The problem I have is that I have class once a week, and the class is small. Striking techniques, and overall one-step sparring techniques I can practice at home and in the air. Grappling, joint-locks, arm-bars, etc. really feel different when you do them on a live person. Common problems without the positive feedback of a training partner would be over or under rotating the wrist, footwork getting tangled up in the opponent, etc.

I saw the question on grappling dummy, and it looks useful for certain holds, possibly more akin to wrestling techniques and floor work. However, without hands, wrists, and proper joints you can't practice a whole set of jujitsu techniques.

So, are there equivalent tools with proper joints? Are there others who have found ways of training those techniques in the absence of a training partner? The purpose of this question has to do with self-training, and not training in a classroom environment.

The problem I have is that I have class once a week, and the class is small. Striking techniques, and overall one-step sparring techniques I can practice at home and in the air. Grappling, joint-locks, arm-bars, etc. really feel different when you do them on a live person. Common problems without the positive feedback of a training partner would be over or under rotating the wrist, footwork getting tangled up in the opponent, etc.

I saw the question on grappling dummy, and it looks useful for certain holds, possibly more akin to wrestling techniques and floor work. However, without hands, wrists, and proper joints you can't practice a whole set of jujitsu techniques.

So, are there equivalent tools with proper joints? Are there others who have found ways of training those techniques in the absence of a training partner? The purpose of this question has to do with self-training, and not training in a classroom environment.