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4HERE ARE MORE PUNCHES USUALLY VARIATIONS OF THE ABOVE CHANGING THE
AREA OF ATTACK OR SHAPE OF THE ARM BUT DON T FEEL TEMPTED TO MOVE ON

UNTIL YOU HAVE MASTERED THE BASIC PUNCHES

-AKING A lST

)T IS NOT UNUSUAL FOR BEGINNERS TO WONDER ABOUT THE BEST WAY TO hMAKE
A lSTv IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY WILL NOT HURT THE HAND ESPECIALLY THE THUMB

-OST INJURIES THAT BEGINNERS INCUR ARE TO THE WRIST THROUGH FAILURE TO KEEP
A STRAIGHT ARM ON CONTACT OR TO THE THUMB THROUGH INCORRECT PLACEMENT
OF THE THUMB 4HE FOLLOWING GUIDE IS FOR THE ABSOLUTE BEGINNER SENIOR

TRAINERS CAN SKIP TO THE NEXT CHAPTER
3ETTLE HAND COMFORTABLY INTO GLOVE PULLING HARD ON THE WRISTBAND TO

ENSURE SNUG lT 7HEN BUYING GLOVES TRY THEM ON WEARING HAND WRAPS
IF YOU INTEND TO TRAIN ON BAGS AND PADS WEARING WRAPS &OR THIS REASON
QUITE APART FROM THE FRAGRANCE ISSUE YOU NEED YOUR OWN BAG MITTS

#LOSE HAND LEAVING THUMB IN THE hTHUMBS UPv POSITION SEE lG

$RAW THUMB TIGHTLY DOWN AGAINST lNGERS SEE lG

4HUMB -534 BE RETAINED IN THIS POSITION &AILURE TO DO SO WILL ALMOST
CERTAINLY LEAD EVENTUALLY TO INJURY

)F THIS PROVES PROBLEMATIC TRY TAILOR MADE hCUT THUMBv STYLE BAG MITTS
WHICH ARE GENERALLY ABOUT THE SAME COST AS THE ORTHODOX TYPE !
RADICAL ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE TO CUT OFF THE THUMB SECTION

OF YOUR OLD GLOVES TO SEE IF THIS PROVIDES A SOLUTION
!S WITH FOOTWEAR NEVER PERSIST WITH
ANY KIT THAT IS UNCOMFORTABLE 4HE

PROBLEM USUALLY JUST GETS WORSE

4HUMB UP 4HE lST