Blitzsport Sparring Set

[Harkon72]

I want to buy a sparring set (Hands, Feet, Shins and Head Guard) for Karate Sparring.

My Sensei sells the whole set to fit me at £65.

I saw a set from ebay at the same price but with £12 pp

My Sensei deals with Blitzsport here in the UK. Are they any good? Has anyone seen a better deal elsewhere? They are dipped foam BTW.

[DWx]

I've always had good service from Blitzsport but have never bought any of their sparring gear. They've always looked a bit cheap to me (compared to Macho) but I've never worn them so could be mistaken.

But assuming you're getting a set with hands, feet, shins and head guard, £65 for the lot is a very good price as if you bought them individual it'd be around £80: http://www.blitzsport.com/Products/Dipped-Foam

For comparison, you can get the Macho Dyna set for £90 or the Warrior set for £100.

[Harkon72]

I can see that the deal from Sensei Williams is a good one.

His top student uses Blitzsport gear, so I might give them a try.

Thank You for your reply, it was very useful.

[DWx]

Don't know if this is any good to you but martialartshop.co.uk (who I've also used before) have some clearance sparring sets available:

£30 for a set (minus the headguard) which looks to be just a generic brand dipped foam gear.

Also if you built your own set up from the T-Sport gear on that site (which I think is equal quality to Macho), it'd be £63:

headguard

feet

hands

shins

[Harkon72]

Thank you, for the sake of £2 I think I'll support Sensei Williams. He might offer me a discount if I buy the Association hoodie from him too.

Cheers for the heads up though. Osu!