*mop head*
*tons of duct tape*
*thick cables purchased at Lowe's- 5 ft, 5.5 ft, and 8 ft*
*2 pillows (not shown in pic)
*a few towels (not shown)
2. To create the head, I started by cutting a piece of pool noodle and fitting it inside a mop head. Then I duct taped it, wrapped it with a towel, and duct taped it some more:
3. Next I took the 5 ft cable, bent it in half to create the spine, and inserted it in the head opening, and secured it with... yes, duct tape:
4. Upon doing so, I took the 8 ft cable and attached it to the lower end of the spine, wrapping it with many layers of tape, and fit the pool noodles over the cable:
