Interesting MA Indie Go-Go Project

[vantheman]

I stumbled across these the other day: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ipunch-gloves

It's an interesting concept to say the least. They appear to be able to track the speed and power of your punches, which is neat, although I don't know if I would necessarily drop $150 on them. If they can further develop gloves like these to analyze punching form, bone alignment, ect., I might consider it, although given the fairly slow start of their fundraising campaign they may never hit the market. Cool idea nonetheless and figured I would share with the KF community in the event anyone would consider supporting the company.

[Wastelander]

It's definitely an interesting project, although I agree that it's a bit too pricy. What I don't like is the premise, though. According to the video, the whole purpose of these gloves is to "learn how to punch without a coach." I think that they can be valuable for those with training and instructors, but their value is going to be severely limited for those without.

As far as your comments about gloves analyzing form and bone alignment, I don't believe we currently have the technology to do that with a glove. 3D motion capture, sure, but not a glove. Who knows what the future holds, though!

[AdamKralic]

I really don't see the point. You'll hit harder by practicing good technique a bazillion times.

From a boxing standpoint body mass is pretty crucial too. Feather weights do not hit as hard as heavyweights...no matter what. The world's best pro feather weight will not hit as hard as the world's worst pro heavyweight. (I added pro in there for a reason...I'm assuming even the worst guy has some knowledge of how to punch)

I like the idea of this being the formula: mass x speed x technique = power. You remove one of those "legs" from the tripod of power and you will have severely limited your power. The gloves don't seem to help anyone with any of those things really. Certainly don't give you mass. They do not give you speed. They do not give you technique. They just give you the results.