Advice for hard punching with minimal padding, and still avoid ripping knuckle skin?

Of course it's nice if you have a trainer or cornerman do it. I've put on wraps with my own teeth!

We all have. It’s tougher the older you get, it’s not the initial two inch pull with your teeth, it’s the last two, especially if your wraps are a little bit damp from the day before or not comply dry from the wash. Doesn’t answer my question, though. Where would you snip them if they were a bit too tight just before you were to fight or train?
 
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So, where did you get your degree in psychiatry?

It really seems like you are projecting. And your attempt at being clever with that edit is sad, quite frankly.

Again, I am noticing a trend here of a couple of mods and posters attempting to suddenly disown my rational attempts at argument, with heavy handed attempts at being disingenuous.

What's next, you're going to call me autistic?
Definitely do Not have a degree in psychiatry unless the school of hard knocks and experience applies. That said, playing the autistic card does sound like you need to talk to someone.

Not sure what you mean by "being clever with the edit". I do make a lot of typo's that I try to go back and clean up but there in a time limit on my ability to do that.

Look at it this way; you are on a site where people with several centuries of experience offer advice, first hand experience, and Martial Arts information . When a single source goes against this very sage acquired knowledge base, who do think is typically in the wrong?
 
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"Martial arts career" That's an interesting statement. Do you think your own martial arts are a "career"? If so, what's your amateur or professional record?
Here is a part of the poster's problem - equating MA only with sport competition and not understanding self-defense TMA is different in purpose, application and training.

Few will deny that training for full contact sport (especially boxing due to the prolonged length of matches and repeated contact upon some part of the opponent) protecting the hands from injury is a concern, thus the use of wraps, tape and gloves is reasonable. I certainly agree with this.

But true TMA is not a sport - it is self-defense. Encounters trained for are not preplanned and do not entail many minutes of constant hands striking an opponent (actually, original karate utilized few punches). Being so fundamentally different in these respects, its training requirements and methods are different :oops: and should be no surprise.

Sprinters and long-distance runners train much differently and are subject to different types of injuries. Even their physical builds and diets are different. Seems simple to accept that 2 different things will be different. I don't understand all the fuss here. Whatever the validity of the Poster's views, they have been muddied by his attitude, challenges and overall hostility. This has invited defensiveness and much unnecessary back and forth :banghead:

There are other topics and chains of discussion more worthy of time spent.
 
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