Re: Martial arts standing bag - need advice
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You will be so much happier with a hanging bag. Don't you have a house? Just hang it from a tree branch.
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how much of a pain is it to hang?
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Reasonably easy, assuming you+wife can lift the weight of it which shouldn't be too hard. I used to take it on and off; I had one in high school but my mom didn't like the look of it so I'd put it up and use it then take it off and put it in the garage. You just throw a chain over the tree branch and leave the chain there and unhook the bag itself.
It just gives you a way better feeling of contact. Most standing bags pivot at the bottom. That means if you punch or kick high, near the top of the bag, you can exert a huge torque on it even if you're not very strong, which makes the bag tip, which makes the bag move or just gives it an unpleasant feeling of falling away from the impact.
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