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Common martial arts injuries & how to avoid them by getting the right fight gear

The amount of times I have spoken with veteran Martial Artists/Boxers who complain of long term injuries caused by the cheap fight gear they bought early on in their career are too numerous to mention and with the rise of non expert sales channels such as Amazon and Ebay, this problem has grown significantly worse in the last ten years.

MMA is the Greatest sport on Earth. MMA is the truest, most unforgiving and human sport in the history of mankind. Since before the days of constru...

The first ever Fight sports coffee shop comes to Team Valley, Gateshead...

To those in the BJJ community its no new thing pairing coffee and combat sports, but to others its not something as naturally paired as salt and pepper, yin and yang..

Its commonly known that black is a first choice colour for so many people when choosing fashion items, it appears that whilst BJJ Gi's were traditionally white and later came blue, that when it comes to choosing a BJJ gi, black is the ever increasingly popular choice.

From the YouTube channel, Gear Guru Alex talks through some of the best picks for Thai Shin Guards. All of these Shins are made of synthetic leathe...

From the YouTube Channel, Gear Guru Alex shares the ins and outs of choosing the right type of glove to use for hitting bags or doing pad work. To ...

Last week, FighstorePro Founder and Gear Guru Alex Wright appeared on The Fight Dialogue's Podcast for an insightful chat with host Tim about t...

In part one we looked at the different options and categories of Punch and kick bags. In this blog post we will look at the old school punch bags and its variants.
Whilst there may be some room for debate on the categorisation of these bags I've tried to hit them in terms of use rather than style, the pole bag is the odd one out but we will cover that later...

The road to being good at almost any skilled endeavour such as a martial art, musicianship or sport is a tough one but to truly get to the top of your game as any one from such a background will testify requires an exceptional level of commitment, sacrifice and dedication. One side effect can be getting too accustomed to a Spartan lifestyle and then finding the transition to realising you deserve more, what a mentally difficult switch.

The question of which heavy bag is right for me, Is a question I get asked at least once a week at Fightstorepro. In 2017 I made a series of videos which largely answered many of the commonly asked questions about heavy bags, but in case you missed them I thought I'd do a bit of an update alongside some notes on bags particular to home use, a subject which is particularly relevant at this moment in the boxing and martial arts world.

Fightstorepro.com has been linked with various fight brands over the years and whilst some are pretty dull there are many which have a rich history, perhaps that the wider public are largely unaware of.

For many combat sports enthusiasts to build a home fight sports gym was rather unnecessary up until quite recently, however we started the #Mancave Vlog series as in the physical store we had noticed an ever increasing number of people wishing to buy professional level gear to fit into an area in their home