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If you can look around on the net, and find some evidence that striking a heavy bag can stunt your growth, then I would begin to worry. Otherwise, I would not worry about it. Use the bag, and enjoy your training. :)

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Okay, thanks!

I looked around, the only thing I found was younger people shouldn't strike a makiwara. Also, shin conditioning isn't recommended for younger people.

P.S. What bag gloves do you guys recommend?

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Bag gloves are personal preference. I don't really use any right now, but I am going to look at Wal-Mart to see what they have.

Wrapping your wrists is important as well. You can get them at Wal-Mart as well.

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I've got a pair of handwraps, and a pair of really thin bag gloves- they're good for speed bag but they're a little thin for heavy bag. My hands are somewhat conditioned now from hitting the thin gloves- at first, I bloodied up my knuckles, but now, they're fine.

I'll look at Sportmart.

Thanks for your help.

"What we do in life, echoes in eternity."


"We must all fear evil men. But there is another kind of evil which we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men."

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Just for some extra info, if you dont like the standard hand wraps you can get alternatives that are usually elastic and slide straight on the hand, a little more expensive, but easier to use and ensure you have correct hand support everytime you put them on. An example:

http://www.amazon.com/Everlast-EverGel-Hand-Wraps-X-Large/dp/B000E5RBNU

Im sure you could find others if you were interested.

Those are interesting. Have you worked with them at all? Do they support the wrist very well? I am more concerned about the support of the wrist as opposed to the protection that they would offer my knuckles, but that is just me.

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Those are interesting. Have you worked with them at all? Do they support the wrist very well? I am more concerned about the support of the wrist as opposed to the protection that they would offer my knuckles, but that is just me.

Yes, i agree about the wrist support being the main thing. After all, the gloves are their to protect the knuckles. I have a pair, not those kind, a simpler version i suppose(ill try and find a link). I use them all the time now. They support the wrist very well, ive never had problems with them.

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Those are interesting. Have you worked with them at all? Do they support the wrist very well? I am more concerned about the support of the wrist as opposed to the protection that they would offer my knuckles, but that is just me.

Yes, i agree about the wrist support being the main thing. After all, the gloves are their to protect the knuckles. I have a pair, not those kind, a simpler version i suppose(ill try and find a link). I use them all the time now. They support the wrist very well, ive never had problems with them.

Great, thanks for the info, cross.

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