lukefl250 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

this is a sport it's not trying to portray a real fight so stop comparing it to one

yajstylez (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

damn the fking song is fkinnng horrrriiible!!! gosh fking please.... change the gosh dam song!!!

wayofmu (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

That's true. But it is also true that kick boxers hide faces behind gloves to protect faces. They can't hide face without gloves in real fight because fists are very small and not soft.

Andersthorupschmidt (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Gloves are for protecting your fingers/hands against kicks.

funkyspydercrew (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

in taekwon do sparring you cant punch for the face so really theres no point for gloves

wayofmu (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Hands up to chest is fine. But don't talk about guarding up which is hiding face behind gloves. That's useless and not safe in real fight. If you guard up like muay thai fighters or kick boxers, your enemy will kick your groin, and then you will never be a father or a mother. In real fight without gloves, avoiding kicks will be safer than blocking kicks because your hands without gloves can't resist kicks.

stivka (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

damn at 1:19 all that spit 0_o

FLGator26 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Well that's kind what I'm trying to say. If you keep your hands at least up to your chest you can both push kicks away that are coming at you and you can quickly throw an arm up to block a head kick. That's how I do it when I sparr and it works perfectly while not henduring your speed or agility.

teamAmerica07 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

mm.. yeah its true that if their hands are up high that it covers that head but what about the body? and it'll be hard to move in and out if your hands are high. olympic sparring is more about speed

zetha90 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

U picca m'abbasta e u 'ssai m'assupèrchia.