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Few knockout kicks to practice with kicking shields

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Kicking shields are superb for practicing kicks. Almost all types of kicks can be practiced and if there is a partner holding a kicking shield, then get some valuable feedback from the partner to improve your kicks. Pacific Sports offers high quality kicking shields, also known as multipurpose pads, since they can also be used for punching. Pacific Sports also offers excellent paddles, both single and double, to improve the accuracy of your kicks.

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Pacific Sports kicking shields and paddles

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Level up your kicking skill and practice great kicks with kicking shields and paddles from Pacific Sports. You can practice all types of kicks and also sector your kicks into height or directional sectors. Pacific Sports offers excellent kicking shields and paddles to improve your kicking technique, accuracy, force, timing, and rhythm. With Pacific Sports kicking shields and paddles, you will be able to kick higher, stronger, and faster. Pacific Sports kicking shields and paddles will make your kicks absolutely great!

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MMA gloves – Open thumb or Closed thumb?

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In MMA (Mixed Martial Arts), two types of gloves are seen, namely open thumb MMA gloves and closed thumb MMA gloves; therefore, naturally the question arises that which one to use, “MMA gloves – Open thumb or Closed thumb?”

Pacific Sports offers both open thumb and closed thumb MMA gloves to practitioners of MMA from all around the world. Both these gloves provide superior protection and prevent unwanted injury.

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Essential training gear: Focus paddles, focus mitts, and focus pads

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Training in martial arts needs essential training gear: Focus paddles, focus mitts, and focus pads. These training gear, sometimes also known as punching pads or kicking shields, are designed to improve your strikes like punches and kicks. They are held by your training partner, while you deliver your powerful strikes. These training gear absorb most the shock from your strikes, while your partner feels only a negligible shock.

Based on the small amount of shock felt by your partner, he or she can give you the feedback on whether you should improve your speed, power, balance, timing, accuracy, technique, or other aspects of your strikes. Accordingly, you adjust your strikes and go all out at hitting the training gear. Pacific Sports offers high-quality focus paddles, focus mitts, and focus pads, so that you can undertake explosive and intense training sessions, without you or your training partner getting hurt at all.

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Kicking Shields and Focus Pads for Muay Thai Combos

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As a Muay Thai practitioner, you know that Muay Thai combinations are deadly, and they need to be practiced daily. Pacific Sports offers excellent and high-quality kicking shields and focus pads for Muay Thai combos. Your strategic moves, powerful strikes, and fluid footwork are improved dramatically when you practice your Muay Thai combos with Pacific Sports kicking shields and focus pads.

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Are Taekwondo shoes necessary?

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Traditionally, Taekwondo is practiced barefoot and thus Taekwondo shoes are not required. However, if you plan to excel in Taekwondo, then you have to practice very long hours, and this can significantly increase the chances of your feet getting hurt. If your kick is not technically perfect, then your feet can get injured very easily. Sometimes, practicing turning kicks can lead to blisters or bruises on the soles of the feet. An injury can put you off practice for days, weeks or even months. To prevent injury and for many other reasons, Taekwondo shoes are necessary. Pacific Sports offers high-quality Taekwondo shoes made specifically for intense training sessions.

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Taekwondo paddle improves accuracy, range, timing and power

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Practicing with a Taekwondo paddle improves the focus of your kicks and punches, and thus, it is also known as a focus paddle. A Taekwondo paddle improves accuracy, range, timing and power of your kicks and punches. A Taekwondo paddle is very easy to hold and move around with it, so that you and your partner can practice different types of kicks or punches at different heights and different angles. The paddle in made in such a way that it provides both kicking and punching practice; however, it is largely used for kicking practice. Pacific Sports offers high-quality Taekwondo paddles in two varieties of single paddle and double paddle. Both types of paddles are extensively used in Taekwondo dojos all around the world.

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Prevent injury and train longer!

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An injury can stop your training for days, weeks, or even months. Training without injury is crucial and therefore, using protective wear is a must. Protective wear prevents injury by reducing the chances of being hurt or hurting your partner during intensive training sessions. Pacific Sports offers high-quality protective wear that successfully prevents hands, shin-ankle-instep, feet, and upper body from being injured. Use Pacific Sports protective wear, prevent injury and train longer.

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What to look for in kicking shields?

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Kicking shields also known as kicking pads or multipurpose pads, are a must to improve strikes, as they help to develop speed, power, and technique. There are many benefits of a kicking shield like they can be used not only for kicks, but also for punches, knee and elbow strikes. They also provide an opportunity to know how it feels to hit a real target. But there are many kicking shields in the market and before buying one, you should know what to look for in kicking shields so that you can take your striking prowess to the next level.

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Pacific Sports high-quality shin-ankle-instep guards

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The shin bone is in the front of the leg, and it is vulnerable in all martial arts. During kicks, the ankle and the instep may also get hurt. Therefore, protecting the shin, ankle, and the instep is important for a martial artist. Protection leads to no or fewer injuries that enables the martial artist to lessen time spent in recuperating. Pacific Sports offers guards that protect the shin, ankle and the instep. Pacific Sports high-quality shin-ankle-instep guards offer excellent protection, so that the martial artist can without any worry pursue Karate, Taekwondo, Muay Thai, MMA, Kickboxing, or any other combat sport.

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Focus mitt drills

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Focus mitt drills are used for training punches. The trainer holds the focus mitts or focus pads, while the student wears gloves. With the gloves, the student punches the focus mitt held by the trainer. The trainer receives punches on the focus mitt but can also use the arm holding the focus mitt as if throwing punches, which simulates sparring. The punches thrown with the focus mitt by the trainer are evaded by the student with slipping, rolling, weaving, or shuffling techniques. In this manner, the student can practice both attacking and defensive moves with focus mitt drills, using focus mitts, focus pads, and gloves.

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The MATS feedback method for training

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In any physical activity, be it martial arts, sports, or physical fitness, feedback from trainers is essential. Trainers follow different ways of providing feedback; however, the MATS feedback method is widely used by trainers all over the world. MATS is an acronym for Motivating, Actionable, Timely, and Specific.

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A good mittholder needs a Pacific Sports focus mitt

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For the practice to be effective, the mittholder must be good; and a good mittholder needs a good focus mitt. Mitt practice is done by practitioners of boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, Taekwondo, Karate, MMA, and other martial arts. Practicing with a mitt is required for learning how to punch, kick or use elbow and knee strikes. The trainer holds the mitt while the practitioner hits it. During this process, the trainer shows some tips on how the strikes can have greater accuracy, speed, and power. These tips are implemented by the practitioner until the practitioner gets it right. Hence, training with a mitt is strenuous and intense. Both the trainer and the practitioner put in a lot of effort in the training session. In order for the combined efforts of the trainer and the practitioner to be fruitful, the mitt has to be very good like Pacific Sports focus mitts.

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How to hold a kicking shield or a multipurpose pad

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A kicking shield is a padded piece of training equipment and so it is also known as a kicking pad. Again, besides practicing kicks, it can also be used to practice punches, knee and elbow strikes, and thus, it is also known as a multipurpose pad. While holding the multipurpose pad, the partner should not get hurt from the power of your kicks and punches. For this reason, the following general guidelines may be followed:

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