Improve your kicks with kicking shields
Kicking shields are one of the most versatile training tools in martial arts.
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Taekwondo shoes guide:benefits, features and sizing
Pacific Sports offers high-quality Pacific Sports Martial Arts Shoes, along with Pacific Sports Shin-Ankle-Instep Guards, to all martial arts practitioners from all around the world.
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Which colour gi (martial arts uniform) should be worn?
The colour of a gi (martial arts uniform) often depends on the tradition and rules of the specific martial art or organization. A white gi is an all-time favourite, but black, blue and other colours are also worn. Pacific Sports offers high-quality white, black, and blue gi for martial artists practicing taekwondo, karate, judo, or BJJ, from all over the world. Pacific Sports also offers only a gi jacket or a gi pant, so that you don’t have to buy the entire gi, if you want to just replace the jacket or the pants. Belts are offered separately in all colours as per your choice.
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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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You can buy a Gi Jacket or a Gi Pant without buying a Gi
With intensive practice of punches, clinches and throws, the Gi jacket wears off faster than the Gi pants, and similarly, with extensive practice of kicks, the Gi pants wear away earlier than the Gi jacket. At such times, you need only a Gi jacket or a Gi pant instead of a new Gi. At Pacific Sports you can buy a Gi jacket or the Gi pant without buying a Gi. However, you need a new Gi for demonstrations, competitions, or grading. Pacific Sports offers high-quality Gi jackets, Gi pants, and a complete Gi for practitioners of Taekwondo, Karate, Judo, BJJ, and Jiu-Jitsu, from all around the world.
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What to wear under a gi (martial arts uniform) ?
A gi (martial arts uniform) consists of a jacket, pants, and belt. The belt is generally purchased separately. Both men and women practice martial arts and both wear a gi. For men, usually nothing is worn under the jacket, and regular briefs are worn under the pants. However, in winter, men may wear compression tops and compression shorts under a gi. For women, usually a sports bra plus a rash guard/ compression top is worn under the jacket, and regular briefs plus a compression short/ spats are worn under the pants. Pacific Sports offers high quality gi, rash guards, compression tops, compression shorts, and compression pants to wear under a gi for practicing Taekwondo, Karate, Jiu Jitsu/ BJJ/ Judo, for martial artists, both men and women, from all around the world.
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Pacific Sports compression tops, shorts, and pants
In martial arts, compression garments provide both comfort and performance. The compression level is mild or moderate and they offer warmth along with protection from skin infections and mat burns. Compression garments come as tops, which may be half-sleeves or as tank tops. They also come as shorts and pants. Pacific Sports offers excellent and comfortable compression wear made of a mix of polyester and spandex. Pacific Sports compression tops, shorts, and pants are regularly used by both male and female martial artists from all over the world.
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What is a Dobok?
A dobok is a martial arts uniform worn by practitioners of the Korean martial art known as Taekwondo. The term “dobok” is comprised of two words where “do” means “way”, and “bok” means “clothing”. Therefore, dobok may be considered as “clothing for the way” or the attire worn by practitioners who walk on the way or path of the martial art of Taekwondo. The dobok, also known as a Gi in other martial arts like Karate, Judo, and BJJ, consists of a jacket and a pant, with the belt usually purchased separately. Pacific Sports offers functional and durable doboks, along with all coloured belts as well as premium black belts. The dobok pairs excellently with Taekwondo shoes. The high-quality of Pacific Sports dobok, belts, and Taekwondo shoes, make them the first choice of amateurs and professionals alike, all over the world.
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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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Why do martial artists use protective gear?
Martial artists use protective gear to not suffer any injury and also to avail several other benefits. Examples of protective gear are head guards, mouth guards, chest protectors, groin guards, gloves, foot protectors, shin guards, instep guards, ankle guards, and shoes. Pacific Sports offers high-quality protective gear that are used by martial artists all around the world. Pacific Sports protective gear is used by practitioners of martial arts like Karate, Taekwondo, BJJ, Muay Thai, MMA, Judo, Sambo, Kung Fu, Wing Chun, and more.
Pacific Sports hand protectors like gloves and gel hand wraps protect the hands, while Pacific Sports foot protectors prevent injury to your shin, instep, ankles and toes. Pacific Sports also offers excellent martial arts shoes that are used to protect the feet while practicing low, medium, high, flying, turning, or multiple kicks.
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Are rash guards and compression wear the same?
Both rash guards and compression wear are form-fitting garments that provide a tight fit and are made from synthetic materials like polyester, spandex/Lycra, or nylon. Thus, it is natural to think that both are same. However, there some minor differences between them. Since the differences are minor, both are worn extensively by martial artists around the world. Pacific Sports offers excellent quality rash guards and compression wear that can be worn underneath a gi like in Taekwondo, Karate, Judo, etc., or where no gi is worn like in BJJ and MMA.
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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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How to maintain your martial art uniform (gi)
Just like any other clothing, you should know how to maintain your martial art uniform (gi). When you wear a well-maintained gi, you will feel extremely confident, fit and capable of taking your martial art training to the next level. Pacific Sports offers high-quality gi for Taekwondo, Karate, Jiu-Jitsu, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Judo, which are super comfortable, long-lasting and very easy to maintain.
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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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Gi Cuts Explained: Japanese, Kata, European, and Taekwondo
A gi comes in three main cuts, namely Japanese, Kata, or European. All of them are a gi having an uwagi (jacket), a shitabaki (pants), and an obi (belt). The cuts are differentiated by the jacket and the pants, while the belt is the same for all the cuts.
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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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Pacific Sports high-quality shin-ankle-instep guards
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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Differences between Muay Thai, Kickboxing, MMA and Compression shorts
Shorts for Muay Thai, Kickboxing, MMA and Compression wear are exclusively designed for their respective usages. Due to this exclusivity, there are some differences between them; however, they can be used interchangeably depending upon personal preference and style. Although they are all shorts, yet the major differentiating factors are length, material, cut, design, fit, and functionality.
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Everything you need to know about compression wear
Pacific Sports compression wear features tops, pants, and shorts, for both men and women. They are excellent for all types of sporting activities like martial arts, gym & fitness, cross-training, running, and more.
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Focus mitt drills and holder technique guide
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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How to buy Taekwondo Shoes Online
Buying Taekwondo shoes online is much the same as buying any shoes online. The main thing to check is can you return them if they don’t suit your needs or fit correctly?
Unlike karate jackets and pants that can be altered to fit, Taekwondo shoes cannot be altered, apart from minor adjustments such as heel grips or inner soles that is, so they need to fit correctly when you buy them.
Here’s some simple steps to make sure you end up with the Taekwondo shoes you want.
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Pacific Sports kickboxing shorts for competition
Pacific Sports shorts are designed to withstand the high pressure of kickboxing competition. The fabric is polyester or a blend of polyester with silk or satin, which makes it extremely strong and long lasting. The stitching is doubly reinforced at pressure points areas, so that fast kicks can be easily delivered. The sides are cut suitably to provide full range of motion. Moreover, they come in attractive colors and styles to suit every type of kickboxing competition.
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Is Lycra the Same as Spandex? And Why It Matters for Your Compression Wear
Yes, there are the same. Sometime in the 1950s, the DuPont Corporation developed an elastomeric polyurethane fibre (polyether-polyurea copolymer) and branded it as “Lycra”. Lycra is also known as elastane, spandex, Numa, Spandelle, and Vyrene; however, all these have the same polyurethane fibre and thus, they are different generic or brand names for the same fibre. This fibre has great stretchability and expands quite a lot; thus, sometimes it is said that the word “spandex” is an anagram of the word “expands”. Spandex or Lycra adds itself easily with polyester, or nylon, or hemp, or cotton, or wool. Pacific Sports offers high quality compression wear made from a blend of polyester and Lycra.
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How to break in Taekwondo shoes
A new pair of shoes feels nice but getting blisters from shoe bites certainly does not feel nice. But new shoes do bite and therefore breaking in the shoes fast is required, so that wearing the shoes can be an enjoyable experience. Like all other shoes, Taekwondo shoes also need to be broken in.
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Why martial artists wear rash guards
Rash guards are a popular item in sportswear and are used by athletes across a range of different sports, from martial arts and football to surfing and swimming. In martial arts, rash guard have several uses. Rash guards prevent chafing, sunburn, skin irritations, and provide numerous other protections. Because they are made from spandex, or polyester, or nylon, or a blend of these materials, they lightweight and comfortable, yet strong and durable. They can be long-sleeved or short-sleeved, and often feature UV protection as well as anti-microbial properties. Rash guards are an essential part of any athlete’s wardrobe, as they provide an extra layer of protection against the elements while still allowing for maximum flexibility and movement.
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Pacific Sports Multipurpose Pads
A multipurpose pad is a training equipment to practice multiple types of strikes. It can be used to train in any type of martial art. It is held by one partner while another partner delivers powerful kicks, punches, knee and elbow strikes to it. The multipurpose pads are hit thousands of times and Pacific Sports multipurpose pads last hundreds of innumerable toughest training sessions.
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Does Your Gi Affect How You Train? Science Says Yes
Wearing an attire that is suitable for a given task, increases the performance of that task. If you have just joined a martial arts class, then wearing a lightweight 8oz cotton white gi can motivate you immensely. If you have enrolled for an ITF Taekwon-Do class, then you should go for an 8oz Cotton V-neck white gi which has ITF logo in front and “Taekwon-Do” print on the back. Wearing a gi with the suitable weight, while practicing martial arts increases your dedication and this results in your throwing powerful punches and blazing fast kicks. As you progress and receive higher colored belts, you can go along with 12oz, 14oz, 16oz and 18oz gi.
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How to select Muay Thai shorts
Muay Thai, also known as Thai boxing or Thai kickboxing, is a martial art of Thailand. It is a full-contact combat sport that combines the use of two fists, two elbows, two knees, and two shins, and is thus, sometimes known as “the art of eight limbs”; however, nowadays along with different striking techniques of the hands and legs, it also combines various clinching techniques.
Due to the rising popularity of Muay Thai, several sports garment manufacturers are offering a wide variety of shorts. With such a huge variety in the market, sometimes it becomes difficult to choose the best Muay Thai shorts. The following points may be considered before making a choice.
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Does the colour of a uniform affect sports performance?
In the past few years several studies have been done on the topic of how colour of a uniform can affect an athlete’s performance in sports. Some studies argue that a white coloured uniform is disadvantageous in competitions; while some studies state that a superiority effect is achieved if the uniform is red; whereas other studies opine that aggression is increased if the uniform colour is black.
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Common weaves used for Karate and BJJ gis
Common weaves of a gi. What is a gi? A traditional martial arts uniform that is used to practice Japanese martial arts and its derivative forms, is known as a “keikogi” (keiko, roughly translated as “practice”, and gi, roughly translated as “dress or clothes”). A keikogi is also known as a keikoi, or a dÅgi.
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Benefits of wearing a martial arts uniform
Every martial art has its own uniform. For example, Taekwondo has a dobok, and Karate has a dogi. Traditionally, the colour of the front cross-over jacket and the pants is white, while the belts are coloured, which signifies the skill level attained by the wearer.
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Kids Shin Guards 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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What to know when buying Karate Pants?
Karate pants are always made with a gusseted crotch. It’s an essential feature of martial art pants. All martial art pants are designed this way to give you more flexibility when training, specifically for kicking and stretching.
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A Guide to Jiu-Jitsu Gi Sizing and Fabrics
It doesn’t matter if you are just starting Jiu-Jitsu or if you are a veteran practitioner, if you practice this sport you need a gi made especially for Jiu-Jitsu. There is plenty of choice in so while that’s great when you know what you’re looking for, if you are a beginner it can be overwhelming, so many different brands, variations, and options, it can be a bit confusing. So, let’s give you a hand.
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BJJ Gi, Judo Gi and Karate Gi Differences
When you are looking to buy a Judo uniform, you need to keep in mind that it includes three different parts, the jacket, the pants, and the belt.
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Martial Arts Uniform Sizes Guide
When you are looking for your first martial art uniform you need to understand how the sizing of martial arts uniforms works. You need to know you’re buying a uniform that gives you the room to move comfortably in your style of martial art, so you can carry out every stretch, kick or jump that you need to without feeling restricted – or hearing that dreaded ripping sound! At the same time, you also want to know if the uniform is going to shrink and if so by how much.
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The Weights Of Canvas Karate Uniforms
In these days of buying online, it’s impossible to feel the weight of the fabric before buying your uniform. That’s why it’s a good idea to understand what is meant by lightweight, medium weight and heavy weight and 10oz, 12oz, etc. The ounce (oz) weight describes the thickness of the fabric, so the higher the number, the thicker the fabric.
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Buying a Karate Gi Online in Australia
When you’re thinking about buying a karate gi online in Australia, it’s likely that you’re thinking of more than choosing the right size uniform. You want to know that the quality is what you hope for, the price is good and that it fits you as you’d like it to fit. At Pacific Sports our aim is to provide you with an excellent quality karate uniform that you feel good wearing and lasts for years. We have served Aussies online for many years – and operate our business from Brisbane, Australia.
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Martial Arts Cotton Uniform Vs Poly-Cotton Mix Uniform
For most people, deciding the best fabric for their karate uniform can be confusing There are several types of fabric and several weights within each type
