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        These are good dimensions of a self-applied paddle for normal sized persons: the wood should be hardwood (oak, mahogany, birch).  A good thickness is thirteen sixteenths of an inch. The width is 7¾ inches.  The length is 6 3/32 inches.  From the middle of one of the 7 3/4-inch sides rises a handle an inch and an eighth wide, and 5 5/8 inches long.  So the shape is generally that of an oblong breadboard with a handle.  If you stood it up on end with the handle stuck up into the air, and sawed it off in the middle, horizontally, it would look like this: 

 

 

         

 

        Paddling as punishment is applied usually to the bare bent bottom, and the experience is best if you are resting over something, not simply bent over.  Here the object of choice is the Japanese meditation seat.  Here are the dimensions of a good one: The wood of the one in the picture below is alder, and 13/16 ths of an inch thick.  The back is 7” high; the front is 3 5/16” high; the length of the seat is 8”; the width is 7¼”; the length of the base is 7 ¼”; the width of the base is 6 ½”.  The top overhangs the side- supports by about 13/32 “.  It looks like this:  (I did use a router.) 

 

 

 

Technique 

        Assuming you are right-handed, rest the back part of the left upper arm from the shoulder to the elbow on the floor, twist around slightly and grip the self-applied paddle with the right hand.  Grasp the back of the meditation seat with your left hand.  Place the paddle on the bottom, right where the spank will land.  Now raise the paddle in the air and give the buttocks an arm-swing, wrist-action smack!, right on the sweet spot.  Then give it another.  Around five units should bring you to the punishment point, but this is subjective.  That it is actually at that point should be a matter of honor.  So also with each punishment unit.  There should never be more than seven units in total.  Remember that the paddle does more damage than you think -- you will become aware of that later in the day and week.  One of the ways that spanking discipline works is that we remember it when we sit down.  There is a natural tendency to repress punishment, and these constant reminders are really very corrective. 

 

 

 

 

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