When you buy your mats, here's two hints for storage from someone who has owned tatame mats for a good few years.
- don't store the mats upright when not in use; they bend out of shape. Store them flat.
- don't store them in direct sunlight. They discolour, and worse, there is a coating on them that gets damaged in sunlight which leads to flaking.
I recently moved out to a new appartement with more space and a better floor. Before, there was a poorly insulated floor, it was nice from an aesthetic point of view, but the floor didn't realy held noice and also "moved" a bit up and down when walking on it. so fighting was done on my comfy big matrasses. Now, I'm in a rather spacious appartment, with a good insulated, stable floor, and the Idea is to buy mats so I can have better fights at home. A big matras is comfy and has certain perks but I'm looking now for floormats. Do you guys have any suggestions, things to look out for and stuff? I've been google-ing in the Benelux (I live in Belgium), and found a few sites. Best options in my case are, I think puzzelmats with 4 cm (+/- 1,57 inch, if that would exist) thickness, for more or less 3X3m (or +/- 10X10ft). You guys have any advice, do's, dont's, sites/shops with good and not that good experience? My budget would between 200 and 500 euro, best are puzzelmats since I don't have a permanent matroom possible :).
I have at the moment in mind (all sites here are in Dutch) :
StrikeFighter (78 )
11/29/2022 5:49 PMHi Rower87,
Congrats on moving to a bigger space!
When you buy your mats, here's two hints for storage from someone who has owned tatame mats for a good few years.
- don't store the mats upright when not in use; they bend out of shape. Store them flat.
- don't store them in direct sunlight. They discolour, and worse, there is a coating on them that gets damaged in sunlight which leads to flaking.
Rower87 (56)
11/29/2022 8:24 PM(In reply to this)
Obrigado, sir ;)
luttefrance (36)
11/28/2022 10:14 PMHi. These are the best deal i've found. They delivered to france.
https://jardin202.com/suelos-caucho-goma/tatami-puzzle/lote-10-losetas-tatami-puzzle-roja-negro.html#/1552-medida-espesor_40mm
Rower87 (56)
11/28/2022 11:09 PM(In reply to this)
Merci pour les infos. Si je vois bien, 10m² pour un prix très bien, je pense?
luttefrance (36)
11/29/2022 11:32 AM(In reply to this)
Oui j'en ai pris une douzaine - j'ai pas trouvé un meilleur prix
Rower87 (56)
11/29/2022 11:48 AM(In reply to this)
génial. Merci
Belgianjudoka (87)
11/28/2022 2:09 PMPuzzle mats to have the tendency to unlock quite quickly when you have a dynamic fight :-)
Rower87 (56)
11/28/2022 12:26 PMHi all,
I recently moved out to a new appartement with more space and a better floor. Before, there was a poorly insulated floor, it was nice from an aesthetic point of view, but the floor didn't realy held noice and also "moved" a bit up and down when walking on it. so fighting was done on my comfy big matrasses. Now, I'm in a rather spacious appartment, with a good insulated, stable floor, and the Idea is to buy mats so I can have better fights at home. A big matras is comfy and has certain perks but I'm looking now for floormats. Do you guys have any suggestions, things to look out for and stuff? I've been google-ing in the Benelux (I live in Belgium), and found a few sites. Best options in my case are, I think puzzelmats with 4 cm (+/- 1,57 inch, if that would exist) thickness, for more or less 3X3m (or +/- 10X10ft). You guys have any advice, do's, dont's, sites/shops with good and not that good experience? My budget would between 200 and 500 euro, best are puzzelmats since I don't have a permanent matroom possible :).
I have at the moment in mind (all sites here are in Dutch) :
Puzzelmats 100X100X4cm via FightSHop.nl with EVA Foam (dutch site) : https://www.fightshop.nl/puzzelmatten-4-cm-dik-blauw-rood.html
Puzzlemats 100X100X4cm via NihonSports with Crosslinked Polyethylene foam https://www.nihonsport-belux.be/product/j40s-xpe-100x100x4-cm-zacht-ptrn-rijst-stro-rood-wit-groen/
Puzzlemats 100X100X4cm, 3 layers, verry shock absorbant, polyethylene foam https://www.nihonsport-belux.be/product/puzzelmat-voor-budo-grappling-mma-tatamix-4-cm-3-laags/
Puzzlemats 100X100X4cm, medium density 3 layers shock absorbant, https://www.nihonsport-belux.be/product/puzzelmat-voor-judo-tatamix-4-cm-zacht-groen-wit-rood/
Set of puzzelmats 9m², 4cmthick, EVA Foam https://www.vechtsportwinkel.com/vechtsport/trainingsartikelen/tatami-matten/puzzelmattenset-4-cm-rood-zwart-9-m2/
Essimo judomat 1X1m, https://www.vechtsportwinkel.com/vechtsport/trainingsartikelen/tatami-matten/essimo-judomat-1-x-1-meter-2/
Thank you for your feedback,
best regards,
bart