Hey I saw an add for this in Century’s online catalog. They look great for someone who wants to make his heavy bag work as realistic as possible. Does anybody have one? Are they worth the $$$ (i.e. sturdy enough)?
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I’ve got one and I like it, but I’ve heard some negative responses from other people on the board.
The main problems being the fact that the thing can move or fall over, some people said the rubber covering the guy fell apart. For the first problem I keep mine against a wall, with a board behind it, to displace the force. I also only hit in the direction of the wall. Makes a lot of noise for neighbors; but it won’t fall over so bad. For the second problem I always make sure I’m hitting it with bare fists or feet, or with gloves on- I don’t kick the thing with my shoes on.
There are probably better solutions for the money like making your own heavy bag stand; but it’s been okay for me.
Good luck.
Just some thoughts from an ignoramus.
SM.
your next post dealing with training equipment should be posted in the Training/health forum.
This is the second time that you posted the same topic which is not getting any responses.
This is a heads up, so don’t get all bent out shape 
wtf? i just posted here refering you to another thread which is talking about bob? and it’s been deleted? are you taking the ******* ****?
“Spectacular immaculate raps massacre cats like dracula bats, I’m snappin yer back cos I’m attackin the wack, duckin yer rapid attack, **** packin a gat, the mechanic of rap’ll give you panic attacks with his Satanical raps.” - Guess who.
I like it too
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You are probably kicking it down. This is because you are too close to the bag and over shooting the distance to impact. Stand back farther so that your full extention doesn’t over shoot the bags center. You still get your impact but not knocking it down. The same goes for punching. Note: don’t kick his head too hard, it will break off.
I think it is a great teaching tool. The subtlty of it is quite different than a round bag. I would like to see a more reinforced version. I also like the spring bag from ringside. The bend at the waist spring gives you alot of slip. See it at ringside.com
King cobra and heavy bag version
i see the other, totally serious thread has been deleted off the health and fitness forum. are you on drugs? seriously. SERIOUSLY.
“Spectacular immaculate raps massacre cats like dracula bats, I’m snappin yer back cos I’m attackin the wack, duckin yer rapid attack, **** packin a gat, the mechanic of rap’ll give you panic attacks with his Satanical raps.” - Guess who.
No hard feelings…
I’m confused too Sharky, but I guess it’s all in the best interests of our Forums. I only posted this topic on the “Kung Fu” Forum because I thought that the guys over there might have something interesting to add. My mistake though, they’re too busy with “What’s your Profession?”, “Great Show on P.B.S.!”, “Kempo is better than BJJ” etc.
I’d rather hang over here, where I at least get helpful answers to my Threads before I get booted out. I guess the Admin. dosen’t want me ruining the Troll’s posts with serious questions! LOL! :rolleyes:
In all seriousness, they’re probably doing the best they can! 
P.S. Sharky, you gotta write it like this or they’ll delete it: “Are you taking the copulating uric acid solution?” On second thought, it dosen’t have the same ring does it?
“Do not fight with another’s bow and arrow. Do not ride another’s war horse. Do not discuss another’s faults. Do not interfere with another’s work.” -Ekai Mumon Roshi
B.O.B. Rating
We have one in our school and the little green kid (Billy Bully) as well. The torso part of BOB has never given us any problems, but we’ve replaced the water fillable base about 4 times. It gets cracks in it if you are rough with it (knocking it over, etc).
Our school uses 320+ lbs of sand in our BOB. It works well for punches, but really powerful kicks still knock it down.
Swimming is not a sport, it’s something you do to keep from drowning.
Fighting is not a sport, it’s something you do to keep from dying.