Equipment

Training with Contact requires safety Gear

You don’t need it all to begin but there are a few basic requirements

School Shirt, Black Shorts, Boxing Gloves, Mouthguard, Cup

 

Loaner Gloves available for Intro Class

As you progress you will need Headgear, pads, MMA Style gloves.

 

CONTACT US FOR SPECIAL SCHOOL PRICING ON 

TITLE MMA,CAGESIDE, 

RING TO CAGE and KO FIGHTGEAR

 

BEGINNER EQUIPMENT

 

WATER, TOWEL  and NOTE BOOK

 

MESH GEAR BAG

Hand Sanitizer, Disinfectant Wipes, OUST

Your Gear needs to be wiped out, sprayed and air dried immediately after use.  Drying Gear in front of a Fan is  a good idea. Wet gear in a Gym Bag will cause Bacteria to grow!

 

CLOTHING

School T-Shirt

Longsleeve Rashguard/ Compression Shirt (not required)

Compression Shorts

Solid Black Athletic or Fight Shorts.  Fight Shorts are more durable and and Stay on

Blank Shorts from CAGESIDE and Cagewalk

 

SHOES

Wrestling Shoes or Bare Feet (we train on Mats).

Soles must be kept CLEAN as we will all be rolling on whatever you track in.

Available at Academy Sports for around $30  These Adidas have Velcro for convenience.

 

GLOVES
14 oz, 16 oz or 18oz “Training or Sparring” Boxing Gloves with Velcro

NOT BAG GLOVES.  Boxing Gloves offer more wrist support

Title MMA has a good selection

 

“Thai Style” Gloves offer more hand/wrist movement for Clinch work

Thai Gloves from CAGESIDE and  KO Fightgear 

 

MOUTH GUARD

Shock Doctor Gel Nano is good and available at Academy Sports  or at CAGESIDE

Custom Fit Mouthguards from Gladiator for $50

 

CUP

Shock Doctor Bioflex at Academy Sports  or at CAGESIDE

Compression Shorts over a Jock Strap is best.

Compression Shorts with built in Cup don’t stay in place well.

 

ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT

 

MMA “Safety/Training/Sparring” Gloves

Open Fingered Gloves are needed for more advanced training.

Cageside Gloves and  Ring To Cage Sparring MMA Glove

 

PADS

Cheap slip on Elbow, Knee Pads or McDavid Hexpads, Asics Wrestling Kneepads

Volleyball Kneepads work well for Training Knee Strikes

These Shin Guards work well for Thai Kicks but are not too bulky

 

HEADGEAR

More advanced Sparring requires Headgear

We will assist you in choosing and purchasing headgear

 

JUMP ROPE

 

HANDWRAPS

When you are doing multiple hard rounds of Heavybag, Handwraps are a good idea.

Velcro ‘quickwraps’ don’t work well. “Mexican Style” (semi-elastic) 180” are a good choice

 

GI

Gi Grappling is helpful to learning good fundamentals and is a part of our curriculum.

Discounted BJJ/Judo Top will be made available through the School

 

OTHER EQUIPMENT TO CONSIDER

 

FOCUS MITTS

Sharing Focus Mitts can be nasty They don’t have to be fancy…just YOURS

Good inexpensive Mitts from Ring To Cage

 

THAI PADS

Some people prefer to have their own Thai Pads

Thai Pads from Ring To Cage   Cageside  KO Fightgear