[drexigordiche]

Tyres are definitely the go I reckon (thanks for tip about the carpet Hongsmeier). I worked out two ways of using them.

1) Just hang the bastard up from a high cross beam in the garage or somewhere spacious. You can then adjust the height for men, do or tsuki. The slow swinging of the tyre adds a dynamic/timing element.

or

2) If you just want a static target to practice sho-men like Mr Uchida in the 8-dan doco, get two tomato stakes each about 2 metres long (really cheap from garden supplies), tie the blunt ends together with rope or thick cord. Spead the bottoms of the stakes out to form a shape like this: /\ . Go to the nearest high fence and jam the bottoms into the ground where the fence meets the ground. Tie the top to the fence but let it lean out about 15 degrees. Pop the tyre on top. Voila! you've got a stand that you wont run into the base of.


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