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 In the past, when Muay Thai was a military jurisdiction, there were no gloves Muay Thai (Thai boxing gloves). In this lone soldier when necessary to their wrists with a rope or a scarf and use the art of Muay Thai to supplement their sword fighting. Since the Muay Thai became a sport, the rules of Muay Thai has made it clear that every boxer must wear gloves Muay Thai in their struggle. The main reason is because the gloves can reduce the impact force to protect your hand and your opponent wounds bruises.
Muay Thai gloves differ from other sports gloves?
Yes, for Muay Thai fights you need gloves more flexible than the normal boxing gloves because it will allow you to open your hands to catch your opponent to deliver a technique close contact, such as knee strikes. There is no other major difference between the gloves and normal Muay Thai boxing gloves, which means you can always use regular boxing gloves in Muay Thai. However, it is always recommended that you use gloves for Muay Thai Muay Thai box.
Type of Muay Thai Gloves
As boxing gloves normally the type of boxing gloves depend Thai boxing activities. May need different gloves to hit the heavy Boxing / Kicking bag, hitting focus mitts for hitting a ball speed punch or a real battle with the enemy. We may combine the diversity of gloves in three basic types of fighting against gloves, training gloves and bag gloves.
Besides categorizing Thai boxing gloves from its use. Boxing gloves can be different in size, weight and color. Gloves style are strict professional boxing, which are usually colored red or blue, representing their area and help judge in the scoring of the competition.
In addition, professional Muay Thai boxer usually use a tight lace gloves that are safer and fit. But what type of gloves are difficult to equip the trainers without assistance. Another type of gloves have Velcro (hook and loop) tight that are much easier to equip and more popular to use in training.
How to buy Muay Thai boxing gloves?
It is highly recommended to consult your instructor to pick up your gloves right. The gloves may be more expensive not the best for you while the cheapest since May Superstore collapse easily. Your instructor will guide you to your gloves perfectly matched that agree with your training program.
Choose your own gloves, you should consider this type of activity you do. Theft of gloves led to shorten their useful life and may cause your injuries. General concept of choice are the following.
* For competitors in Muay Thai you will need a light glove to give a rapid effect and gloves must be sufficiently flexible to allow you to grab your opponent with your hands to make a step combination. Therefore you should use gloves to fight.
* For training before a match or fight, you will need a heavier glove that can slightly increase your strength and soft padding for safety. This is a training gloves will do great.
* To the blows of heavy bags and focus mitts. You will need boxing gloves with thick padding on the front end is called the glove bag. There are also lighter gloves bag design just for training with speed bags to improve the agility of your fist.
Another thing to remind you that you should leave some room for your boxing before buying your gloves. Otherwise, your glove is too tight and uncomfortable, which may reduce the power of your punches.
Gloves and size
If sizing General Gloves corresponds with the weight of the glove, but it is not always true.
Choose one of boxing gloves SIZE is simple. The most common sizes for gloves are small, medium and large enterprises. Just go for one that best fit your fist.
Choose the weight is more complicated. You must choose the weight of the glove depending on your purpose of use.
The most common weight for gloves and their use are:
* 8 oz - For competitive boxers
* 10 oz - For competitive boxers
* 12 oz - For women and small weight classes for training
* 14 oz - For weight classes through training
* 16 oz - For weight classes through training
* 18 oz - For great weight classes for training
However, the weight and size combination is not widely available. You can see some of them on the market such as small - 12 ounces, Medium - 14 oz and big - 16 ounces Many famous brand also reduce their production line by making a change in weight gloves and leave only the size as "one size fits all". If you can not find your gloves in better shape than you might have to order a tailor.
Material of gloves
Boxing gloves are typically made of foam padding and genuine leather cover or vinyl (synthetic leather). Each manufacturer has its own cushioning technology that has resulted in different absorption strength and wearing comfort ability.
If we talk about sustainability, leather gloves tend to be higher in both price and durability and synthetic. Check your local store for the price difference between these two types. If leather gloves unreasonable price seems high, you can change the vinyl gloves because there is not much in terms of quality these days.
Gloves maintenance
After each use of gloves there are usually sweat inside the gloves. The moisture can be a sweet home for the fungi that cause odor smells bad.
The best way to keep your gloves clean is to dry them properly after each use. Then you should spray your gloves within gloves spray deodorant to help you eliminate fungi and prolong the life of your boxing gloves.
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