Tuesday, January 26, 2010

MMA Gear

By Tommy Bessie

Being a mixed self-defense skills fighter takes more than skill. You also need to have all of the correct MMA gear both for training and for competition. The quantity of gear you buy will depend upon what gear is available at the gym and whether you need to train at all at home. Most training gymnasiums will have all the larger gear you want, such as the grappling dummies and heavy pads. You will have to get the smaller stuff, like your gloves, clothing, head gear and pads. The way in which you select the gear all is dependent on what you want and how comfortable they feel on you.

The protective MMA gear that you're going to need for training and competition are gloves, groin protectors and head and mouth guards. These all are obligatory for any fighter, with no regard for his talent level. Almost all of this gear is reasonably self-explanatory when it comes to selecting them. You simply go with what fits and feels comfortable. The sole one that is different is the gloves. You are going to need separate gloves for coaching than you've got for fighting. The rationale for that is as the coaching gloves generally are bigger in shape than the competition gloves. Having separate pairs will make for better fighting.

For coaching, you might want to consider using knee and elbow pads. This is optional MMA gear, but it is the easiest way to defend yourself against injury before you really get into the ring. You don't want to get hurt in practice because you thought you were too good to wear protective pads. Another optional gear is handwraps. Many people wear these in place of gloves during training because they feel they're more comfortable. Also, it gives them the possibility to really feel their competitor, which many wrestlers like.

If you are not already web savvy, shopping online for MMA Clothing and Fight Gear can be an overwhelming process. Fortunately though, it does not have to be. I wrote this guide to assist in easing you through the process of choosing the right online MMA retailer to shop with the 1st time, so that your internet shopping experience is a good one.

Choose an online store with a wide selection of product. If you're like me, you do not want to need to go shopping at 3 different net stores to find everything that you need. I like to pick a major retailer ( or 2 maximum ) and stick with them throughout the buying process.

Let's accept it for many of us price is something that we want to consider. When shopping on the net, it's extraordinarily useful to your wallet to be conscious of the price ticket as it can ( and really does ) change considerably from site to site.

Not all corners of the web are considered equal. When purchasing online, be certain to read about the retailer on their "about us" page and learn all you can. It could also be useful to look up reviews in the big search engines, and spend a while surfing gear & apparatus forums. Spending even just a few minutes to investigate can actually tell you a lot about a company, and whether you want to spend your hard earned money with them or not.

in general though, all MMA shorts have 2 things in common. Do your old gym shorts wick away sweat and moisture? Are they cut to boost your mobility for grappling? Have they got split seams making your striking in terms of knees and kicks more effective? Are you keen on getting your hands caught in pockets or a loose pair of shorts while grappling? If you answered "no" to at least one of these questions, then that should be adequate reason to speculate in a pair.

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