New goza stand ideas

[rawnshah]

I wokring on ordering a new goza stand from Bill Woodall's workshop in Florida. They have been creating some nice stands for a while, but what we have will be a new idea:

• A yokonarabi stand is like a long bar where you can have multiple pegs and gozas, and it sits on two separate legs. This is a much more stable system than a single leg stand, at least if you want it to survive for a while
• each of the legs of the yokonarabi itself would be a 1peg stand that can be used separately.
• a cross-beam with peg holes fits on top of the two 1peg stand legs and creates the full yokonarabi
• The overall height is 28 inches, but each of the legs are 24" tall to allow space for the 4x4 cross-beam to sit on top and make up the additional proper height
• Each of the 24" 1peg stands will have an extra long peg and a extra 4" tall block with a hole all the way through will sit on top of it. This makes the full 28" height
• The extra 4" block is removable and usually also takes the most nicks and cuts when people cut into the stand, so it can also be easily replaced.
• the pegs are space slightly wider apart (4" rather than 3"). This means that the goza are no longer right against each other, but spaced about 1" apart. This will make it easier for multiple goza cutting but is also more appropriate according to Soke's standards. (see the photo of Saruta sensei's 5peg stand)
• All parts are coated with marine varnish to protect from water damage
• It's made from brazillian cherry, a pretty dense hardwood and should last a while.
• The stand can be taken apart into a more portable factor to move around, even the legs.

So in the end, we can use it either as two 1peg stands, or one large 5-peg stand.

I know not many others have tried two or more gozas but our yudansha (black belts) should start to try. It's a requirement for Nidan and higher anyway.


-rawn sensei