Need to buy a couple of good kicking shields.
I’m afraid I can’t give the TC2000 sold here a good review. The foam collapses way to quickly. (I did faithfully purchase 2 a couple of years ago).
So, with no place to hang a bag I need a couple of good, long lasting kicking shields.
Opinions/suggestions please.
TIA
if you’re thinking handheld, you can’t go wrong with fairtex. in the 4½ years i’ve been at my school, i don’t think we’ve truly killed more than a set or two, and we have both wt and muay thai.
http://www.fairtexgear.com/html_documents/gear/gear_products.asp?cat_id=2
i’ve held those against some of the nastiest round kicks i know (both my sisok and di-sihing positively clobbered me with their power, but my arms and the mitts themselves took it time and again).
RTB, thanks. I just bought a set of thai pads from Title Boxing but wish I’d a thought about Fairtex.
It doesn’t look like they have the big shields for front kicks, though.
Have you used either the belly pad or trainer’s vest?
hold the thai pads in front of you…
iisports sells an awsome one. They sell more than one but the one that weighs 13 lbs is the one I am talking about. It is stuffed with the same material as a heavy bag. Its expensive to ship at 20 dollars and they will only put one in a box. Their curved sheild that they brag about is just ok to me. That heavy one can take anything someone can throw.
hold the thai pads in front of you…
hmmm, never tried that for straight line kicks.
vert or horiz?
or maybe vert for side kick and horiz for front???
I’ll check it out, thanks.
Bluesman:
this one:
or this one:
Oso,
These ones are pretty good, in my experience.
You can do anything with big thai pads.
www.mnkali.com has thai pads for sale, I think!
The best ones I have were made for some football team some 20 years ago, so my teacher says.
:eek:
vert or horiz?
horiz… like your protecting a football except palms facing out…
Ap, that one has been on the top of my list. Did you check out www.iisports.com that Bluesman was talking about? They look pretty tough as well.
I’ve used thai pads for round kicks and skip-knee drills but that’s about it. We’ve always gone to the big shield for most everything else. Something knew to work with. Thanks, all.
Whao, hold it one moment,
I just got one of those iisports sheilds today as they were on back oreder. It weighed 7.5 lbs! It is similar to my other one but the stuffing seems to be different. Still good but shipping was still 20 bucks.
Anyway it comes to a total cost of 60 bucks each. Go to ebay and search for kicking sheilds. Look for the one I am talking about and for the total price as they have had them on there for different amounts. Don’t get into a bidding war as they run them each week.
Twins thai pads are the best
that is all
Originally posted by Oso
[B]Ap, that one has been on the top of my list. Did you check out www.iisports.com that Bluesman was talking about? They look pretty tough as well.
I’ve used thai pads for round kicks and skip-knee drills but that’s about it. We’ve always gone to the big shield for most everything else. Something knew to work with. Thanks, all. [/B]
I just had a look at it. I’ve not worked with that particular one, whereas I’ve worked pretty extensively with the Century one. You can really haul off on it.
I’m a big fan of the thai pads too. But I think there’s still good reason to have a couple of good air shields around. They offer a better target for sidekicks and front kicks, to my mind. Yeah, it takes more precision to hit the thai pads. But in terms of resistance and wotnot, I like the airshield. Besides, when people are developing a technique they’re not comfortable with yet, the extra surface area is beneficial for the guy trying to land the technique and the guy trying not to get clobbered while he holds the pads.
Just my thoughts.
Wimp.
Originally posted by yenhoi
[B]Wimp.
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Man, my tough guy credentials are going up in smoke lately.
Remind me to kick your arse when I finish working on this macrame goldfish.
Airshield all the way, baby. Canvas or vinyl. When testing power, you want to try to knock the other guy out of his stance.
Ap, my thoughts as well on the bigger bag. So, I guess we’re both wimps. Still going to play with the thai pads to see what that’s like.
Suntzu, BMore, etc: What do you feel is the advantage to using thai pads over a shield?
I’ve always set the bag holder up in a hill climbing/bow&arrow/forward stance.
While the kicker is trying to knock the other guy back the holder is trying to hold their stance. At most shifting back in the stance but not moving the feet.
I feel it’s also good for new people to start feeling what’s it’s like to get hit.
The only advantage I can see is that you can use thai pads for everything, without stopping to switch.
On thai pads you can do all punches, including hooks, as well as all kicks, including leg kicks.
As for contact surface, it’s a matter of personal preference, I just happen to like the way a good pair of twins feels versus hitting an air shield.
easier to work combo… easier to do attack-defend-attack type stuff(pads become the fist-becomes the pad or whatever)…lighter and more mobile for the holder… all i can think of right now…
but both are useful…