Bags

[Yatish Parmar]

I don't have the facilities for a hanging bag.

Hence I was thinking of getting one of the floor standing variety. Should I go for a Bob or a more traditional thing?

Opinions please.





Yatish

"Boiled Egg and Cheese?"

[Hephaestus]

I'm in a similar spot. Personally I'm thinking that a more simplistic standing bag would be better, the lower the base, the better (but without it having a six foot diameter!), so long as it is weighed down sufficiently, so as to allow for a fuller range of strikes.
I'm sure the Bob variety has its merits, but not as a heavy bag. I'm considering getting a Bob eventually to practice vital-point strikes--but not until I feel confident with (and still possess) a heavy bag.

[TonyM.]

I use the wavemaster with the base filled with saltwater. I like it .

[Walter Wong]

Don't think you can go wrong with either. You can work on power on both I suppose. But not sure how well, Bob handles strikes and kicks that have power. Looks like something great for pressure point/cavity striking which takes accuracy.

The wavemaster can be adequate for strikes that have moderate power. But I've kicked one around that was filled with water and I've knocked it over and shoved it around the room with kicks. Perhaps it should be filled with cement if your strikes and kicks are very strong.

I personally just continue to still use the punching bags that hang from the ceiling at my school.

[Yatish Parmar]

I bought the wavemaster.

It's currently filled with water and goes walkies everytime I hit it.

Apparently you can get 'leaded sand'. I will have to investigate.

[Walter Wong]

Lead sand sounds interesting. Sounds like that's something you should put in your wavemaster if you're hitting it and it walks around the room. Well, lead sand if you like to keep your wavemaster in one spot while you're beating the crud out of it.