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Your cart is empty.13" HEMA Sparring Gloves Developed in conjunction with the HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts) community these sparring gloves are at the forefront of providing affordable hand protection for any of the weapons based martial arts. The gloves feature molded plastic plates over high impact shock absorbing foam, providing a high level of protection from many types of blunt weapons used by martial artists. The fingers are protected by overlapping finger plates providing good protection with maximum mobility. The outer covering is a tough microfiber material, a welcome upgrade from the typical synthetic leather coverings. These gloves were developed specifically for full protection against synthetic sparring weapons but are used by many groups using blunted steel weapons as well. Sizing: The Sparring Gloves are sized in the same manner as lacrosse gloves. The table below is a good guide but as a rule of thumb if you wear size small gloves in general the 12" will be for you, any larger and the 13" should be sufficient.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2025
These things are bulky. They also run small. I have thin hands width wise, but long fingers. I can usually get large pair of gloves and they fit, but a little loose around my palm. These things, I can get little over 3/4 of my fingers in and it make it really hard for me to grab my swords. Buy a size up if you can.
Screwball71
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2025
I've just recently started HEMA and I was excited to get these gloves. They are good entry level gloves for synthetic sword learning and sparing. If just starting out they are a good light sparing glove.
SK
Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2024
Gauntlet gloves don't fit over protective jacket sleeves
Curtiss
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2024
Lots of padding and protection. Fits inside hand guard for side sword. Size 13 does not fit XXL size hands
michael bruzzone
Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2023
Pros: - Very tough; you can get whacked in the hand with no harm to your hand while wearing these. - visually they appear as advertisedCons: - Nearly impossible to grip anything while wearing them. I have large hands, and bought the large size, and the gloves appear to fit perfectly. However when I try to grip things, I just can't get a good grip. I have pretty strong hands, but the width of the fingers just makes getting a good grip next to impossible. Tried one-handed and two-handed hilts. Doesn't matter. - Chafing! You have to wear gloves inside these gloves in order to avoid rapidly chafing on the tops of your finger joints. I'm sure you'd eventually develop thick calluses on each finger joint if you went without extra protection, but after only a short session with these, my hands were pretty raw - The wrist laces are useless. The little spring/plastic piece they use to keep the laces tight gives up after even a small amount of tension. Better off remove it and having someone else tie the laces.Overall, I would not recommend unless perhaps if what you're gripping has a wider than normal girth.
chirowatchlover
Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2021
Great gloves for those who practice Filipino Martial Arts (FMA) /Eskrima/Kali/Arnis. Excellent for sparring in fighting for both WEKAF style tournaments and also with limited protection “Dog Brothers” style. Great against rattan sticks and handling with them, after broken in, are great. Also great for knife sparring.
james c.
Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2018
Didn't Last more than 3 months
Richard Thomas
Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2018
Day 1, right out of the box, never even sparred with them, and a plate broke loose.
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