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[SOLD OUT!] FOOTWORK: Buick Yip - Mui Fa Jong - 6 posts in Lychee Wood
Buick Yip - Mui Fa Jong - Lychee Wood

 
Yim Wing Chun was well known as a master of the plum flower posts. To this day certain lineages still practice chi sao and other drills on these posts. The typically range from 2 inches in diameter to 7 inches or so (the better you get the smaller the post). The posts should be spaced according to your height (for proper footwork). The general spacing is that each post's center is 2 feet from each neighboring post's center.
You will receive 6 posts. You can secure them to a board if you like, but they are meant to be separate so they are easily portable. Learn More >>
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Product Code: MYJ-BY-MUIFAJONG-LYCHEE

Description
 
Buick Yip - Mui Fa Jong(aka Muy Fai Jong, Plum Flower Posts)

Yim Wing Chun was well known as a master of the plum flower posts. To this day certain lineages still practice chi sao and other drills on these posts. The typically range from 2 inches in diameter to 7 inches or so (the better you get the smaller the post). The posts should be spaced according to your height (for proper footwork). The general spacing is that each post's center is 2 feet from each neighboring post's center.

You will receive 6 posts. You can secure them to a board if you like, but they are meant to be separate so they are easily portable.

Post Measurements:

- Each of the 6 posts is approx. 7 inches in diameter (17 cm) and 7 inches high (17 cm).

Wood:

TThese posts are made from Lychee Wood. This wood is, by some, considered the best wood for dummies. It is extremely heavy and rare, meaning that the dummy trunk can weigh upwards of 150 lbs. The wood is very dense and has a reddish color. The legs of all the dummies are made from this wood. Lychee is the sole member of the genus Litchi in the soapberry family. It is a fruit tree grown in tropical and sub-tropical Asia.

More Information from Buick: "Lychee trees dont' grow big, they are usually saucer size diameter, because of the year rings are so tight they have very high density, a tree trunk with the size suitable for making a dummy is at least 50 years old, probably out of thousands of Lychee trees there is only a few of this size grown.

Lychee is an original fruit from Southern part of China - Canton, it was introduced to other countries in recent years because of its fruit scent and sweetness, because of it's high density and available here, it has became a legendary dummy material, also because of it's scarcity fewer lychee dummies had actually been made. None of these dummies were taken from live trees, a living Lychee tree of this size yields 2-3 crops a year and they're worth thousands of USD, all the trunk material came from real old trees that is slowing down and considered non-productive. None of our dummy materials were cut down alive for the purpose of making dummies, many more of them had been taken down for a length period of time, mostly due to the trees were dying down, or they get in the way of new construction projects."

Disclaimers and Warranty Info:

These solid wood posts should be kept in the normal humidity range, which is 50-60%. After extensive testing we see that most dummies hold up well at 45% humidity, but anything under that (esp 25-30% humidity) can cause the posts to start to crack. Anything over 69% and you might develop mold in your house, so that should be avoided as well. This range is considered ideal for humans as well as dummies. If you are in an arid environment you should consider getting a humidifier. Please get a good hydrometer (they are cheap) to monitor the humidity in the area the dummy will be kept. Prevention of cracks is your responsibility. The posts can be acclimatized to the arid environments, but it must be done over the course of 6 months, so you would have to slowly drop the humidity in the room over that time until you got down to 30% or lower.