11/04/2026
Pad Holding is an art in itself 🥊🥊
Enhanced Defensive Skills: By learning to "see" strikes and catch them properly, holders develop "fighter's eyes," allowing them to identify openings and anticipate movements in their own sparring.
Deepened Technical Knowledge: Holding pads teaches the mechanics behind techniques (e.g., proper hip placement, weight distribution) because you feel when a strike is executed correctly versus improperly.
Improved Timing and Rhythm: Our workshop teaches how to "feed" or "catch" strikes in a way that creates a fluid, energetic exchange, which translates to better timing during live sparring.
Increased Safety and Injury Prevention: It covers how to properly absorb impact to avoid injuring your shoulders, wrists, and back, as well as how to avoid injuring the striker.
Active Training Experience: Rather than just standing still, a skilled pad holder learns to move, offer resistance, and set the pace, creating a more intense, realistic, and productive training session for both people.
Excellent work by everyone who attended our Level one pad Holding workshop today 👏👏 Can't wait to see you putting it all into practice in your coming sessions 🙏
