When deciding what type of shin guards to purchase, you need to address one question:
Are you going to be using them for Stand-up or Grappling or Both?
By addressing this question, picking the right type of guard becomes very simple. Then the only question that remains is other features that will make your train more beneficial.
Grappling Guards need to stay in place when rolling (wrestling). You can’t be bothered with having to adjust guards that need to be straightened or even put back on, once you go to the ground. Competitive fighters can’t stop. Training needs to be fluid, and as you train… you can’t be worried about your gear falling off!
Stand-up or Striking is concerned Padding. Extra padding is needed to absorb the shock of shin to shin contact. This types of guard a typically held in place by a couple of straps around the calf and ankle. Strikers are not as concerned with the guards shifting because they are not being tugged by your opponent’s arms or legs.
Grappling and Striking require a Hybrid Shin Guard. There have been a few attempts at this but they have all failed miserably.
Modern MMA Training requires that fighters be able to transition from striking to the ground in an instant. Fighter can’t be constrained by their equipment or they are training to fail!
A good Hybrid/Cross-training shin guard incorporates strapping that will not shift or fall off when rolling and also has the extra padding to soak-up those hammering blows.
Time to decide
Grappling Shin Guards if you are planning to be doing mainly ground work, with little striking See Grappling Guards Video
Striking Shin Guards if you will be doing most of your training standing up See Striking Video
A Cross-Trainer is for the MMA fighter that needs the best that both grappling and stand-up have to offer See Cross-Training Video
You can click on the guard type to see the selection or you can see the video review for each type, that further explains these features.
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