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    This document provides instructions for creating an alternative makiwara (striking target) using an old car tire, marine plywood, rubber, and suede. The wood is placed on the tire and secured by drilling holes and threading wire coat hangers through the ply and tire. For wall mounting, two pieces of softwood are fixed to a wall with screws and plugs, with the second piece higher to create a lip that holds the back rim of the tire in place.

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    This document provides instructions for creating an alternative makiwara (striking target) using an old car tire, marine plywood, rubber, and suede. The wood is placed on the tire and secured by drilling holes and threading wire coat hangers through the ply and tire. For wall mounting, two pieces of softwood are fixed to a wall with screws and plugs, with the second piece higher to create a lip that holds the back rim of the tire in place.

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    Alternative Makiwara

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    R-x Das
    This document provides instructions for creating an alternative makiwara (striking target) using an old car tire, marine plywood, rubber, and suede. The wood is placed on the tire and secured by drilling holes and threading wire coat hangers through the ply and tire. For wall mounting, two pieces of softwood are fixed to a wall with screws and plugs, with the second piece higher to create a lip that holds the back rim of the tire in place.

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    Alternative Makiwara

    You will need an old car tyre (195 size) a piece of marine ply, the length of the
    tyre, rim to rim, about 10 cm width and 1.5cm thick. Some rubber and suede to cover
    the striking area with. The 'give' in the makiwara is subject to the level of steel belting
    in the tyre. You will find that there will be more give if the wood does not go over the
    tread area of the tyre but instead ends on the softer area below the tread thus avoiding
    the 'steel belted area'

    Preparation

    Place the wood on the tyre and first test that there is enough give in the tyre to prevent
    injury. When satisfied you will need to drill 4 holes, 2 in the top and 2 in the bottom
    corners of the wood and through the tyre. Now you will need two coat hangers the
    wire type, use a pair of pliers to cut and shape the wire and to pull it through the ply
    and tyre bending it over inside the tyre to secure the wood.

    Wall fixing

    You will need two bits of softwood offcuts around 20cm high X15cm wide X 2.5cm
    thick. Fix the first piece of wood to a flat surface using the screws and wallplugs so
    that the centre is at your shoulder height. Now screw the second bit of wood to the
    one fixed to the wall but about 6cm higher than it. This creates a lip into which the
    back rim of the tyre can be slid to hold the makiwara in position.

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