JAB wrote:Bare knuckle fighting is silly and un-needed. Otherwise looks tight. Do they do BJJ or something to supplement their stand up? I saw some ground stuff there.
Jake
strawdog wrote:Bare knuckle fighting is where it's at. I like this kind of sparring. It's better preparation for a real world use of fighting skills.
Gloves are cool if you're boxing, but bare knuckle is realistic. You can't just throw punches to my head with impunity when you fight bare knuckle. When you wear the light mma gloves your fingers are also a bit spread out. You can't slap as well and your fingers get tweaked easier.
Pro-fighters rely on their hands to make a living. In the combat sport they participate in jabs and punches to the head are common practice. They wrap their hands as to minimize the chance of the hand being broken from a punch to the head. Even with gloves and wraps boxers still break their hands. People get knocked out and cut all the time when punching with gloves. So what's the difference?
In sparring, people with gloves often punch a lot harder that without gloves. Why? Because they feel protected. When you go bare knuckle in sparring people are a lot more careful, IME.
Learning how to hit the body without gloves on is an art in and of itself.
strawdog wrote:Learning how to hit the body without gloves on is an art in and of itself.
I agree. It's so easy to mess your hands hitting the wrong way.
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