Martial arts equipment

Shoes and footwear
Shoes and footwear is important accessory for any martial art specialty. Footwear is often decided by the individual dojo or instructor. But many others accept bare feet in practicing moves in the class. Others require students to wear shoes with flexible, soft, gripping soles. Major sports shoe manufacturers like Adidas make shoes designed especially for wearing in martial arts training and competition.

Protective Martial arts equipment
All martial arts people have to wear different kinds of protective gear for training and sparring. At the very least, most schools and instructors require that students wear mouth guards when sparring, and may require that students wear head protectors, chest guards, shin guards, athletic protectors and wrist/hand guards. The uniforms in some forms of martial arts are designed to offer protection, but its not a standard rule. As with uniforms, check with the school or instructor to find out what sort of protective martial arts equipment you’ll need.