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**Âåðåùàãèí** · 07-23-2006, 08:00 AM

Practicing on the military base here, we use a racquetball court, its a decent floor, but not sprung at all.
The dojo I go to out in real Japan (as opposed to the little america of the military base) is made up of large planks set in a wooden frame. The planks are not nailed or fixed in place by anything more than the frame they sit in. The frame is then supported by what look like great big old leaf springs from 1940s truck suspensions. The floor really springs when you do fumikomi. The for an added bit of atmosphere, under the floor are several large clay pots, when you do fumikomi and the air rushes in and out of these, it makes for a very interesting rumble or roaring sound.

07-23-2006, 08:00 AM	#30
Âåðåùàãèí Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 510 Senior Member	Practicing on the military base here, we use a racquetball court, its a decent floor, but not sprung at all. The dojo I go to out in real Japan (as opposed to the little america of the military base) is made up of large planks set in a wooden frame. The planks are not nailed or fixed in place by anything more than the frame they sit in. The frame is then supported by what look like great big old leaf springs from 1940s truck suspensions. The floor really springs when you do fumikomi. The for an added bit of atmosphere, under the floor are several large clay pots, when you do fumikomi and the air rushes in and out of these, it makes for a very interesting rumble or roaring sound.
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