Training Device for Self-Defense

A flexible training apparatus comprising;

• an elongated central body;
• a first weighted end;
• a second weighted end;
• a first end knot;
• a second end knot;
• a first spherical core;
• a second spherical core;
• a first locking knot;
• and
• a second locking knot;
• wherein said elongated central body connecting said first weighted end and said second weighted end;
• wherein said first weighted end comprising said first spherical core enclosed within said first end knot;
• wherein said second weighted end comprising said second spherical core enclosed within said second end knot;
• wherein said elongated central body is a multi-strand braided elongated member comprising a plurality of at least four strands of tensile-strength cord;
• wherein said first end knot is a first ‘monkey fist knot’ and said second end knot is a second ‘monkey fist knot’;
• and
• further wherein said first spherical core and said second spherical core having a material selected from the group consisting of a wood, a plastic, a rubber, and a composite resin.

A flexible training apparatus comprising;

• an elongated central body;
• a first weighted end;
• a second weighted end;
• a first end knot;
• a second end knot;
• a first spherical core;
• a second spherical core;
• a first locking knot;
• and
• a second locking knot;
• wherein said elongated central body connecting said first weighted end and said second weighted end;
• wherein said first weighted end comprising said first spherical core enclosed within said first end knot;
• wherein said second weighted end comprising said second spherical core enclosed within said second end knot;
• wherein said elongated central body is a multi-strand braided elongated member comprising a plurality of at least four strands of tensile-strength cord;
• wherein said first end knot is a first ‘monkey fist knot’ and said second end knot is a second ‘monkey fist knot’;
• and
• further wherein said first weighted end held by a first hand of a practitioner and said second weighted end held by an opposing second hand of the practitioner while being used in a restraining maneuver to loop around an item selected from the group consisting of a weapon of another and a body part of another.