How to make tatami yourself. Master Tatami for martial arts and a bed with your own hands

Tatami is a special traditional coating that is covered with the floors of houses in Japan. It is a wicker of reeds, stuffed with rice straw wrestling mats used in sports training. The manufacture of Japanese mats from such materials is considered a traditional way of their production. However, in modern conditions, usually a preference is given to the coating of PVC, synthetic wool, foamed polyethylene, etc.

In addition, today the word "tatami" is often called a special kind of beds. They were also invented in Japan, and they are actively used to create interiors in the oriental style.

In stores you can find a wide selection of beds and mats of this type. However, often people prefer products made by themselves, so many craftsmen will be interested to learn how to make tatami at home, and at the same time and get some advice on their operation.

Where to use

Most sports schools that teach different types of martial arts, tatami (sports mats) are used for security purposes. Such a floor covering protects against bruising, significantly reducing the risk of injury from impact when falling and jumping to the floor. It is elastic and moderately dense and is compulsory for both professionals and amateurs of track and field athletics, aikido, sambo, karate, judo, other martial arts and, of course, artistic and athletic gymnastics. In children's sports sections tatami creates psychological comfort of the group, raising the level of self-confidence of young athletes.

Benefits

A number of unique properties of tatami distinguish it among a variety of floor decks and mats, due to which it is often done even at home. The advantages of tatami include the following:

• No odor, which makes the operation of the coating harmless;
• Light weight mat;
• Increased impact resistance and noise insulation;
• The average operating period is about 5 years;
• Simplicity in installation and dismantling;
• Anti-slip coating, resistant to moisture and chemicals;
• Presence of two working surfaces.

The latter circumstance allows for the deterioration / deterioration of the material from one side to use the other.

How to make tatami for martial arts

You can contact specialists with the order of such a mat or buy already assembled in a specialized store. However, it's not so difficult to make it yourself.

For the assembly you will need:

• Strong (if possible kapron) rope;
• scissors;
• Sports mats (the size is selected individually for your request);
• PVC coating.

The rope is cut into pieces that are 10-15 cm longer than the side of the wrestling carpet (as a rule, the covering has the shape of a square). We lay the pieces in the form of a grid on the floor. We place them perpendicular to each other, at a distance of 50 cm from each other along the plane. Then lay the mats (standard - 1x2 m in size). The next step is to carefully stretch the PVC coating from the middle of the mats. Align. To the special eyelets on the PVC coating we tie the pieces of rope from each side, evenly stretching the canvas along the entire perimeter. After a day, the coating is completely leveled. Done!

Note: if the presented version of how to make tatami with ropes, you for some reason not suitable, you can turn PVC under the mats and simply glue the edges of the cover, overlapping each other.

How to make tatami: we make the bed with our own hands

To make a frame, use a disk saw, and small parts can be cut with an electric jigsaw.

In addition, those who are interested in how to make a tatami (bed), you should know that they can not do without a router.

For a finished mattress with a size of 160x200 m you need boards:

• 2 pieces in length 160 and 168 cm;
• 2 pieces of 208 cm.

We also need a bar length of 120 cm.

Operating procedure

On the front panel (208 cm long board) make a cut of 45 degrees. Assemble the base on the corners, whose role is played by the legs, in order to obtain an ideally square shape.

For this purpose, the bar is cut into four segments with a length of 30 cm. These will be the legs. Then markup is performed. To do this, note the middle on each leg. Use for convenience corner. On each of them, cut an angle of 4 cm, i.e. the width of the board, so that it lies in this recess.

Grind all the details by machine. Then assembly is performed. For this:

• Twist the structure with screws;
• From the inside level with the legs fix the bar, which should support the rack bottom;
• Fix the iron plates with bolts 2 to support the middle rail;
• A backboard of a fiberboard of the correct size is applied to the rear beam of tatami;
• Grab it under the bottom with screws so that it is possible to slightly bend the beam to insert the leatherette;
• Lay foam rubber, which must be secured from the bottom edge;
• Top leatherette on top;
• Fix it on the back to the staples with a construction stapler.

At the end of the assembly, the back of the backrest is closed with a sheet of plywood and fixed with short screws with a wide bonnet.

Dye the bed and cover with varnish.

Care of mats

After figuring out how to make tatami, you also need to learn how to take care of them. This will protect mats from wear and maximize their life. Recommendations are:

• Store only in a horizontal position;
• Clean the surfaces with a damp cloth and cleaners without chlorine;
• Do not allow temperature changes during transportation and transportation, as this adversely affects the surface of the mat, as well as direct sunlight;
• Overheating leads to deformation of tatami.

Now you know how to make tatami at home, and you can become the owner of such a bed or a mat for training, having got rid of minimal financial costs.