| Below are examples of gear needed. |
| You can wear any amount of gear you need to feel safe, there's no such thing as too safe, as long as you can move freely. Pictures aren't recommending any name brand, do your research and buy what works for you. For Karate the Uniform should not be shiny, should be matte. The waist type is based on your comfort, elastic or drawstring. No elastic of draw string at the bottom. |
| Karate |
| Order a karate White belt and a Yellow belt based on your measurements |
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No mouth piece needed if wearing face guard Advice: Buy a guard with the chin pad only on the inside then cut that down smaller until it doesn't block your low vision. |
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Not the cheap $1.50 mouth piece from Walmart, get a thicker one from a sports store. |
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Any type Female Chest Protector you want. It's optional. |
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| Kickboxing |
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Knees |
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Not the cheap $1.50 mouth piece from Walmart, get a thicker one from a sports store. |
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Either or, not both |
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Since we won't be going all out, karate headgear is enough, along with the boxing gloves. For a longer workout, they are a lot more comfortable. |  |
Later, if you choose to bang it out, then you will need boxing headgear. You want open face as shown here, because you need to see kicks coming, which you won't see if you're using headgear that has the pad across the cheekbone. |
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Any type Female Chest Protector you want. It's optional. |
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| Wing Chun |
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Wing Chun Either of 2 types of gloves: mma or Wing Tsun. Wing Tsun to your left is best. Later will need elbow pads, mouthpiece and karate headgear. |
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Key to gloves are, can you grab a arm with gloves on, does your palms ability to open and close feel unobstructed? |
Cotton, not shiny silk. Elastic or draw string at bottom. Elastic of draw string waist, which ever you feel most comfortable wearing. Top will be a plain white T-Shirt Later will be a special order T-Shirt |
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Shoes will be (1) tennis shoes, (2) karate kicking shoes TaeKwonDo style, (3) traditional Kung Fu shoes, or I like (4) boating shoes because they are light weight and non-slip. |