What Boxing Needs To Learn From MMA
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Begin forwarded message:
> From: Jerome Kelty
> Here’s the last one! My Ghostbuster costume- This is one of the best
> Halloween costumes ever for me. Everyone loves it, especially
> little kids. I
> made two complete packs, suits, belts and goggles for myself and a
> friend of
> mine in just over two weeks working mostly nights and weekends. I
> also made
> a ghost trap and pedal- it clips onto the belt just like in the
> movie. The
> guns come off the packs and the packs light up, as does the trap. I
> made two
> lighting circuits for each pack using a simple homemade 555 timer
> circuit, a
> few LED’s and 9v batteries. The trap weighs around six or seven
> pounds and
> the packs weigh about twenty- five pounds.
>
> I put up an instructable here:
> www.instructables.com/id/EKH0XWT89LES9J6ZK2/
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jerome
>

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