Just breathe

Tap often and if anything feels like it hurts, tap

Nobody will call you a pussy if you tap a lot as a beginner

Thx man

@Pat-MA *Stick with it!*

@Pat-MA Good on you , bro.

6 months from now, you will feel like you have super powers. 💪🏼

Appreciate it guys

Anyone here box? What brand of gloves do you use for bag work? It seems like everything under $100 is Pakistani made and uses the same pattern.

I don't use gloves for bag work

@Svat - NY I use fairtex

I kind of would go against using gloves, to train your fist strength

Don’t not wear bag gloves. Believe me when I tell you that the long term trauma to your joints and wrists will have you regretting that decision in a few short years. My hands are in a constant state of inflammation. I have several bone spurs. My wrists need constant massaging.

Some of my fingers are off alignment.

I mean, I don't go 100% by any means

but I'm also throwing in combos and kicks/knees/elbows

so its not exclusively handwork

but by the end of the session I have 0 pain whatsoever

Planning on the gloves. "Toughening up" ones hands is not worth a lifetime of pain and easy re injuries.

The first thing people break in a fight is their hands.

Also, as I mentioned, I'm not going 100%, am painfree, and have been doing this for about a year now.

🙄 Do what you will though

@Deleted User How hard did you used to go on bag work?

I'm not trying to second guess you or your experience, just adding my own.

@Deleted User not overly hard, but I’ve probably done it for a much longer time than you have. That said, my hands were hurting in maybe my second or third year

@Svat - NY @Deleted User Agreed.

I fractured my right pinky in sparring while wearing MMA gloves.

My pinky is now crooked and my knuckle is double the size of the others from the calcium deposit.

You don't want crooked fingers! Wear bag gloves! 😉

Yeah I agree with @Tyler0317 definitely get bag gloves I use 16oz and double wrap my hands. And when sparring I use 12oz. Ringside are well made gloves but pricey.

Most important is to wrap your hands right

I didn't for the first years I got into it and today I can feel it

When teaching others I point out that 'Humans aren't built to punch'.

If we were, we'd have bony clubs for hands. Our hands are relatively brittle, and comprised of ~20 small bones.

Our hands are built for dexterity, for fine motor skills, for grasping.

While striking can be effective, precautions must be taken.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ns2LNGCnUHo

@Deleted User

Try hard status.

Grats Sam! I know how good that feels man. Keep at it!

Nice!

Anyone here familiar with Zendo-Kai?

@Whitelash Is it related to the glorious Rex Kwon Do?

That’s what I’m afraid of. Its the only “combat sports” in my local area

@Whitelash It's worth checking out. Worst case is you waste a couple hours and don't go back.

Something is better than nothing. You should always pick the place that's easiest to form a habit of going to. Too many people focus really hard on the style of martial art, when the reality is knowing and training any martial art puts you above someone who has never trained. Check it out, it looks legit from what I read

@Whitelash