Different Types of Boxing Gloves
Different Types of Boxing Gloves
By picking a right pair of boxing gloves you can protect your hand and wrist from injuries. It is very important for a boxer to protect himself from injuries. If he does not, it will affect his performance. Different types of gloves are as follows:
7 and 8 oz Bag gloves:
These are old fashioned bag gloves which has minimum padding without wrist support. This can be used by either amateur. They offer minimal protection to the hand but allow the most direct feel. They should not be used for sparring due to an increased …
The Art of Beat Boxing – A Guide For Beginners
The Art of Beat Boxing – A Guide For Beginners
Whether you’d like to believe it or not, there are only three basic sounds you have to master when it comes to the art of beat-boxing. The three necessary sounds you must master are the bass drum, snare, and high-hat.
Lets start off with the bass drum…
1. The Bass Drum
Just as in an real performance, the bass is what drives the beat of the music. This is essential when you are just starting out learning how to beat-box. The bass drum sound is what really gives beat-boxing its …
Stay on Top With Mixed Martial Arts Techniques
Stay on Top With Mixed Martial Arts Techniques
Mixed Martial Arts Techniques are impressive to look at. It is in many ways more brutal than its various predecessors and this is especially true when it comes to submission moves. A lot of these moves come from the submission grappling technique. Some of the best practitioners can do this on their back and some even prefer doing it like that!
One thing it is important to remember when practicing this sport is that the rules are more relaxed. This means that knees and elbows can be employed as well as more …
Martial Arts Mouthguards
Martial Arts Mouthguards
Mouthguards help protect that beautiful set of teeth. A mouth guard is required by man professional sports, and martial arts competitions are one of those. Mouthguards are suitable for anyone who risks face injury in any contact sport. This is particularly true of younger athletes.
Children are enrolled in martial arts to teach them discipline, self-control and to keep in shape. Blocking a kick or a punch is with their teeth is almost certain to be costly and possibly miserable. Mouthguards make as much sense in martial arts for children as they do for professional athletes.
Martial …
Power Boxing – Double Your Punching Power With These 5 Secrets
Power Boxing – Double Your Punching Power With These 5 Secrets
You don’t have to be a competition boxer to put more power in your punches. If you can punch harder in good form in your home or gym workouts you will get fitter and lose more weight – because it means you are using the right muscles and putting more of your body into each punch. Here’s how to double your punching power in 5 steps.
Power Punching Secret #1 – Use Your Whole Body.
Bruce Lee used to knock a man down from a punching distance of just …
Hand and Wrist Pain From Boxing Training and Martial Arts
Hand and Wrist Pain From Boxing Training and Martial Arts
Standard boxing protective equipment
Spend any amount of time in a serious boxing gym and you’ll probably run into a few professional fighters. They come in all shapes and sizes, but the one thing they all have in common is: they each know how to separate fighting and training. When they fight, they go all out. Whatever it takes to win is what they expect from themselves and their opponents.
But during training, they are there to prepare themselves for the big night. There is no need to show how …
How to Punch – The Jab
How to Punch – The Jab
One of the main questions that people want to ask an experienced martial artist is how to punch properly for the maximum power and effectiveness, but of course the first thing that you need to recognize is that the answer to this question depends on the situation you are in, which will decide what kind of punch that you should use.
So in explaining how to perform a jab for this article the first thing that it is very important for any curious reader to learn is what a jab is for and when …
Mayweather Vs Pacquiao: The Fight Of The Decade
Mayweather Vs Pacquiao: The Fight Of The Decade
Manny Pacquiao is the official pound for pound world number 1 and Floyd Mayweather is the unofficial pound for pound world number 1, the question is who the rightful owner of this acclaim. Floyd Mayweather is held in a higher regard than Manny Pacquiao amongst the boxing community because of the raw talent the man posses. His boxing ability is arguably unrivalled at the current time, and has been throughout the last decade. This is enough for many to say Mayweather deserves recognition for being not only the best of his generation, …
Tim Tackett’s Commentary
Tim Tackett’s Commentary
Please check out the full interview on audio with Tim Tackett. In that interview we covered:
How the circus and WWII environment opened some doors for him
How having summers off gave him an incredible learning experience
Tim’s secret book which he mainly wrote, but was not credited for
Why Tim wasn’t impressed the first time he saw Bruce Lee
How a focus mit change his training experience
Why teaching individuals vs. groups changed the way many learn JKD today
Why Bruce Lee never really “trained” in ranges
How many starting using the left lead
The way …
Boxing Shoes – Things You Should Know
Boxing Shoes – Things You Should Know
Boxing shoes bear a strong similarity to running shoes; however, they rarely have any support on the bottom of the foot. They are constructed of lightweight leather so that boxers can move quickly when in the boxing ring. Instead of treading, these shoes have non-slip soles that allow boxers to get a grip on the floor of the ring. Available in various sizes and colors, they also come in low tops or high tops with laces that tie up to the shin.
Typically made from leather or suede, low tops are shoes that …