how big is your hands? Ive seen some pretty big 16 year olds :eek:
those mma / billy blanks taebo gloves should be fine for you
You know, Syn, I have to say, if you’re a teen and all that, not to be a spoilsport, but you probably want to find a good school and do your sparring there, not outside of school.
Because outside of a school people can get pretty stupid and accidents can happen worse than inside a school. Especially if people don’t have a lot training.
My hands are about 7" long and 4" wide. Where could I pick up the billy banks mma gloves?
I guess I might as well as head over to google.
[QUOTE=syn;726945]My hands are about 7" long and 4" wide. Where could I pick up the billy banks mma gloves?
I guess I might as well as head over to google.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I think you’d be a large size glove.
But seriously, you probably would be better off doing sparring in a school. If your Hung Ga school doesn’t do much sparring you could always take TKD or something where they do more.
The thought of a bunch of teens sparring is a bit, well, heck I was a teen, and we used to mess around a bit, even my friend last week was telling me about how we used to spar after class (I had totally forgotten that).
But without somebody around to correct you, especially if you’re working with somebody without much training, accidents can happen.
You’re probably better off doing it in a school.
[QUOTE=lunghushan;726943]You know, Syn, I have to say, if you’re a teen and all that, not to be a spoilsport, but you probably want to find a good school and do your sparring there, not outside of school.
Because outside of a school people can get pretty stupid and accidents can happen worse than inside a school. Especially if people don’t have a lot training.[/QUOTE]
Hmm well while of course I’ll take your advice I can’t say it’d stop me from sparring my friends, probably mainly because I think it’ll help my training encountering other styles. Now I do have pads (really a bunch of old matresses) for us to spar on, and it’s not really full contact but it’s enough to bruise you up a little, anyways thanks for trying to keep me from being killed. 
[QUOTE=syn;726947]Hmm well while of course I’ll take your advice I can’t say it’d stop me from sparring my friends, probably mainly because I think it’ll help my training encountering other styles. Now I do have pads (really a bunch of old matresses) for us to spar on, and it’s not really full contact but it’s enough to bruise you up a little, anyways thanks for trying to keep me from being killed. :p[/QUOTE]
There was a teen killed a while back when sparring with some friends. They were just hitting him in the torso and stuff with gear but he died from it. There was even a video of it.
So I’d be remiss in not telling you to be careful. Because people can get out of control in sparring – not just doing stupid things but also angry, and without an adult or somebody to pull them off, they could do damage.
I honestly when sparring don’t get angry, mainly because I’m expecting to be hit, and so it’s no suprise when I am. Also there are kids who walk to school trip and die.
Me and my friends who I’m willing to spar with know how far to take it generally, and if people start showing signs of anger then it’s best not to spar with them at that time.
[QUOTE=syn;726957]I honestly when sparring don’t get angry, mainly because I’m expecting to be hit, and so it’s no suprise when I am. Also there are kids who walk to school trip and die.
Me and my friends who I’m willing to spar with know how far to take it generally, and if people start showing signs of anger then it’s best not to spar with them at that time.[/QUOTE]
In sparring there always people who when they get hit a few times they tend to get aggressive and upset. So it’s better if you don’t know the people that well (haven’t sparred with them much), to see how they respond.
In a class situation that type of person has much more peer pressure to behave better, and the instructor can pull them off if they get out of control.
Anyways, they’ve done studies that teens self preservation part of their brain isn’t very well developed, so of course you probably won’t listen to any advice. 
Let’s just hope your parents are paying attention to what you’re doing.
Don’t worry about me. Now excuse me while I go jump off my house and land on my head.
[QUOTE=syn;726914]Yeah I definitely throw more side kicks than anything else.
So being that I have to buy two sets of gloves and money issues I’ve found two that I’m looking at:
http://www.martialartsmart.net/10x030.html
http://www.kimpacific.com/shop/product_info.php/cPath/22/products_id/46 (click the picture to enlarge it)
Now the kim pacific for only +10 dollars I can upgrade from vinyl to leather which is apparently more durable. Also the kimpacific doesn’t have the disclaimer “not for full contact” or whatever, so I was thinking of just buying two leather sets of theirs, and once I get more money I’d probably buy some head or shin gear. I’d say our sparring isn’t rough enough though to need body gear, and it’s borderline needing head gear.
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I’d still just get the 1 pair of the blue MMA gloves from CSI.
that should be all you need, maybe a 30 dollar pair of everlast bag gloves if you don’t want to use those on the bags.
Those CSI gloves are nice, about the perfect level of protection to land as solid as you need to with a reasonable amount of injury avoidance for your knuckles & your partner. Technology-wise, they’re on a whole other level than the links you posted. no offense to Gene, but i absolutely despise those karate chop gloves like the kim pacifics.
Thanks for remembering who pays the bills on this forum, lunghushan
As for the disclaimer, I know, it’s absurd, but such is our legal system. Of course, there’s a converse effect, if you sit and think about it. If you get injured using some other brand of gear, no matter what the quality, you have my permission to sue the pants of them. 
Pork: Like these?
http://mmamuscle.com/index.php?target=products&product_id=1841
http://www.gungfu.com/cart-htm/training_gear_gloves_fingerless_combat_sports.htm (first ones on top for that site, but they’re almost too cheap looking)
http://www.combatsports.com/detail_tuf2.aspx?ID=22292
These are the only ones I recommend:
http://www.combatsports.com/detail_tuf2.aspx?ID=22292
Take this with a grain of salt though, coz as a boxer i generally think mma guys are insane for sparring with harbingers.
Alright, I think I’ll be able to afford those.
What do you mean harbingers?
i have a pair, they’re harder than any bag glove i’ve ever owned & bag gloves aren’t made for sparring…