The “Combat Sports” line has developed an awesome pair of boxing gloves that have incredible wrist support but with myself being a Muay Thai practitioner, I’ve come to prefer the “Thai style” gloves a bit more. Combat Sports has now released their own Muay Thai gloves that will give consumers yet another buying option. The gloves are available in either ...

Anyone who has accidently kicked their opponent in the knee during a heavy sparring session knows the importance of investing in a pair of quality shin guards. A misplaced kick without a good set of shin guards on can really bruise up your shins and set your training back for a while. MMA fighters have a specific requirement for their shin ...

We’ve already showcased and reviewed the focus mitts by Hayabusa, Warrior International and Bad Boy. In those reviews, we’ve discussed the importance of dedicating a couple rounds of your pad training solely to developing your hand speed and combinations. Introducing the new “contoured” focus mitts by Combat Sports. These focus mitts are made with real leather and they offer about 1.5 inches of ...

These are very similar to the MMA Sparring Gloves that were also released by Combat Sports. There’s a few slight differences though. First, the “MMA Training Gloves” (seen above) are said to have better shock dispersing capabilities. They actually claim that they have the same shock dispersing capabilities as a 16 oz sparring glove. Hard to believe, so let’s put ...

When you’re training specifically for an MMA fight, you need to incorporate MMA specific sparring sessions. And to do so, you need to be using an open-palm glove so you can grapple. However, you also need to be able to strike as well and you can’t be punching your training partner in the face with hard, 4oz MMA gloves either. You ...

Thai style pads are a must for your striking sessions because if you have an experienced pad holder, it’s about as close as you can get to actually fighting/sparring without actually doing so. Smashing the Thai pads is also a great way to develop technique, power and fight-specific cardio. There’s all sorts of conditioning drills that can be done using ...

Here are the sparring gloves by Combat Sports International. These gloves have been designed with hand protection as a priority. They feature an “advanced IMF Tech molded foam core” as well as “D.U.R.A LOK closure” system. As for what exactly that means, well, let’s take a closer look at these..
Combat Sports sent us a big order of products to review ...