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RCastillo
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If going all out in a sparring session, what type gloves would be the safest to use, and would head gear still be advisable to use?
Thanks:asian:
Thanks:asian:
tarabos
2nd Black Belt
the safest gloves? probably a pair of 16oz boxing gloves preferably from Ringside. but a glove will really only protect your hand, not your opponents head. I just use regular old boxing headgear from fairtex. Ringside gets their headgear from http://www.fightgear.com
so....
http://www.fairtex.com - my favorite
http://www.ringside.com - my second favorite
now if you still want some gripping ability in your gloves, you're going to have to go with something that has fingers. i have a pair of kempo/kenpo/jkd gloves, whatever you want to call them, that are pretty decent. they don't offer as much protection though.
keep in mind as well that a heavier glove WILL weigh your hands down after a couple rounds, but you should benefit from that as well with some increased hand speed.
foot/shin/instep protection is a different story. there's a wide variety of protection there. i have a pair of ringside shin/instep guards and they are decent. they tend to move around a lot though if you wack someone with a leg kick. i plan to try out the fairtex shin/instep guards soon as well. when i started sparring i used to wear the foam-dipped footwear, but after slipping and falling on my **** enough times because of those POS's...i got rid of them. plus it's not nice to kick someone with your shin without protection on.
so....
http://www.fairtex.com - my favorite
http://www.ringside.com - my second favorite
now if you still want some gripping ability in your gloves, you're going to have to go with something that has fingers. i have a pair of kempo/kenpo/jkd gloves, whatever you want to call them, that are pretty decent. they don't offer as much protection though.
keep in mind as well that a heavier glove WILL weigh your hands down after a couple rounds, but you should benefit from that as well with some increased hand speed.
foot/shin/instep protection is a different story. there's a wide variety of protection there. i have a pair of ringside shin/instep guards and they are decent. they tend to move around a lot though if you wack someone with a leg kick. i plan to try out the fairtex shin/instep guards soon as well. when i started sparring i used to wear the foam-dipped footwear, but after slipping and falling on my **** enough times because of those POS's...i got rid of them. plus it's not nice to kick someone with your shin without protection on.
I agree that ringside would be the way to go. I trained with ringside and never had any problems with any of the equipment.
