Improve your kicks with kicking shields
Kicking shields are one of the most versatile training tools in martial arts.
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Effective practice with taekwondo paddles
Training with taekwondo paddles is a fantastic way to improve your accuracy, speed, and power in your kicks. Effective practice with taekwondo paddles involves striking the paddles at different heights or distances with all types of simple and complex kicks. Pacific Sports offers high quality single and double taekwondo paddles for all practitioners of taekwondo throughout the world.
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Benefits of practicing with focus mitts, focus pads, and multipurpose pads
Pacific Sports offers high-quality focus mitts, focus pads, and multipurpose pads, for Taekwondo, Karate, Boxing, Muay Thai, Kickboxing and other striking martial arts like Krav Maga, Sambo, Kung Fu, Wing Chun, and more, to beginner, intermediate, and advanced practitioners from all around world.
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Focus mitts and pads enhance offensive and defensive skills
When you practice with focus mitts and focus pads, you enhance your offensive skills as well as your defensive skills. Offensive skills are improved by throwing straight combinations and angled combinations. Defensive skills are improved when your avoid, roll, slip, parry, and block the mitts thrown by your training partner. Your footwork is also improved as you float around like a butterfly, while formulating your strategy for counter-punching in your own unique style. Pacific Sports offers high-quality focus mitts and focus pads for practitioners of Boxing, Thai boxing, Kickboxing, Taekwondo, Karate, Muay Thai, and other striking martial arts.
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Few knockout kicks to practice with kicking shields
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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Practice routines with Pacific Sports MMA gloves
Pacific Sports MMA gloves are great for all kinds of practice routines. Here are some practice routines to get you in fighting shape. Gear up on your Pacific Sports MMA gloves and work them up. You can practice either with open thumb or close thumb MMA gloves as per your preference. Initially, you can also wear gel hand wraps for warming up and thereafter wear the MMA gloves. Pacific Sports offers high-quality MMA gloves, both open and closed thumb, focus pads, focus mitts, and gel hand wraps, so that you can let your adrenaline flow in practice routines with Pacific Sports MMA gloves.
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Expert tips on holding a Taekwondo paddle
A taekwondo paddle is great to practice kicks, but if you don’t hold it in the right manner, then most likely you will injure your hand. Consider the following expert tips on holding a Taekwondo paddle and protect yourself, as well as provide your training partner a great kicking session. Pacific Sports offers high-quality single and double taekwondo paddles that are the first choice of all taekwondo practitioners from all around the world.
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Super workout with MMA gloves
You can work on your punches with a heavy bag if you don’t have a training partner. But having a training partner is more advantageous as you can get valuable feedback for improving your punches. Your training partner can hold a focus pad or focus mitts. You can practice either with open thumb or close thumb MMA gloves as per your preference. Initially, you can also wear gel hand wraps for warming up and thereafter wear the MMA gloves. Pacific Sports offers high-quality MMA gloves, both open and closed thumb, focus pads, focus mitts, and gel hand wraps, so that you can gear up for an intensive super MMA workout.
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6 Great Kick Combos with Kicking Shields
There are 6 great kick combos with kicking shields. Kicking shields are simply superb to practice all types of kicks. Kicking shields can even be struck with fists, elbows, shins, and knees; therefore, kicking shields are also known as multipurpose pads. Kicking shields are useful to practice both individual kicks and combination kicks. You can…
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Benefits of using paddles in Taekwondo
A paddle is an integral training equipment in Taekwondo. The benefits of using paddles in Taekwondo are numerous. They can be used to practice all types of kicks and punches. Your training partner holds the paddle while you kick it with full force. The feedback from your training partner is invaluable and it helps to stay focused and make progress. Pacific Sports offers both single and double paddles so that you can practice front kicks, side kicks, spin kicks, back kicks, and multiple spinning kicks with ease, accuracy and power.
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How to improve speed with MMA gloves?
You can certainly improve speed with MMA gloves, by combining technique, breathing, footwork, and exercises. Normally, overcoming resistance increases the speed as well as power in the punches. Resistance can be offered by natural surroundings or man-made objects. You may incorporate the following exercises in your intensive workouts to improve the speed of your punches. Pacific Sports offers high-quality MMA gloves, with open or close thumbs, open palm and open half-fingers. They are superb to practice and may also be used in MMA competitions.
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Pacific Sports kicking shields and paddles
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?
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
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
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?
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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Use MMA Gloves and Gel Hand Wraps for Heavy Bag and Speed Bag Training
If you are training for MMA, use MMA gloves and gel hand wraps for heavy bag and speed bag training. The thick padding in the front will absorb the major shock from the impact, while your wrist will be adequately supported with the wide, adjustable wrist strap. Pacific Sports MMA gloves are designed exclusively for MMA and available in both open and covered thumb varieties. They are extensively used all around the world for intense punching, sparring, and grappling MMA practice sessions.
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What to look for in kicking shields?
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 gel hand wraps and MMA gloves
Pacific Sports gel hand wraps and MMA gloves offer excellent protection for the hand, fingers, knuckles, and the wrist. They are extensively used for intense punching, sparring, and grappling MMA practice sessions.
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Level up your Muay Thai training with Pacific Sports gear
High quality Pacific Sports gear can level up your Muay Tahi training. With excellent Pacific Sports Muay Thai shorts featuring traditional Thai lettering and motifs, your determination will improve considerably. Your punches will become more accurate when you hit Pacific Sports focus pads with Pacific Sports gloves designed especially for Muay Thai. Combine it with Pacific Sports shin guards and you can practice powerful kicks on Pacific Sports kicking shields without getting hurt. Pacific Sports gear will make your Muay Thai training more intense and take it to the next level.
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Focus mitt drills
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
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
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
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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How to clean MMA gloves
Pacific Sports MMA gloves are exclusively designed for Mixed Martial Arts, so that punching and grappling moves can be powerfully executed. After an intense MMA workout, it is obvious that the gloves become dirty due to sweat, dust, and bacteria, which makes the gloves unhygienic, and they also smell bad. Therefore, it is necessary to clean the gloves, so that they remain bacteria-free and last a very long time. Pacific Sports MMA gloves are very easy to clean in few simple steps only.
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Pacific Sports Training & Protective Gear
As a martial artist you already know the importance of having the right training gear to get the most out of your training sessions. From paddles to gloves to kick shields and everything in-between, having high quality training and protective equipment, lets you reach new levels of performance.
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Benefits of a kicking shield in Taekwondo
Taekwondo is a Korean martial art that focuses on using kicking techniques to defend oneself. A key tool for training and developing kicking skills is the kicking shield, which is a large, padded device that is held by a trainer or training partner to serve as a target for kicks. There are innumerable benefits of using a kicking shield in Taekwondo training. The first and most obvious benefit of using a kicking shield is improved accuracy and power. Kicking shields are typically larger and thicker than traditional targets, which allows practitioners to better focus on their kicking techniques and build up power as they practice. This is especially important for Taekwondo practitioners who rely on powerful kicking techniques to defend themselves, as the shield provides a more realistic target that accurately represents the human body.
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Pacific Sports Shin-Ankle-Instep Guards
Pacific Sports shin-ankle-instep guards are built to withstand the toughest training. They are used for training in MMA, Muay Thai, Kickboxing, Karate, Taekwondo, and many other martial arts. Pacific Sports shin-ankle-instep guards feature a unique and an innovative design that offers complete protection and is also light in weight. The guards provide optimum resilience for intensive training, excellent sweat absorption, and superior protection for the shin, ankle and the instep.
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Pacific Sports Focus Mitts
A focus mitt is a training equipment used in martial arts and other combat sports. It has a padding on the front and a glove on the back. The padding on the front serves as a target, while the glove on the back enables to hold the focus mitt securely. The concept of using focus mitts, in various forms, is seen since ancient times. Earlier, a training partner used to hold slippers or foot tongs or small pillows, which served as focus mitts, to absorb the shock from the strikes of a martial artist. Over time, several modifications took place and nowadays, focus mitts are made of high density foam covered by leather. A focus mitt is widely used throughout the world and is an essential training equipment in martial arts and other combat sports.
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Using multipurpose pads for effective training
In martial arts training, a multipurpose pad is used to train arm and leg strikes, primarily to improve technique, power and accuracy of the strikes. It also has an added benefit of helping to condition the body part used. A multipurpose pad can be used in any martial art or combat sport. For a no-holds barred training, instead of sparring with a partner, one can practice with one or more multipurpose pads. A martial artist can use full power in the strikes and get almost the same benefit as sparring with a partner. Since full power strikes are targeted at a multipurpose pad, no training partner is hurt. Practicing with a multipurpose pad is totally safe, instructive and enjoyable at the same time.
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Training with a Paddle
A paddle is a training equipment that is primarily used in Taekwondo, but can also be used in any other martial art. The inside of the paddle has high density foam, which is covered with high-quality durably stitched leather, so that it can withstand intense usage. The paddle has a handle and a padded hitting target, which together measures about 17 inches in length. The padded hitting target has a width of about 8 inches. The paddle is lightweight and weighs about 330 gms.
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Kids Shin Pads for Martial Arts
As every parent will agree, safety is paramount in any kids activity. This holds true even more when it comes to your kid participating in any contact sports based activity such as martial arts – from choosing an environment where they are looked after well by their teachers to choosing the right karate uniform or Taekwondo uniform and protective accessories.
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Three Reasons to Wear Shin Pads for Martial Arts
Shin pads and shin guards are the same, both terms are used throughout this article. If you are new to martial art training you might wonder why some people in your class wear shin pads for martial arts and some don’t.
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How to Choose a Taekwondo Kick Shield?
If you are looking to build your training equipment, one thing you will need is a taekwondo kick shield. Brisbane is home to a thriving martial arts community and there are several sports stores where you can buy them. Of course, there’s always the option of buying your taekwondo kick shield online and there is a much bigger choice. But what should you be looking for? To help, here’s our quick guide.
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How to Use Focus Pads in Your Taekwondo Training?
One aspect of training that most martial arts practitioners love is pad work. There is something satisfying and stimulating about delivering powerful kicks and strikes on equipment.
