Fighting arts shield like device

A martial arts shield-like training device which is held in front of a holder's body to provide protection while presenting contoured striking surfaces for an attacker to strike comprising:

• a head-like striking area having at least one vision port allowing vision from a back of the shield-like training device to a front of the shield-like training device so that the holder carrying the shield-like training device can visibly observe the attacker at close proximity without risk of injury, said vision port comprising a slot and/or a clear material, similar in function to a window, affixed to or contained within the head-like striking area;
• contoured shoulder-like protrusions;
• a belt-like band below the contoured shoulder-like protrusions;
• a central striking area having a flat portion with bilateral symmetry disposed between the contoured shoulder-like protrusions and a top of the belt-like band, the central striking area representing a chest and stomach of an opponent;
• two bilaterally symmetrical ribcage-like striking areas extending horizontally from distal edges of the central striking area and extending vertically between the belt-like band and a bottom edge of a corresponding contoured shoulder-like protrusion;
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• two bilaterally symmetrical side projections extending vertically between a distal edge of a corresponding contoured shoulder-like protrusion and the top of the belt-like band, the side projections providing a safety barrier between the holder and attacker.