Training method and apparatus

Title: Training method and apparatus

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The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070287620, Training method and apparatus.

1. A method of training between two users comprising:attaching at least one marker device to the clothing of each of the two users; andengaging in a training interval wherein attempts are made by each of the two users to detach the at least one marker devices from the other, each of the two users defending against the attempts to detach the at least one marker devices by the other;ceasing said engaging when one or more of the at least one markers of one of the two users has been detached by the other.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said ceasing further comprises ceasing said engagement after a predetermined time.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said attaching further comprises attaching more of the marker devices to one of the at least two users than is attached to the other of the two users.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said marker devices comprise an attachment member coupled to a pulling member.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein said attachment member further comprises a resilient ring for gripping clothing.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the pulling member comprises a length of material.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the length of the pulling member of the at least one marker device attached to one of the users is longer or shorter than for the at least one marker device attached to other users.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein the length of material is a string.

9. The method of claim 6 wherein the length of material is a length of cloth.

10. The method of claim 4 wherein the attachment member comprises one of the following: a button, a buttonhole, a snap, a hook a magnet, a piece of Velcro, disposed on or in the pulling member.

11. A marker device for facilitating training comprising:an attachment member for removably attaching the marker device to a user's clothing; anda pulling member coupled to the attachment member comprising a length of material for detaching the marker device from the user's clothing when pulled by another user during training.

12. The marker device of claim 11 wherein said attachment member comprises a resilient ring having a discontinuity therein to permit gripping of clothing between two segments of the ring formed by the discontinuity.

13. The marker device of claim 12 wherein the resilient ring is constructed of plastic.

14. The marker device of claim 11 wherein the length of material comprises a ribbon.

15. The marker device of claim 11 wherein the length of material comprises a string.

16. The marker device of claim 11 wherein said attachment member comprises one of the following: a button, a buttonhole, a snap, a hook a magnet, a piece of Velcro, disposed on or in the pulling member.

17. A method of martial arts training between two users comprising:attaching at least one marker device to the clothing of each of the two users at strategically significant locations; andengaging in a training interval wherein attempts are made by each of the two users to detach the at least one marker devices from the other, each of the two users defending against the attempts to detach the at least one marker devices by the other;ceasing said engaging when one or more of the at least one markers of one of the two users has been detached by the other, or at the lapsing of a predetermined time, whichever occurs first.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein said marker devices comprise an attachment member coupled to a pulling member comprising a length of material, the attachment member comprising a resilient ring with a discontinuity for gripping clothing therebetween.

19. The method of claim 17 wherein said marker devices comprise an attachment member coupled to a pulling member, the attachment member comprising one of the following: a button, a buttonhole, a snap, a hook, a magnet, a piece of Velcro, disposed on or in the pulling member.

20. The method of claim 18 wherein said pulling member comprises one of the following: a string or a ribbon of cloth.

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