Where to Buy Martial Arts Equipment?
If you’re wondering where to buy martial arts equipment in the UK, then you’ve come to the right place. Maxx Pro Boxing is dedicated to providing the highest-quality sports equipment for an affordable price, so everyone, no matter what their age, skill level or financial situation is, can participate in sports.
We’ll discuss why you should get your martial arts equipment from us, what specific equipment you’ll need to train in your martial art safely, and you can start training in martial arts at home.
Britain’s Best Martial Arts Equipment – Maxx Pro Boxing
As a sports equipment manufacturer run by sports experts and enthusiasts, we’ve been utilising our knowledge of combat sports and essential sports equipment to provide the UK with high-quality equipment that serves its purpose for a long time. While making purchases from giant international corporations such as Amazon is easy, you can’t guarantee the quality of the item you’re purchasing, and many products will have a large impact on the environment, being produced and transported halfway across the globe.
At Maxx Pro Boxing, we’re committed to producing only the highest-quality products so people all over the UK can know our products were made with care and attention to detail – and won’t need replacing regularly. Delivering from the Manchester area, our items travel only a short distance to make it to your door in no time at all.
Since our team is made up of experts in martial arts, you can find every piece of essential martial arts equipment in our shop ready for you to train safely at home. We produce:
- Boxing gloves
- Punch bags
- Sports clothing
- Fitness and weightlifting equipment
- Martial arts equipment
- Cricket equipment
- Protective equipment
- Brackets and hooks for installation
What Martial Arts Equipment Do You Need?
There is a great deal of martial arts equipment available on the market, however, if you’re just starting to train, you should start with the essentials and invest further as your training advances. The most important part of martial arts equipment is the protective gear, so you can train safely, however, for certain styles of martial art, you may also need:
- Specific sports clothing
- Replica weapons
- Supports to prevent or assist with injuries
Protective Equipment
Training for any kind of martial art or combat sport requires appropriate safety equipment as you will be making contact with your opponent, which carries certain risks. Ideally, you’d be paired with a partner of a similar size, weight and ability in your martial arts class, but if you’re training at home or with a friend, there’s an increased risk of injury if you don’t have the right protective equipment.
The most essential piece of safety gear is a cushioned head guard. Martial arts often focus on self-defence or military-style subduing an aggressor, so striking the head is often the best way to overcome an opponent. However, when you’re training, you don’t really want to hurt your opponent, so it’s crucial to wear the right size head guard for your safety.
Men and women will also want to protect their groins from accidental harm, as, even though striking the groin, known as a low blow, is an illegal move in most, if not all, martial arts, it can still happen accidentally from a mistimed or poorly executed strike. Male groin guards are shaped slightly differently to female groin guards, however, both are important for comfort while training.
Injury-Prevention and Supports
If you have a pre-existing injury, it’s often wise to wear supports during your training to prevent the injury from flaring up or causing further damage, although if it’s a severe injury, you should talk to a medical expert before beginning training to ensure that you can exercise safely.
Since martial arts engage the whole body, there is a lot of twisting, pivoting and force used in many basic moves, so supports like ankle braces and knee braces are useful for people with previous injuries in these areas to train comfortably. They can also be handy items to have in case of injury in the future.
Martial Arts Clothing
You might think that you don’t need any special clothing for martial arts, especially if you’re training at home, but actually, the clothes we wear have a big impact on us psychologically. So, the more appropriate your clothing is for your activity, often the more confident you’ll feel about doing it.
You can buy martial arts uniforms, known as Keikogi or simply Gi in some martial arts such as karate, to inspire your training at home, or to attend your martial arts classes. In some dojos, these uniforms are compulsory, to make sure you have what you need before you get started.
Specialised Equipment
Self-defence classes and some martial arts will also require other specialist equipment, and, while it’s unlikely you’ll need to bring your own to your class, it can be helpful to have your own equipment to practise certain techniques at home. These can include replica weapons such as rubber knives and rubber guns, so participants can learn how to disarm an aggressor, without coming into harm themselves. It should be made clear that these pieces of equipment are for martial arts use only, as possession of imitation firearms in public places is an offence in the UK.
Can You Learn Martial Arts at Home?
The Covid-19 pandemic brought about a lot of changes to the way we live all over the world, not least our desire to be able to do everything from home. Fortunately, with the number of useful resources online, it’s never been easier to learn self-defence and martial arts from the comfort of your own home. Videos, guides, handbooks and even online martial arts universities have cropped up in recent years, so everyone has the chance to learn valuable combat skills without needing to leave the house.
It is important to note, however, that to train in martial arts at home, you’ll need sufficient space to strike out with your arms and legs, and you should not make contact with anything or anyone without the appropriate safety equipment. The best advice we can give to aspiring martial artists is to attend a class to effectively learn the techniques of your school of martial art, and practice at home in your own time, either shadow fighting or, with punching bags and mannequins.
You can also improve your fighting performance by performing strength-training exercises 2 – 3 times per week to strengthen your muscles.
How Long Does it Take to Learn a Martial Art?
How long it takes to learn a martial art is a tricky question to answer, as different people advance at different paces. In karate, there are 9 so-called student levels, or Kyus, and then 10 master levels, or Dans, with each new belt recognising your improvement in movement and form across the discipline. So, you can of course become very skilled in your martial art within a few years, however, adults who take regular martial arts classes typically reach the “master” level within 5 to 7 years.
This of course varies from one martial art to another, as well as how much time you can put into practising and perfecting your fighting techniques.
Buy Your Martial Arts Gear Today!
Whether you’re new to the world of martial arts or have been training for years and want to build an at-home gym, it’s crucial to have the right equipment in order to train safely and improve every aspect of your performance. At Maxx Pro Boxing, we have everything you need to kickstart your martial arts career or take it to the next level. Browse our martial arts equipment for head guards, supports, specialist clothing and specialist equipment today, so you can train like a pro at home.
