Sparring apparatus

An exercise apparatus for training a boxing trainee,

• consisting essentially of:
• a base;
• a biasing means coupled to, and supported above, the base;
• a shaft attached to the biasing means and extending upwardly therefrom;
• a single arm connected with the shaft and extending in a single predetermined direction from the shaft, the single arm having a striking member at an end of the arm;
• and
• a target member with a striking surface facing in the predetermined direction of the single arm and the striking member, and in an orientation relative to the single arm such that a properly thrown punch against the striking surface will cause the single arm to rock substantially backward, and the biasing means will cause the arm to then rock forward, to simulate a return punch being thrown at the trainee, in a direction that forces the trainee to avoid the return punch, and the striking surface of the target member moving toward the trainee with the simulated return punch thrown by the arm, and in an orientation that invites a properly thrown subsequent punch against the striking area;
• wherein the striking surface of the target member is connected at an angle to said arm and said shaft, wherein a front surface of the striking surface faces at least partially downwardly in the same general direction as the striking member at the end of said arm;
• whereby displacement of the shaft is counteracted by the biasing means such that the arm member is urged in a direction opposite to that of said displacement.