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
Taekwondo Shoes: Why Your Feet Will Thank You for Wearing Them
Barefoot training is essential in Taekwondo, but hundreds of sessions on hard surfaces accumulate real damage — blisters, calluses, stress fractures, and ankle sprains. Taekwondo shoes protect against all of these, with a purpose-built pivot point that keeps your spinning kicks fast and controlled. -
Which colour gi (martial arts uniform) should be worn?
White remains the universal standard across Karate, Taekwondo, Judo, and BJJ — and if you’re unsure, it’s always the right choice. But coloured gi are increasingly common. This guide breaks down exactly what’s accepted in each discipline, from competition rules to club training norms.
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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
When only one piece wears out, replacing the entire gi is unnecessary. Pacific Sports sells gi jackets, pants, and belts individually for Karate, Taekwondo, BJJ, Judo, and Jiu-Jitsu — saving money, improving fit, and giving you the flexibility to mix weights for different training conditions.
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What to wear under a gi (martial arts uniform) ?
New to training and unsure what goes underneath your gi? The answer varies by gender, discipline, and season. From rash guards for BJJ groundwork to compression wear for Taekwondo, here’s exactly what to wear — and what common mistakes to avoid.
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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?
The word dobok means “clothing for the way” — but there’s more to it than that. From its Japanese and Korean design influences to the difference between WT and ITF jacket styles, here’s everything you need to know about the Taekwondo uniform before buying one.
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MMA gloves – Open thumb or Closed thumb?
It’s a small structural difference with real training consequences. Open thumb gloves give you better grip for grappling; closed thumb reduces injury risk and accidental eye contact during sparring. Here’s how to decide which suits how you actually train.
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Why do martial artists use protective gear?
Protective gear isn’t about being cautious — it’s about staying on the mat. Injuries that sideline you for weeks cost you conditioning, technique, and momentum. From hand wraps and shin guards to mouthguards and groin protection, here’s what each piece does and when you need it.
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Are rash guards and compression wear the same?
Side by side they look almost identical, but rash guards and compression wear are built for different purposes. From reinforced stitching and antimicrobial treatment to rubber hem grips, here’s what separates them and which is the right choice for your training.
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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
Most practitioners use focus mitts as a passive target. Done properly, mitt training develops attack and defence simultaneously. This guide covers the holder’s technique, four structured drills from basic to advanced, and what to look for in quality mitts.
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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
Most Taekwondo competitions are barefoot — so why bother with shoes at all? Because hundreds of barefoot sessions accumulate real damage over time. From hygiene and physical protection to cold weather training, here’s the case for wearing shoes and how to break them in properly.
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Why martial artists wear rash guards
A rash guard isn’t just tight-fitting training gear — it’s protection against mat burns, skin infections, and the bacteria that thrive in grappling environments. With antimicrobial treatment, reinforced flatlock stitching, and moisture-wicking fabric, here’s what a rash guard actually provides during training.
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Pacific Sports Multipurpose Pads
Unlike focus mitts or paddles, a multipurpose pad handles kicks, punches, knee strikes, and elbow strikes in a single session. This guide covers how to choose between flat and curved styles, how to hold the pad correctly, and the full range of arm and leg techniques you can develop with one.
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Does Your Gi Affect How You Train? Science Says Yes
There’s real psychology behind the focus shift you feel when you put on your gi and tie your belt. Research into enclothed cognition shows that clothing systematically influences how we think and perform — and for martial artists, the weight, condition, and fit of a gi matters more than most people realise.
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How to select Muay Thai shorts
Every feature of a Muay Thai short — the short cut, deep side splits, and lightweight fabric — serves a specific technique. This post covers the design decisions behind the shorts and the kicks they support, including the Thai names and technical details behind each one.
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Does the colour of a uniform affect sports performance?
Sports scientists have actually studied this question using Olympic data — and the results are contested. Some studies found red-uniformed fighters won more bouts; a later analysis of 45,000 judo contests found no colour advantage at all. Here’s what the research actually says and what it means for martial artists.
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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
The gi is more than training clothes — it identifies rank, signals cultural roots, and activates a mindset shift that experienced practitioners recognise immediately. From Jigoro Kano’s original judogi to the gusseted crotch of modern karate pants, every design feature has a purpose.
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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?
Not all karate pants are equal. A gusseted crotch, the right waistband, and the correct fabric weight all affect how pants perform under training load. From lightweight poly-cotton for beginners to heavy canvas for advanced practitioners, here’s what the construction details actually mean.
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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
Gi sizing works differently to regular clothing — it’s based primarily on height, not width. If your proportions don’t match the size chart’s assumptions, buying the wrong size is easy. Here’s how to measure correctly, what to do when measurements conflict, and how to account for shrinkage.
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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
From fabric type and weight to stitching quality and shrinkage, there’s more to choosing a karate gi than picking a size. Whether you’re buying your first 8oz poly-cotton or moving up to heavyweight canvas, here’s what each decision actually means for how your gi performs and lasts.
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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
