Mu ren zhuang

The Mu ren zhuang (Chinese木人 桩, Pinyin mùrénzhuāng, Wood -man pile ') is a wooden training device which is used for training of punches, kicks and combinations. The wooden doll found in Chinese martial arts use, for example in the southern Chinese martial art Wing Chun, Hung Kuen, Tang Lang Quan or Choy Lee Fut Wooden doll is not as it incorrectly states alone, the exercise machine of the martial art Wing Chun. Over many years the wooden doll developed with their styles and further, until they eventually took the shape of today's widespread doll. From style to style, the design is different. So MukYanJong was the beginning of his time still rammed into the ground beamed with four edges, which was encased in ropes.

There are wooden dolls with round and square root and also with fixed and movable arms can be folded from top to bottom .. From the construction and fastening of wooden dolls it there different variants: either the strains are resiliently suspended on two laths, or stake is anchored freestanding floor.

The dimensions of the wooden dummy ( Muk Yan Jong ) are not fixed. On the other hand, there are also very sophisticated design notes.

It is important that it during training on the wooden dummy is not important to hit as hard as possible, but assume correct positions. The wooden doll is partly used as a training tool for all levels, partly taught only after the more or less intensive study of the three "air" forms. A really useful training on the wooden dummy is only possible for the advanced student, because he needs to transfer his knowledge from the training with a partner on the dummy. The imagination of the student plays a crucial role here.