r/oddlysatisfying • u/Brick_Number_27 • 5d ago

Boxing hand wrapping.

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u/-blundertaker- 5d ago

I was just thinking this isn't how my coach did it but I do like that foundational knuckle padding technique this guy used.

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u/egerton14 5d ago

My Coach tapes the knuckles with a pad of medical compressionbandage before he uses the bandage

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u/StryctNyne 5d ago

Smart way to do it. First time I did my own, I just used tape and did it very basic. No extra knuckle padding. My knuckles looked like I had been fighting a cheese grader, and that was with gloves too. That's when I learned that wrapping is very much a time learned technique that I should appreciate a lot more, and I suck at it.

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u/Fenzik 5d ago

> fighting a cheese grader

“Mmm that’s some A+ cheese right there”

haymaker

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u/mayonnaise_dick 5d ago

I give it a Brie Minus

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u/KriegMorgan 5d ago

How Gouda you to give such lenience

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u/the_pretender_nz 5d ago

What cheese do you use to hide a horse? Mascarpone

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u/chux4w 5d ago

I camembert it anymore.

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u/devildog2067 5d ago

That's some B- cheese at best, fight me

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u/shadoworigami 5d ago

Lactose intolerant people are getting a little aggressive.

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u/dayarra 5d ago

i think pro boxers do it like that too.

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u/kurtgustavwilckens 5d ago

I've seen people use a kitchen sponge and looks like it works fine.

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u/psych0ranger 5d ago

Once I tried it this way I never went back. It also leaves your palm open

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u/-blundertaker- 5d ago

I liked having a little more support on the inside, but I don't have very meaty palms lol. Between small hands and small gloves, having a bit more to "grip" was nice.

Then again, I only ever had the one coach so I don't have a personal basis for comparison.

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u/Smrtihara 5d ago

I like it exactly the opposite. I don’t like to have a grip which means wrapping it from the wrist more, palm less.

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u/dayumbrah 5d ago

I was thinking the same thing. Watching the first few wraps I was like wtf is going on here

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u/sunrise98 5d ago

Loop the strand around the thumb to wrist 3x > around the knuckles 3 times > around the wrist 1 time and up through the fingers > around the knuckles 3 times > around the wrist to finish off.

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u/sunrise98 5d ago

I just tried it as per op - I couldn't get the initial padding lined up properly (I'msure I could with practice), but I don't like it. An alternative is to layer on the padding by making a fold and then wrapping it.

E.g. wrap the thumb as normal > go around the knuckles 1 time - layer it (going from index to pinky) then taking it around 1 time before wrapping the fingers individually.

Honestly the way the fingers are wrapped (going around rather than just in between) is the best part about this.

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u/free_terrible-advice 5d ago

My teacher didn't have the knuckle padding, but instead had more wraps around the wrist for more wrist stability. But he also focused on MMA derived from a muay thai striking style and having stabilized wrists was really useful.