MARTIAL ARTS SENSITIVITY AND SPEED TRAINING DEVICE AND METHOD

• US 20150065312A1
• Filed: 11/07/2014
• Published: 03/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/01/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Daniel Connolly Harrigan
• Original Assignee: Daniel Connolly Harrigan
• Inventors: Harrigan, Daniel Connolly
• Granted Patent: US 9,295,892 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/84
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0625 Emitting sound, noise or music
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/53 Force of an impact, e.g. blow or punch
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/801 Contact switches
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/833 Sensors arranged on the exercise apparatus or sports implement
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2244/10 Combat sports
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/32 with indicating devices
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user

Abstract

A martial arts sensitivity and speed training device and method is provided. The training device may be a midi tongue drum wing chun dummy adapted to play sounds when the dummy is impacted by a practitioner. The dummy enables practitioners to practice dangerous techniques without the aid of human person and also increase their familiarity, sensitivity, speed and accuracy with striking acupuncture and related pressure points on the body of a human person.

Claims

1. A martial arts sensitivity and speed training device comprising:

a wing chun dummy having a hollow main body;

a midi tongue drum controller disposed within the hollow main body; and

a plurality of midi pickup/drum trigger/tongues disposed on an outer surface of the main body,

wherein each midi pickup/drum trigger/tongue is electronically connected to the midi tongue drum controller, and

wherein the midi tongue drum controller is configured to plays a predetermined sound for each midi pickup/drum trigger/tongue a practitioner physically impacts.

2. The martial arts sensitivity and speed training device of claim 1, wherein the wing chun dummy further provides at least one appendage.

3. The martial arts sensitivity and speed training device of claim 1, wherein the wing chun dummy further provides at least one ear hole, wherein each ear hole communicates with the hollow main body to form an acoustic chamber hole.

4. The martial arts sensitivity and speed training device of claim 3 wherein the wing chun dummy further provides a plurality of striking surfaces disposed along the outer surface, wherein each striking surface is electrically connected to an associated midi pickup/drum trigger/tongue.

5. The martial arts sensitivity and speed training device of claim 4, wherein each striking surface is disposed so as to approximate a plurality of human anatomy acupuncture points.

6. The martial arts sensitivity and speed training device of claim 5, wherein each striking surface is configured to physically impact its associated midi pickup/drum trigger/tongue based in part on a portion of the strike surface the practitioner strikes.

7. The martial arts sensitivity and speed training device of claim 5, wherein each striking surface is configured to physically impact its associated midi pickup/drum trigger/tongue based in part on an angle the practitioner strikes the strike surface.

8. The martial arts sensitivity and speed training device of claim 5, wherein each striking surface is configured to physically impact its associated midi pickup/drum trigger/tongue based in part on a beating surface the practitioner strikes the striking surface with.

9. A method of training martial arts sensitivity and speed, comprising:

providing training device comprising;

a wing chun dummy having a hollow main body;

a midi tongue drum controller disposed within the hollow main body;

at least one ear hole, wherein each ear hole communicates with the hollow main body to form an acoustic chamber hole;

a plurality of midi pickup/drum trigger/tongues disposed on an outer surface of the main body, wherein each midi pickup/drum trigger/tongue is electronically connected to the midi tongue drum controller, and wherein the midi tongue drum controller is configured to plays a predetermined sound for each midi pickup/drum trigger/tongue a practitioner physically impacts; and

a plurality of striking surfaces disposed along the outer surface so as to approximate a plurality of human anatomy acupuncture points, wherein each striking surface is electrically connected to an associated midi pickup/drum trigger/tongue;

configuring each striking surface to physically impact its associated midi pickup/drum trigger/tongue based in part on a portion of the strike surface the practitioner strikes; and

training a practitioner according to a plurality of qi attacks on the plurality of striking surfaces.

10. The method of claim 9, further configuring each striking surface to physically impact its associated midi pickup/drum trigger/tongue based in part on an angle the practitioner strikes the strike surface.

11. The method of claim 10, further configuring each striking surface to physically impact its associated midi pickup/drum trigger/tongue based in part on a beating surface the practitioner strikes the striking surface with.

12. The method of claim 10, further configuring each ear hole is configured to produce a crisp acoustic popping sound when optimally struck with a cupped hand slapping.