purchasing gloves

[dethhead]

osu!
im looking to work out on a boxing bag at my local gym to help me practice my techniques and im looking to buy some gloves to use.
ive found some cheap $30 ones that say they are karate gloves and ive also found some nice looking $100 gloves.
so my question is, does anyone know of any difference between the two?
also should i be practicing my kicks in my bare feet too?
thanks.
osu!

[RASor]

Osu,

Usually boxing gloves cover the whole hand and are thicker. Karate gloves reveal the fingers (half gloves) and palms, lean in structure and slimmer.

In workouts with the bag I have difficulty with boxing gloves especially with my thumb. Unlike the karate/MMA gloves I could tuck my thumb.

Use gloves that are comfortable and practical to the fighting method you are training in.

Osu.

[satanclaws]

I must say that i never use gloves on a bag. Never have and dont think i ever will. also i find that kicks have to be bare foot as well. Thats probably the reason why i have big callous' on my knuckles
OSU!

[Bloke]

I am trying out inner mitts - they are like instant wraps without the waste of time it takes putting them on. So far so good but I have yet to really let rip with them.

[Spirit]

Dethhead,
Like any “?” asked on a forum you are going to get several answers to it. Many will be based on how they learned or in this case what equipment was available to them either in the dojo or at the locale stores. Most people use equipment based on what the dojo has or what their instructors or other students have, very few actually do research and or evolve with their equipment.

Picking out what types of gloves one should own is very important and needs research and trial and error and can cost you at times. I have gone through many gloves over the years and price sometimes doesn’t mean much, but most of the time it does. Don’t purchase a glove just because it is cheaper than the next one, look at the quality, and remember the force that this glove needs to endure and you want it to last for a long time. Brand names make 2 or 3 lines if you buy a glove in a chain store of a brand name it will be of low quality (all manufactures with contracts with huge stores make equipment to sell at a low price at these types of stores) Then their is the specialty store and the quality will be much higher and then their is (usually but not always) a pro line. If you can buy directly from the manufacturer and research there site as well like Everlast for example.

Their are several types of bag gloves some are very thin and cheap others go all the way up to 12oz. thick gloves. As well as several types to sevre several purposes you need to figure out which ones to match all your different bag workouts (do you have different bag workouts or training if not why not)
You need to remember that all your equipment you use are tools and each tool serves a purpose. Now you need to look at it as what am I trying to accomplish on the bag and why.
You as so need to remember that “a poor man can’t afford to purchase something twice” Buy the best the first time so do your research.

I’ll give my opinion that may or may not fit you. I use 3 types of gloves with 3 types of bags as well. No matter what size bag I’m working on, I am trying to gain a few things; so depending on what I’m trying to gain I will match the glove to the workout.
If I’m warming up on (any) bag I use no gloves (this is type 3 glove) (PS Never use and type of pad for the leg or feet). This is also good to focus on technique and power too.
If I’m going for speed and cardio, I’ll use a medium bag glove (type 2) no matter the bag size as well.
Then for power building I’ll use the 12oz glove (type1) this glove is heavier and longer and yes the thumb doesn’t tuck in but the glove serves as a tool remember and this tool was designed by many a boxer with much more experience than we all have hitting the bag.

As for the open hand “Karate” bag glove unless you are fighting in that type of tournament etc that uses this glove exclusively then I would just pass by it and if you do then add it in to your route as the warm up and cardio glove but still use the 12oz glove for power drills.

[Dorsini]

You should be purchasing bag gloves. So that you use those gloves soly on the punching bag. In the kyokushin way, practioners use their bare hands. If you want to build up your knuckles, then start doing knuckle push-up on a wooden surface. OSU!!!

[smoothsake]

I never go all out on a heavy bag without gloves or at least taped wrists. You can hurt yourself. Knuckles training can be accomplished with push ups up your knuckles on a hard surface or makiwara.

I would invest in a pair of good bag gloves. I use a fingerless set of bag gloves for sparring and bag work. I used to use a heavier set of bag gloves that had an open thumb. I still have a brand new pair if you are interested in paying the cost of them. PM me if you want.

[Billy no mates]

If your intending to do regular intensive drill on a heavy bag then a good pair of gloves are an essential purchase that could save you a great deal of trouble i never used to bother with them and am paying for it now with pain in my hands especially during the cold wet weather we are currently 'enjoying' in England .
Pay as much as you can afford while still getting a good deal,its corny i know but you have to ask yourself what price do you put on your health .