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I've been thinking for a while about starting a thread for those who study MA; sort of a roll call. That could be fun!
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12-15-08, 10:18 AM | ||
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We said the same thing. Punch with the first two knuckles, strong straight wrist (no floppy or bent wrists), and don't wrap fingers around the thumb. However, there would never be contact with the thumb so it's not free. Angel is the one that said that she punches with all four knuckles and RedPanda said that for bare knuckle boxing, the thumb is wrapped. I have to check my gloves to see if I could wrap my thumb. I could but since I never do, I thought I couldn't. We always spar with gloves. It covers the top part of my hand. The bottom part is open but there is a strap/band (made from the same material as the glove) that goes over the palm. Then there is grips for the fingers and a strap for the bottom part of the thumb. That's the best that I could describe it since I never looked closely at MMA gloves. This is for Taekwondo sparring. We don't wear any gear for judo or jiu-jitsu. Helen
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12-15-08, 10:20 AM | |
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Hey Ladies, Please do start a "Martial" thread. That would be fun I take kickboxing classes at a Tae Kwon Do place, and I love watching the martial arts classes. I would love to give Tae Kwon Do a try, but I guess I'm a little intimidated, although those that take the Tae Kwon Do classes think we work even harder than they do, lol.
Definitely a Martial Arts thread would be fun
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Don't be afraid to start. When you take classes, it will be tailored for your belt level. Kickboxing does require more cardio endurance than if somebody was doing technique. However, sparring will really improve your anaerobic endurance. Going two minutes against somebody is tougher than running, spinning, or doing a Cathe interval (at least for me). Helen
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12-15-08, 12:20 PM | ||
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But if you want to do it, I agree with Helen - do it!
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12-15-08, 12:27 PM | ||
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I was talking about bare knuckle fighting - ie no handwraps. If you had to unexpectedly defend yourself, you wouldn't have time to wrap your hands! When wrapping our hands in boxing, we do in fact wrap our thumbs so that they are separate from our fingers, and wrap our first two fingers and second two fingers separately, then wear boxing gloves. There are instructional segments in some of the Michael Olajide and Tae Bo DVDs which show you how to do this. Just adding that we always wear wraps and boxing gloves for sparring - the bare knuckle fighting thing was just an FYI. I have the impression that people think I'm a bare-knuckle fighter!
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12-15-08, 01:24 PM | ||
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wow it has been a while since we had this talk. HOw is everyone? I've been super sick from moring sickness. Bleah. But I hope everyone is doing well enjoying the workouts.
I was thinking of you and thought about this thread, and punching thing. I did a review and found out that I was taught we are suppose to make contact with those two fingers (well not fingers but you know what I'm talking about) when punching. What do you know. I was not listening when I was taught I guess. lol I thought I'd share it with you all
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