looking for karate targets (focus targets)???
Hey fellow martial artists. I have 7 years of martial arts experience. I am currently looking for focus targets for my class. I live in Brooklyn. Does anyone know where I can purchase a set for approximately 40 dollars. The padding has to be soft considering that I am teaching a kindergarten through 5th graders, who don't have the same ability to withstand pain as we do. I am looking for something like this:
http://store.titleboxing.com/titleboxing-everlast-mantis-punch-mitts.html
Please take a look at this, but I need something less expensive, durable, and comfortable for them. Please direct me to other links. Thank you in advance!
Tough to say--I don't know where you'll get the lowest price of all.
The same company, Everlast, does sell a less expensive alternative to the one you listed (it appears to be the same, but vinyl instead of all-leather like the one you posted up), and that is now selling at a discounted price of $29.99 as of this moment (1/14/2007, 2:08pm EST).
http://store.titleboxing.com/title-everlast-high-performance-punch-mitts.html
Amazon.com also sells "leather-grained vinyl" target mitts by TKO, for $34.95:
http://www.amazon.com/Perform-Better-Target-Mitts/dp/B00065X1P0/sr=1-2/qid=1168801863/ref=sr_1_2/103-7000230-7044664?ie=UTF8&s=sporting-goods
For something simpler sans the hand-contouring, there are things like these:
http://www.karatedepot.com/tr-ta-02.html
or even further down-market,
http://www.karatedepot.com/tr-ta-03.html
I'm not sure whether your question is more a matter of where your original item at a sub-market price or a question of getting a comparable item at a price within your budget?
Sorry I can't give more specific help. As the other poster suggested, you might be able to get sub-market prices via e-bay instead of paying retail.
I also can't vouch for any of these items' quality, never having bought them myself.
Best of luck.
Freddie's Modern Kung Fu Demo Hitting Focus Mitts (Martial Art Techniques)
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£18.99
