In this video, I will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of practicing with and without protections during training sessions.
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“In the street, you’ll have no protection!”
In training, we can work with protection (gloves, cups, shin guards, etc.), although we don’t have any protection when you leave our house.
Of course, we can work barehanded, but without protection, we won’t be able to touch our partner, or we will hurt him, which would be quite stupid.
If your partner agree, you can say to each other “let’s have a free-fight, bare hands, without protection, let’s hit each other, and you only have to grit your teeth if I hit you in the jaw”, but it’s not good for your physical integrity.
You can think a little more seriously and tell yourself: “I have gloves, yes, but it’s just in case”. But you have to keep in mind that in the street, you won’t have any protection. In training, on the other hand, you are not meant to hurt yourself, so you can benefit from that extra “comfort”!
Take some blows, but only if they are moderate and controlled
On the other hand, wearing gloves during training seems interesting and even necessary, because you will be hitting and taking blows!
Yes, but measured and controlled blows, because with bare hands, you will mostly hurt your fingers and risk hurting your partner’s face. The gloves allow you to avoid hurting yourself and your partner.
Clench your fists tightly
In the same vein, let’s think about our fellow boxers.
They wear boxing gloves, yes, but even though they are great “punchers”, they can sometimes not clench their fists properly. That’s why you shouldn’t confuse “sport” fighting with self defense fighting. If you are not used to clenching your fists, you will literally break your fingers!
So, wearing strips and the boxing gloves over them with the fists half clenched is fine in boxing training. However, in the street, on a hard surface like a human skull, you may break your fingers. To avoid this, clench your fists tightly when training without protection.
