Man Caves: Have One? Want one?

[natehate]

I'd go with a regular heavy bag over the dude things. Not a fan of them at all

[seanocono]

Great thread, Doug. I definitely think you should go for it.

I'm single, so my place is already eerily similar to what you've mocked up.

[DougNg]

I really don't like them for regular punching/kicking/striking, but it works out for Kali because our knife work is very targeted

The angle on a punching bag is just no good for an upward stab to the side of the body or a throat stab/slash

[Chris]

Pretty similar setup for me, but my garage has a full size fridge, an antique (but still fully functional industrial sewing machine) and a rowing machine.  I'll skip on the heavy bag, dog bed and gun safe.

Of course, that's what's planned.  Right now it's still full of construction leftovers, broken furniture, boxes of crap to be sorted, etc.

[Megatron1505]

10 years ago when Pam and I first bought our house, I was allowed a man cave. Then we had Tom and it was cruelly taken away in the name of a "childs bedroom" 

My man cave included…..

• My computer
• My comics
• Various vinyl figures of such luminaries as Freddy Krueger and Optimus Prime
• A desk
• A chair
• An ash tray.

These days I have been relocated a 1 square foot of table space in the kitchen, and all the rest of my stuff is in storage 

[bagley920]

We need pictures!

[DougNg]

Of Sean's? Because right now, the rec room is a disgusting mess of empty soda cans, Halo and Warcraft paraphernalia, video games everywhere, computer cables and other crap a teenage boy accumulates

[bagley920]

Of everyone's

Before and after would be cool Doug

[Megatron1505]

^Sounds like my former man cave.

[DougNg]

On my man cave's inaugeration, this will be on the tv:

[natehate]

@DougNg:

I really don't like them for regular punching/kicking/striking, but it works out for Kali because our knife work is very targeted

The angle on a punching bag is just no good for an upward stab to the side of the body or a throat stab/slash

Ah got you now. Makes sense then

[Bob]

A house, flat, etc. for us is just a place to keep our stuff, and sleep. Life happens "out there". A man cave would be counter to our preference, and philosophy of participating in the polis.