I have a wal-bag for striking, and would appreciate your suugestions as to how I should fill it. There are three sections, also. Should I use the same filling in all three, or use different fillings? People I know have suggested dried peas (?!), but I can´t imagine it´d take long to turn them to dust...
Dried peas are very good for this, and they do not turn to dust quickly, in fact it takes years. Under no circumstances should you use sand. Actually, here's two threads I just dug up about this subject http://www.martialartsplanet.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=66564 http://www.martialartsplanet.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35129
You couldn't pay me to hit those things. They will knacker your shoulders, never mind your hands. Hit a heavy bag with gloves on.