Martial arts training device

Abstract

A martial arts training device includes a target for attachment to a punching bag. The target is a hollow shell containing a filler material. The shell is fixed to a strap that includes a mechanism for securing the strap around a punching bag.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A martial arts training device comprising a target for attachment to a punching bag, the target comprising a hollow shell containing a filler material, the shell being fixed to a strap that includes a means for securing the strap around a punching bag. 
     
     
         2 . The martial arts training device of  claim 1  wherein the hollow shell has a first exterior surface that is fixed to the strap and an opposing second exterior surface that emulates the size and shapes of the facial features of a human. 
     
     
         3 . The martial arts training device of  claim 1  wherein the hollow shell comprises a polymeric material. 
     
     
         4 . The martial arts training device of  claim 2  wherein the hollow shell comprises a polymeric material. 
     
     
         5 . The martial arts training device of  claim 1  wherein the filler material located inside the hollow shell comprises sand. 
     
     
         6 . The martial arts training device of  claim 3  wherein the filler material located inside the hollow shell comprises sand. 
     
     
         7 . The martial arts training device of  claim 4  wherein the filler material located inside the hollow shell comprises sand. 
     
     
         8 . The martial arts training device of  claim 1  wherein an interior of the hollow shell has a volume and the filler material located inside the hollow shell does not fill the entire volume of the interior of the hollow shell. 
     
     
         9 . The martial arts training device of  claim 5  wherein an interior of the hollow shell has a volume and the sand does not fill the entire volume of the interior of the hollow shell. 
     
     
         10 . The martial arts training device of  claim 6  wherein an interior of the hollow shell has a volume and the sand does not fill the entire volume of the interior of the hollow shell. 
     
     
         11 . The martial arts training device of  claim 7  wherein an interior of the hollow shell has a volume and the sand does not fill the entire volume of the interior of the hollow shell. 
     
     
         12 . The martial arts training device of  claim 8  wherein the filler material occupies only about ninety percent of the volume of the interior of the hollow shell. 
     
     
         13 . The martial arts training device of  claim 11  wherein the sand occupies only about ninety percent of the volume of the interior of the hollow shell. 
     
     
         14 . The martial arts training device of  claim 1  assembled with a heavy punching bag wherein the strap extends around to punching bag and secures the target to the heavy punching bag by forming the strap into a closed loop that cinches the target to the heavy punching bag. 
     
     
         14 . The martial arts training device of  claim 2  assembled with a heavy punching bag wherein the strap extends around to punching bag and secures the target to the heavy punching bag by forming the strap into a closed loop that cinches the target to the heavy punching bag with the second exterior surface that emulates the size and shapes of the facial features of a human disposed distal from the heavy punching bag. 
     
     
         15 . A martial arts training device comprising a target for attachment to a punching bag, the target comprising a hollow polymeric shell containing a filler material, the hollow shell has a first exterior surface that is fixed to a strap that includes a means for securing the strap around a punching bag, the first surface of the hollow polymeric shell provided with strap guides providing passages for receiving the strap, and the hollow shell having an opposing second surface that emulates the size and shapes of the facial features of a human 
     
     
         16 . The martial arts training device of  claim 15  wherein an interior of the hollow shell has a volume and the filler material located inside the hollow shell does not fill the entire volume of the interior of the hollow shell. 
     
     
         17 . The martial arts training device of  claim 16  wherein the filler material occupies only about ninety percent of the volume of the interior of the hollow shell. 
     
     
         18 . The martial arts training device of  claim 17  wherein the filler material located inside the hollow shell comprises sand. 
     
     
         19 . The martial arts training device of  claim 15  assembled with a heavy punching bag wherein the strap extends around the heavy punching bag and secures the target to the heavy punching bag by forming the strap into a closed loop that cinches the target to the heavy punching bag with the second exterior surface that emulates the size and shapes of the facial features of a human disposed distal from the heavy punching bag. 
     
     
         20 . The martial arts training device of  claim 18  assembled with a heavy punching bag wherein the strap extends around the heavy punching bag and secures the target to the heavy punching bag by forming the strap into a closed loop that cinches the target to the heavy punching bag with the second exterior surface that emulates the size and shapes of the facial features of a human disposed distal from the heavy punching bag.