Tag: Martial Arts Training Gear

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Level up your Muay Thai training with Pacific Sports gear

High quality Pacific Sports gear can level up your Muay Tahi training. With excellent Pacific Sports Muay Thai shorts featuring traditional Thai lettering and motifs, your determination will improve considerably. Your punches will become more accurate when you hit Pacific Sports focus pads with Pacific Sports gloves designed especially for Muay Thai. Combine it with Pacific Sports shin guards and you can practice powerful kicks on Pacific Sports kicking shields without getting hurt. Pacific Sports gear will make your Muay Thai training more intense and take it to the next level. [...]  read more

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Focus mitt drills

Focus mitt drills are used for training punches. The trainer holds the focus mitts or focus pads, while the student wears gloves. With the gloves, the student punches the focus mitt held by the trainer. The trainer receives punches on the focus mitt but can also use the arm holding the focus mitt as if throwing punches, which simulates sparring. The punches thrown with the focus mitt by the trainer are evaded by the student with slipping, rolling, weaving, or shuffling techniques. In this manner, the student can practice both attacking and defensive moves with focus mitt drills, using focus mitts, focus pads, and gloves. [...]  read more

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How to hold focus mitts

Round focus pads for martial arts

Training with focus mitts is not just about throwing punches and hitting the mitts. If the mitts are incorrectly held, then upon impact, the wrist or the hands of the puncher or the mitt-holder may get hurt. The following points should be considered while holding focus mitts. [...]  read more

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The MATS feedback method for training

In any physical activity, be it martial arts, sports, or physical fitness, feedback from trainers is essential. Trainers follow different ways of providing feedback; however, the MATS feedback method is widely used by trainers all over the world. MATS is an acronym for Motivating, Actionable, Timely, and Specific. [...]  read more

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A good mittholder needs a Pacific Sports focus mitt

For the practice to be effective, the mittholder must be good; and a good mittholder needs a good focus mitt. Mitt practice is done by practitioners of boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, Taekwondo, Karate, MMA, and other martial arts. Practicing with a mitt is required for learning how to punch, kick or use elbow and knee strikes. The trainer holds the mitt while the practitioner hits it. During this process, the trainer shows some tips on how the strikes can have greater accuracy, speed, and power. These tips are implemented by the practitioner until the practitioner gets it right. Hence, training with a mitt is strenuous and intense. Both the trainer and the practitioner put in a lot of effort in the training session. In order for the combined efforts of the trainer and the practitioner to be fruitful, the mitt has to be very good like Pacific Sports focus mitts. [...]  read more

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How to hold a kicking shield or a multipurpose pad

A kicking shield is a padded piece of training equipment and so it is also known as a kicking pad. Again, besides practicing kicks, it can also be used to practice punches, knee and elbow strikes, and thus, it is also known as a multipurpose pad. While holding the multipurpose pad, the partner should not get hurt from the power of your kicks and punches. For this reason, the following general guidelines may be followed: [...]  read more

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How to clean MMA gloves

Pacific Sports MMA gloves are exclusively designed for Mixed Martial Arts, so that punching and grappling moves can be powerfully executed. After an intense MMA workout, it is obvious that the gloves become dirty due to sweat, dust, and bacteria, which makes the gloves unhygienic, and they also smell bad. Therefore, it is necessary to clean the gloves, so that they remain bacteria-free and last a very long time. Pacific Sports MMA gloves are very easy to clean in few simple steps only. [...]  read more

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Pacific Sports Training & Protective Gear

As a martial artist you already know the importance of having the right training gear to get the most out of your training sessions. From paddles to gloves to kick shields and everything in-between, having high quality training and protective equipment, lets you reach new levels of performance. [...]  read more

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Benefits of a kicking shield in Taekwondo

Taekwondo is a Korean martial art that focuses on using kicking techniques to defend oneself. A key tool for training and developing kicking skills is the kicking shield, which is a large, padded device that is held by a trainer or training partner to serve as a target for kicks. There are innumerable benefits of using a kicking shield in Taekwondo training. The first and most obvious benefit of using a kicking shield is improved accuracy and power. Kicking shields are typically larger and thicker than traditional targets, which allows practitioners to better focus on their kicking techniques and build up power as they practice. This is especially important for Taekwondo practitioners who rely on powerful kicking techniques to defend themselves, as the shield provides a more realistic target that accurately represents the human body.  [...]  read more

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Pacific Sports Shin-Ankle-Instep Guards

Pacific Sports shin-ankle-instep guards are built to withstand the toughest training. They are used for training in MMA, Muay Thai, Kickboxing, Karate, Taekwondo, and many other martial arts. Pacific Sports shin-ankle-instep guards feature a unique and an innovative design that offers complete protection and is also light in weight. The guards provide optimum resilience for intensive training, excellent sweat absorption, and superior protection for the shin, ankle and the instep. [...]  read more

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Pacific Sports Focus Mitts

A focus mitt is a training equipment used in martial arts and other combat sports. It has a padding on the front and a glove on the back. The padding on the front serves as a target, while the glove on the back enables to hold the focus mitt securely. The concept of using focus mitts, in various forms, is seen since ancient times. Earlier, a training partner used to hold slippers or foot tongs or small pillows, which served as focus mitts, to absorb the shock from the strikes of a martial artist. Over time, several modifications took place and nowadays, focus mitts are made of high density foam covered by leather. A focus mitt is widely used throughout the world and is an essential training equipment in martial arts and other combat sports.  [...]  read more

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Using multipurpose pads for effective training

In martial arts training, a multipurpose pad is used to train arm and leg strikes, primarily to improve technique, power and accuracy of the strikes. It also has an added benefit of helping to condition the body part used. A multipurpose pad can be used in any martial art or combat sport. For a no-holds barred training, instead of sparring with a partner, one can practice with one or more multipurpose pads. A martial artist can use full power in the strikes and get almost the same benefit as sparring with a partner. Since full power strikes are targeted at a multipurpose pad, no training partner is hurt. Practicing with a multipurpose pad is totally safe, instructive and enjoyable at the same time. [...]  read more

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Training with a Paddle

A paddle is a training equipment that is primarily used in Taekwondo, but can also be used in any other martial art. The inside of the paddle has high density foam, which is covered with high-quality durably stitched leather, so that it can withstand intense usage. The paddle has a handle and a padded hitting target, which together measures about 17 inches in length. The padded hitting target has a width of about 8 inches. The paddle is lightweight and weighs about 330 gms.  [...]  read more

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Kids Shin Pads for Martial Arts

As every parent will agree, safety is paramount in any kids activity. This holds true even more when it comes to your kid participating in any contact sports based activity such as martial arts - from choosing an environment where they are looked after well by their teachers to choosing the right karate uniform or Taekwondo uniform and protective accessories. [...]  read more

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How to Choose a Taekwondo Kick Shield?

If you are looking to build your training equipment, one thing you will need is a taekwondo kick shield. Brisbane is home to a thriving martial arts community and there are several sports stores where you can buy them. Of course, there’s always the option of buying your taekwondo kick shield online and there is a much bigger choice. But what should you be looking for? To help, here’s our quick guide. [...]  read more