Headgear with a cage to protect the face.
Body pad that can be tied in the back or velcro.
Gloves that allow you to grab like they use in UFC.
Groin cup.
Knee pads.
Shin pads.
This should be sufficient enough to go full contact and as realistic as possible without killing your partner.
But nothing’s guarenteed. Good luck!
The path to the Society of Creative Anachronisms and
Rennaisance festivals.
Possibly some armor, swords, lances and jousting. You never know what you might run into.
Originally posted by yuanfen
[B]The path to the Society of Creative Anachronisms and
Rennaisance festivals.
Possibly some armor, swords, lances and jousting. You never know what you might run into. [/B]
Well if you don’t use any safety equipment for full contact sparring (i.e. what was being asked about), you’re on the path to the hospital if anything goes wrong.
Concerning headgear with a face cage:
They save your face but a punch feels like it’s tearing your head off for some reason. I think by design the cage has little give which means all the force gets transferred to your neck.
That’s why I’d rather go with bigger gloves and no head gear.
If you go with the bigger sparring gloves, you won’t be cut.
Personally I don’t like using bigger gloves cause they slow your hands down a little. I can block, strike and grab faster with the gloves I use which are similar to the ones used in the UFCs. Bigger gloves can be clunky and limits you a little more to the techniques you can execute in sparrring. I say go with the headgear with the face cage. Yeah it hurts when you get hit still and it may strain your neck, but it makes you more alert and makes you move and react faster resulting in you not getting hit as much cause you’re avoiding the hits. But the more comfortable you are in sparring, the less alert you are and that can translate into the street.