



Finally, my design “Made in Maroc” dummy is finished. I’ll brag that it is the best in the world. It is tough, heavy, cosmetically beautiful, and proportionately suitable for my students.















It compares proportionately to GM Yip Man and his dummy; although it could have gone a bit larger.















My dummy in Lijiang (pictured below) would have been perfect for my students here, but this is the closest that the carpenter in Rabat could come up with.















However, my Moroccan dummy is big enough to make the Hong Kong standard-size dummy look like a toy.















Compare it with my Moroccan Dummy below.















A remarkable and ridiculous difference in proportion. Look how tiny the standard dummy looks beside my student, Ab, who is 100 kg (220.5 lbs), and 1.82 m (6 ft) tall.















Compare with my Moroccan dummy ... like Laurel and Hardy.















Compare the arm sizes ... salami vs wiener.















Here are some details of the Moroccan dummy:







Hefty legs and pegs ...















Feminine curvature and smoothness ...















mmmmhh, chocolate coating ...















Solid frame, fastened to concrete wall ...















and floor ...















Initially, I had designed this dummy to stand alone on a special base, without a frame; however, after consulting with my student, I decided to go with the frame because he doesn’t plan to move the dummy to any other location than the one specified.







Unlike the Hong Kong dummy, my Moroccan dummy frame does not have nuts and bolts (except for bolting the frame to the concrete). Nuts and bolts on a wooden frame get loose from jolts and vibrations off dummy strikes. It’s a nuisance having to tighten them all the time. Beside, nuts and bolts damage the wooden frame from friction. The Moroccan dummy frame is completely pegged together.







I also added a special feature to the dummy. I put brass plates underneath the base of the dummy frame, trunk and leg, to allow slight sliding movements on the floor, and to disallow rain water to soak the wood.







The market-standard dummy diameter is 7” (17 cm). This particular Hong Kong dummy pictured below is 7.5” (18 cm). My Moroccan dummy is 11” (28 cm). The extra 3.5” (10 cm) diameter makes a big difference in the dummy’s circumference and weight.















This is what separates the men from the boys ...















and good Wing Chun from the bad.







If you look in the YouTube and the web, just about everyone is using the Hong Kong dummy specs.







My student imported the Hong Kong chop suey dummy just before I arrived in Rabat; so, it’s just 2.5 to 3 months old. We’ve hardly worked on it and it’s cracking everywhere. “A piece of shit,” as they say.







Top of the trunk is cracking ...















the bottom of the trunk is also cracking ...















The side is cracking ...















The back is cracking ...















and the front is also cracking.















This $1000 ($700+shipping-cost) Hong Kong twig will end up as firewood this winter. If I’m merciful, it may end up as a coat rack in my apartment.







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