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Trock
White Belt
Joined: 05 Jul 2004
Posts: 17
Location: FL
Styles: TKD,Vovinam,BJJ
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 Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:17 am Post subject: Home Mats |
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Anyone know of a company that sells used wrestling mats...like for a home sparring area? I have seen a few on the web, but they start at about $500.00.
Will mostly be used for ground fighting and falls, not for throwing...so they don't have to be super thick. |
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delta1
Black Belt
Joined: 17 Feb 2003
Posts: 1780
Location: North Central Washington
Styles: It's ALL Kenpo! Bring it back to base!
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| Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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Most of the ones I've seen are still pretty spendy. $500.00 is a good price for a decent matt.
I use a large area rug with layers of carpet padding under it (cost $0.00, US  ). I can add or take away layers of padd to get the effect I want. The disadvantage is you have to move several rolls instead of one, and you periodically have to stop working out to readjust the pads and rug. Rug burns are also a problem.
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Pacificshore
Black Belt
Joined: 26 Mar 2002
Posts: 1698
Location: West Coast
Styles: Chinese Kenpo/Kara-Ho Kempo
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| Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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At one time, I bought the Swain home mat when it went on sale. Think it was down to $275.00. It was 8x8 and the foam pcs. fit into it's vinyl shell. It was good for grappling, and light to moderate take downs. The only thing is that I didn't use it so much for grappling, so I sold it off. Swain is normally just hell expensive, but when they had the sell on their home mat, I was surprised at the low sale price.
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Shorinryu Sensei
Black Belt
Joined: 13 Jun 2002
Posts: 2045
Location: Kalispell, Montana
Styles: Shorinryu Matsumura Kenpo (Seito/Orthodox) Karate and Kobudo
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| Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2004 4:01 pm Post subject: |
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My dojo is attached to the back of my house (used to be a garage) and I purchased 3/4" carpet pad, and then got some EXCELLENT quality used carpet (no stains or discoloring) out of the dumpster behind a carpet store. Total cost...under $30. It's plenty of padding for normal falls and takedowns if you aren't slamming people down, and best of all...it's CHEAP! It also makes that part of my house much nicer, and according to a realtor friend of mine, it turned my 2 bedroom house into a 3 bedroom if I want to sell it down the road.  |
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