Adjustable Martial Arts Dummy for Realistic Striking Angles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing martial arts training tools lack the ability to provide natural movement and realistic striking angles, require human guidance, and impose limitations on movement, leading to suboptimal training experiences.
Innovation Solution
A martial arts training dummy with adjustable notches in hands and legs, silent blocks for joint adjustments, and blade-shaped ends for enhanced swing, allowing for varied postures and natural movement simulation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a training bag is used, then the athlete can practice strikes continuously, but the athlete cannot develop closed defenses because the bag does not have ends
Solution Approach 1:
The training dummy employs dynamic positioning mechanisms that allow the limbs to be adjusted to multiple angles and positions, enabling both continuous striking practice and closed defense training. The adjustable arms and legs can be positioned to create realistic defensive postures while maintaining the ability for continuous attack practice.
Solution Approach 2:
The dummy is divided into separate adjustable segments (arms, legs, torso) that can be independently positioned. This segmentation allows each limb to be configured for specific training purposes - some positions for defense, others for attack reception, providing versatility without compromising continuous training capability.
2Measurement precision
If training targets are used, then the athlete can practice precise strikes, but an experienced fellow athlete-teacher is required for guidance
Solution Approach 1:
The training dummy incorporates self-adjusting mechanisms and pre-configured positioning systems that automatically maintain proper training angles and positions. The dummy can be adjusted to provide feedback on strike accuracy through its rigid structure and defined target areas, eliminating the need for constant human guidance while preserving strike precision training.
Solution Approach 2:
The dummy's limbs and body parts are pre-positioned in anatomically correct and training-optimized configurations. This preliminary setup of proper angles and positions allows the athlete to practice precise strikes without requiring an experienced instructor to continuously adjust and guide the training parameters.
3Stability of the object's composition
If a wooden dummy is used, then the practitioner can practice structured techniques, but specific movements are restricted and injury risk exists due to limited movement range
Solution Approach 1:
The dummy features dynamically adjustable joints and limbs that can be positioned across a wide range of angles. The arms and legs can be set to various inclinations and positions, providing both structured technique practice on fixed positions and adapted training on variable positions, greatly expanding the movement range compared to traditional wooden dummies.
Solution Approach 2:
The training dummy allows changing of multiple parameters including limb angles, joint positions, and body orientations. These parameter changes enable the dummy to transition between structured fixed-position training and more versatile variable-position training, reducing movement restrictions while maintaining training structure.
4Device complexity
If traditional dummies are used, then the training equipment is simple in structure, but the positions and postures lack naturalness and realism
Solution Approach 1:
The dummy incorporates adjustable joints and segments that can be positioned to create natural human postures and angles. The limbs can be set to realistic inclinations and configurations that mimic actual fighting stances, greatly improving the naturalness and realism of training positions while maintaining relatively simple mechanical adjustment mechanisms.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables practitioners to train in disarming holds and develop realistic striking techniques with greater naturalness and flexibility, reducing the need for human guidance and minimizing injury risk.
Implementation Method 1
silent blocks at the wrists, allowing the practitioner to train in disarming holds, since it has the necessary elasticity
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AI summary
The invention relates to a training dummy for martial arts and combat sports. The dummy consists of parts that simulate the various parts of the human body and which are made of metal and covered with a soft material (21), such as polyurethane. The different parts of the dummy have fixed and variable inclinations so that it assumes natural postures and allows the correct training of the athlete.