Makiwara is a sheaf of straw bunched around a pole, as to strike and train seiken (fore fist) and tegatana (a chopping motion) in Okinawa and the Karatedo, traditional Japanese martial art.
沖縄、日本伝統の空手道で正拳、手刀などを打ち付けて鍛錬するための藁で棒を巻いたもの。