Sparing Gear

[Jc4199]

What do you use what do you wish you would have gotten?

I am looking at Warrior by Macho http://www.karatedepot.com/pr-se-001.html

Any thoughts?

[Jiffy]

I still love the old school cotton ones, but these plastic/vinyl type seem to be getting more and more popular. I personally don't like them. On the plus side, they are a lot easier to keep clean.

[Jc4199]

I still love the old school cotton ones, but these plastic/vinyl type seem to be getting more and more popular. I personally don't like them. On the plus side, they are a lot easier to keep clean.

The cotton pads are banned from some events

[Jiffy]

ah ok.

Not here. But who knows, maybe they will be.

Do you know why they are banned?

[Jc4199]

ah ok.

Not here. But who knows, maybe they will be.

Do you know why they are banned?

No I just know that in the few events that i have went to to watch they wouldn not let people use them.

[Pacificshore]

ah ok.

Do you know why they are banned?

From past experience, the Traditional tournaments only allow the use of the cloth/cotton gloves, but that too can be of a specific brand or style. Most Open tournaments use the vinyl or foam style sparring gear. From what I've see too is that many of the Traditional tournaments are transitioning to the vinyl type gloves, but made to their specifications, which usually fall under the WKA.

[AngelaG]

Blurgh, dipped vinyl. As headguards they are completely useless and in fact can cause greater problems than they solve!