Punching bag systems, accessories and methods

A marital arts strike measurement system, comprising:

• a strike measurement device, comprising:
• a body adapted to be wrapped around a boxing, kickboxing or martial arts punching bag, the body including a number of sensors configured to detect strikes and to output strike force data indicative of the strikes;
• and
• one or more gripping portions provided on a rear surface of the body for gripping the punching bag;
• wherein the body has a width such that a single device, when positioned on the punching bag, is of sufficient circumferential extent for measuring the performance of a selected one from the group comprising leg directed strikes, torso directed strikes and head directed strikes to a front surface of the body;
• wherein the strike measurement device has a height equal to less than a third of a height of the punching bag such that a plurality of the devices is required to be positioned on the punching bag to concurrently measure the performance of leg, torso, and head directed strikes to the front surface of the body;
• and
• a communications facility for use in receiving the strike force data from the sensors and transmitting strike information to a computing device;
• wherein the system is adapted for utilising an intermediate computing device between the computing device and the communications facility, the intermediate computing device for assisting with the transmission of the strike information to the computing device.

A strike measurement device, comprising:

• a body adapted to be wrapped around a boxing, kickboxing or martial arts punching bag, the body including a number of sensors configured to detect strikes and to output strike force data indicative of the strikes;
• and
• one or more gripping portions provided on a rear surface of the body for gripping the punching bag;
• wherein the body has a width such that a single device, when positioned on the punching bag, is of sufficient circumferential extent for measuring the performance of a selected one from the group comprising leg directed strikes, torso directed strikes and head directed strikes to a front surface of the body;
• and
• wherein the device has a height equal to less than a third of a height of the punching bag such that at least three of the devices are required to be positioned on the punching bag to concurrently measure the performance of leg, torso, and head directed strikes to the front surface of the body, and the device includes a computing device to concurrently measure strike information from the at least three devices.