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  • Duke57
    Speed Bag Trainee
    • Nov 2016
    • 10

    Bagging in Afghanistan

    Hello all,

    Deployed to Afghanistan this year. Stationed at Camp RS in Kabul. Once I arrived, ordered a platform and had it installed in the gym. I am now showing soldiers from 25 countries bible bagging. A few call me coach too. Alan send me several of his training DVDs and those are being used too. He also sent Art of the Bag which is an amazing documentary. I have a lot of work to do.

    Will take some pics and post them.

    Duke
    Control bagging in Afghanistan

    Last edited by Duke57; 03-07-2017, 02:06 AM.
  • paranday
    Speed Bag Guru
    • Sep 2009
    • 2515

    #2
    Awesome.
    Last edited by paranday; 03-07-2017, 08:56 AM.

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    • Dutchman
      Speed Bag Historian
      • Jun 2006
      • 1903

      #3
      Fantastic!

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      • Chairman Kaga
        Speed Bag Trainee
        • Jan 2017
        • 17

        #4
        That is really cool!

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        • Lee Chapman
          Senior Member
          • Feb 2017
          • 128

          #5
          Originally posted by Chairman Kaga View Post
          That is really cool!
          Nice one. You need to write to some of the platform manufacturers to see if they can donate some platforms for you.
          If you can't do it slow, you can't do it fast.
          So Slow = Smooth and Smooth = Fast.

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          • Biff
            Speed Bag Wizard

            • Feb 2008
            • 1190

            #6
            Duke, great job. Thanks for spreading the speed bag word, but most importantly, thank you and all vets, past and present, for your service.

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            • rdshackleford
              Speed Bag Guru
              • Oct 2016
              • 1300

              #7
              Duke, is that X-Mark bolted into concrete, and if so how much more stable is it?

              -Rusty
              @ArcSwivel
              #ArcSwivel sigpic

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              • Allentown
                Senior Member
                • Oct 2010
                • 223

                #8
                Nice brother

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                • jaja6009
                  Speed Bag Guru
                  • Dec 2016
                  • 396

                  #9
                  Yeah I got a similar reaction at work. When they saw me using elbows and front and reverse fist rolling they were shocked.

                  Thanks for your service!

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                  • Speedbag
                    Author of the Speed Bag Bible, founder of speedbagcentral.com

                    • Feb 2006
                    • 7109

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Duke57 View Post
                    Hello all,

                    Deployed to Afghanistan this year. Stationed at Camp RS in Kabul. Once I arrived, ordered a platform and had it installed in the gym. I am now showing soldiers from 25 countries bible bagging. A few call me coach too. Alan send me several of his training DVDs and those are being used too. He also sent Art of the Bag which is an amazing documentary. I have a lot of work to do.

                    Will take some pics and post them.

                    Duke
                    Control bagging in Afghanistan

                    NICE looking setup. Great equipment all around. stay safe.
                    Last edited by Speedbag; 03-27-2017, 12:57 PM.
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                    • stefoz
                      Senior Member
                      • Apr 2015
                      • 155

                      #11
                      Nice

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                      • Duke57
                        Speed Bag Trainee
                        • Nov 2016
                        • 10

                        #12
                        Update. All is going well. Have several return baggers now. Have installed a larger bag to help the beginners. I installed a laytex bladder in it to help with rebounding speed. I hit it really hard this morning and it developed a pinhole leak. I patched it and the bag is back in use.

                        I have found teaching guys who do not speak English a little challenging. Holding the elbow with one hand and then the fist with the other while showing the motion of the FSP has worked well. The tendency to strike and then stop, strike then stop is eliminated.

                        I may install another platform. Moving the platform up and down a lot is going to eventually wear the fasteners out.

                        It is mounted on a solid concrete column with 6" bolts.

                        Who do you think would donate an additional platform?

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                        • Lee Chapman
                          Senior Member
                          • Feb 2017
                          • 128

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Duke57 View Post
                          Update. All is going well. Have several return baggers now. Have installed a larger bag to help the beginners. I installed a laytex bladder in it to help with rebounding speed. I hit it really hard this morning and it developed a pinhole leak. I patched it and the bag is back in use.

                          I have found teaching guys who do not speak English a little challenging. Holding the elbow with one hand and then the fist with the other while showing the motion of the FSP has worked well. The tendency to strike and then stop, strike then stop is eliminated.

                          I may install another platform. Moving the platform up and down a lot is going to eventually wear the fasteners out.

                          It is mounted on a solid concrete column with 6" bolts.

                          Who do you think would donate an additional platform?
                          I would approach everlast. As a massive company they would probably be up for some free stuff for advertising. Balazs might gift you some stuff as well.

                          How about setting up some sort of crowd funding page? I expect that a few of the guys on here would donate.

                          Cheers
                          L
                          If you can't do it slow, you can't do it fast.
                          So Slow = Smooth and Smooth = Fast.

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                          • REB
                            Speed Bag Guru
                            • Jan 2017
                            • 272

                            #14
                            Try and get your Commanding Officer hooked on baggin'

                            And thank you again for your service!!
                            Last edited by REB; 03-31-2017, 04:57 PM.

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