How to Wrap Your Hands for Boxing, Muay Thai or MMA | Knuckle Protection vs. Wrist Support

This is not the only way to wrap your hands. This is one way.
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[@IcyMikeP]

Question for Viewers: what kind of handwraps do you use?

[@Anathmatician]

When I used them, it was a slightly crappy Adidas set. Still got them somewhere.

[@driver3899]

Fairtex ..but they have to be a manly shade of lilac

[@matt19122]

108" Mexican wraps mainly, couple different brands...honestly, which ever one smells the least like what I assume your shin pads smell like.

[@hard2hurt]

@@TheGalaxyCrusher you dont even have hands dude gtfoh

[@double23423]

I use Yellow fairtex wraps

[@driver3899]

Messy looking hand wraps are good for training they make your hand speed increase so no one can see how bad at wrapping them you are

[@hard2hurt]

Good point.

[@RagTagg]

Under rated channel. I see growth in your future, bud. Enjoying the vids!

[@hard2hurt]

Thanks man!

[@jamesrowlands1943]

@@hard2hurt at 5ft 5, I think you've seen all the growth your gonna get 🖕😂

[@HeyItsJoe1]

Fancy seeing you here lol love the apex videos

[@SJ_Jordan]

This is the most bizarre crossover

[@gxd4690]

We’ll look at him now

[@Taegashi]

This is by far the most balanced way to wrap your hands that I have found on KZbin. Gives a balance of knuckle padding and enough wrist support (for my hand size anyways). The other video with the knuckle guard is just as good but I find this amount of padding to be adequate. Great vid!

[@taintedmuse6169]

I watched this every time I go into my classes. Hopefully I'll get the hang of it where I can do without assistance.

[@christinestreisand5801]

Great video and great explanation. I realized that I have been wrapping them wrong for a long time. I like the extra padding around the knuckles. Thanks.

[@hard2hurt]

There is no "wrong" way unless you're experiencing discomfort or problems in a certain area. If your knuckles are really bothering you look into those knuckle guards I'm always recommending.

[@SuperPoopgoblin]

This channel is a wealth of information!!!

[@w4rr0ck_svcks]

This method looks really interesting, gonna try it out tomorrow!

[@attiylanen]

That's legit. Exactly like Tony Jeffries does it.

[@Peroxide-Mark]

needed this bro

[@JosephDewey]

Great video! Thanks!

[@JasonChinAFat]

great video

[@faithfamilyfriendsforever6777]

Thats great man thanks

[@rkumar570]

Dear Icy Mike. This was cool. Thank you.....

[@thegrif4779]

thanks a lot mike just injured my hands and these wrap guide was glorious

[@AdrieHasenbos]

Thanks!

[@dustindedace1031]

Thanks sir

[@MrSupa22man]

Thankx 💂

[@DannyIvan86]

Had to watch this in 0.50 speed, lol. Great info. It's how I'm wrapping for now on.

[@MMAFEEN_]

I know this is 3yrs old but it helped me 👊🏼 thanks

[@HappyBuffalo347]

I don't normally wear wraps. Then I punched a doorframe to see if I was hitting with the correct knuckles. I was 🙃. Now I'm going to try wrapping my hands like this before class tonight. Wish me luck

[@grimarcher872]

Ma defied version of this is the only way I wrap my hands now.

[@thomasmckee5174]

nice

[@dropkickedmurphy6463]

Before matches, is there regulation for the way your hands must be wrapped? Or is it entirely based on the user's preference?

[@actionhero27]

Great video. I am horrible at wrapping my hands.

[@bensonblack8595]

41k people that now wrap hands your way. Its true lol. Thats alot..... Well done.

[@BackyardBeatings]

I'm glad to see that I'm not the only old guy referencing the tootsie pop commercial every time I count.

[@hard2hurt]

There are those of us who remember.

[@tomwalker8944]

@@hard2hurt Oh god... I just found out I'm old now. Fuck.

[@krasserj4k]

I prioritize more wrist support

[@penthactussoul]

How do I know what length hand wraps should be before I buy them? Is 3 meters too long/short? Is 4.5 meters too short/long? Does it matter how long they are? Is it more important that they are not too short than too long or the other way around?

[@davidfransena2042]

Hi Mike wazawski greetings from Indonesia

[@bobross3880]

Thank god. Bruh. I been away from the gym for a while so my technique isn’t laser accurate when I’m throwing those power shots (my knuckles are literally clicking as I bend them now), so I need to keep my knuckles safe. My wrists are fine, but boy the ligaments in my knuckles are really fucking mad.

[@tiborfarkas1011]

Very nice , my wrist hurt more then my knuckles

[@alienkawala8287]

You always want to look good. So when you get knocked out and land on the floor, those pictures come out nice.

[@jedijudoka]

Nice Mr. Owl lol. I notice you always have your wedding ring on, just curious, is it silicone? I’m nervous to wear mine during training because I’ve seen rings get cut off of broken fingers in the ER.

[@userenter8591]

not Easy😍😍

[@glocktopi1796]

What length wraps do you use?

[@Hulk553]

Hey Icey Mike I'm curious of your thoughts on Bagua. Its a traditional Chinese art. I have a group of friends who all trian in different martial arts. I'm the only untrained one. They all are teaching me little things here and there but soon I'm going to join a MMA Gym. One of my friends trains in Bagua it seems to be effective in low intensity sparring. But again I have an untrained eye. But he also has a strong judo influence so I'm not sure. But if you could do a video on Bagua I would appreciate it.

[@IcyMikeP]

I don't know much about Bagua. I know Sergio from Practial Combat Martial Arts does that... and I think Sakan Lam has some material on it.

[@Johnnyjoejoe]

The orange wrap makes your hand look like a Tibetan monk. Also what brand of wrap do you use and what length? Thanks

[@Nuhjeea]

If you are just a casual hobbyist who hasn't even joined a MMA/Boxing gym yet, is it ok to mess around at home here and there with light sparring with friends and not use hand wraps? Or the quick hand wraps? No intentions of hitting the heavy bag (yet) or hard sparring.

[@cimi100fix7]

How long is your hand wrapper

[@chicchitammuottocifa]

Do you also wrap your head sometimes?

[@fancyphantom8103]

Way I was taught was wraps are for wrists gloves are for knuckles.

[@IShotLazer]

Thats what was explained to me too. I use wraps for my wrists almost entirely. My knuckles don't generally hurt too bad after training. Not that I have king knuckles or anything. Maybe my bag is soft or something. But I've fucked my wrist more than a couple of times and even after having much much better form, it's still something I'm way more worried about than hurting my knuckles.

[@grahamjonathan762]

*Corduroy boxing gloves deliver the best punchlines.*

[@hard2hurt]

Ugh...

[@michaelgoh-blackbeltdesign8710]

Mike, just wondering if the wraps can be replaced by just wearing MMA gloves or equivalent?

[@marceldouwstra5847]

MMA gloves don't give the support to your knuckles and wrist like wraps do. It's better than just bare hands but it's definitely not a substitute.

[@frontsnapkick2533]

If being a bare knuckle pugilist was your primary goal, would training bare knuckle ( other than sparing) be the most beneficial? I can see pros and cons to this.

[@hard2hurt]

I have a video on bareknuckle heavybag training. You should do some... but the majority should be done in wraps and gloves. Sundays video will actually be on a related topic (hardening hands)

[@wilhelmu]

@@hard2hurt can doing fist push ups or some hardening training make my knuckles and wrists harder to break in bare knuckle fight?

[@Niborino9409]

This is similar to how Tony Jeffries does it!

[@juanm6092]

Looks like danieltwhich hand wrap tutorial

[@aczeartk7032]

My knuckles dont even hurt half as much as my wrist when i fuck up

[@eyeswideopen2536]

Is dk yoo style any good or not real

[@kylealger3195]

Thanks for sharing your way. It this good for boxing and mma?

[@IcyMikeP]

This is how I wrap my hands in boxing gloves. This wouldn't really work in mma gloves, there wouldn't be enough room.

[@tauhid9983]

is it necessary to run your wraps through the fingers?

[@austinklith792]

It stops the wrap from sliding down your hand

[@damianvillela7341]

I keep on doing it and it comes out right but the velcro is on the wrong side I don't know what I'm doing wrong lol

[@taintedmuse6169]

You can easily twist it before securing the velcro. It happens to me as well and I don't want to have to start all over so I just twist so the velcro is upside and secure. Doneso!

[@m33kzking]

So I own 180 wraps and 220 wraps., I actually like using my 220s more, but what do you think of 220s?

[@christianrosa1120]

220 ? I'm looking online now

[@m33kzking]

@@christianrosa1120 I really like my 220, I wrap them similar to this method with a focus on knuckle wrap and wrist proctection

[@IcyMikeP]

Never used them... that's a lot of wrap though! You could do a thick knuckle pad and have plenty left over for the rest.

[@christianrosa1120]

@@m33kzking I was slightly joking I'm not a new guy that needs help with wrapping my hands but thanks and 180's work fine for me

[@m33kzking]

@@IcyMikeP yeah, I havent tried creating a knuckle pad with my 180s bc I thought I wouldn't have any leftover. But I will give it a try

[@jasperthebeast6187]

wait i didt quite catch howmuch meters i have 2.5

[@christianrosa1120]

Lol yeah the last one is the one that'll make you keep fixing it if you did it to look good and even

[@hard2hurt]

Yeah I've actually heard tutorials where they talk about making the wrap look good. Now there is SOME correlation between neatness and effectiveness... but it's not the same thing.

[@christianrosa1120]

@@hard2hurt not a troll man lol I was being honest and I know you're right on your response I went at least a week at first ha ing to take gloves off to re wrap without circulation but once the knuckles started getting beat up I went into protection mode

[@Anathmatician]

Issue with additional knuckle protection is that it always seems to end up in the bin....

[@hard2hurt]

Yeah this is how I wrap my hands while waiting for my replacemebt knuckle guards to come in.

[@DocTarnation]

@hard2hurt So, what's the fastest you can wrap your hands? My fastest was just under a minute, but I never trained seriously.

[@IcyMikeP]

I dunno man... I don't know that that's a thing. Handwrapping is a ritual, I think it should be done with intention and thoughtfulness. You should take your time and get it right because the consequences for getting it wrong are pretty high.

[@ahmedelshamy5718]

💕👌

[@gursimarsingh7980]

You're like if Bill Burr learned to fight

[@HeartlessKnave]

0.5x speed makes him sound special ed, but I'm the moron who needs it slowed down and to keep rewinding ...

[@aaronhixon4281]

0 dislikes wow

[@ashehajjjjj]

0 dislikeeees

[@hard2hurt]

Damn I never noticed. Thank you.

[@badspellertyp051]

You have only 1 dislike on this video

[@mamantulen]

like why would you care of how it looks, i mean your gonna put your hands in the gloves anyways so... dont see a reason to care about the looks

[@KDONeal1]

lost me at knuckle padding over wrist support. lets me know 2 things... 1..he can't throw a good punch and 2 he hits like a bitch. 😂

[@hard2hurt]

Yeah uh... because that's EXACTLY how that works and not the complete opposite at all... hahaha wtf.

[@user-sw2vy9xd8d]

My favortite way imo 🤍