Bag Gloves or Training Gloves?

More than likely the reason your instructor wants you to wear the bag gloves is to harden your knuckles. Thais are pretty hardcore sometimes and hand and shin conditioning are important aspects of the sport that are generally ignored stateside. Having said that, I'd still recommend picking up a good pair of training gloves. Training with a heavier glove can improve hand speed and endurance. Split your training between the bag gloves and the training gloves and you'll reap the benefits of both. (Training gloves are usually 12 ounces, those huge sparring gloves are usually 16 or 18 if you're a safety freak)

ur instructor is trying to condition your knuckles. if u start with 12 ounce gloves. your knuckles wont get conditioned you wont hit as hard. so here is my suggestion. get a good pair of wraps (everlast 180") learn to wrap your hands put the bag gloves on over (if u have to) and work with those and they will protect the skin of your knuckles a bit but still toughen up your hands. on the bag i just ware wraps to save my wrists to keep my knuckles tough some times i ware gloves. also when i was in high school i would walk down the hallway punching the walls (concrete) to condition my knuckles.

u need to power through this part of your training in 4 months when u go their they will be having you hit thia bags which for the most part are incredibly dense and they will have u doing it with just wraps on.

on the pads though ware 12 ouncers because the weight will increase ur hand speed and hitting pads doesnt do anything for bone conditioning but dont use them on the bag yet toughen your hands first.

in order to condition your hands its like conditioning your shins you are actually creating cracks in the bone that make it heal over thicker it hurts like hell but it is worth it. if the dude is really traditional at some point u willl be kicking a bag of rocks.

i personally use 14 ounce gloves because they are heavier so better for cardio and muscel conditioning during pad work and then i can also use them to spar.

I use training gloves to hit the bag because bag gloves make my hands hurt. Most pros also use good gloves to hit the bag. Bag gloves are always cheaper in cost and performance.

The only good i've ever used bag gloves for were bags, obviously.

I use 12 ounce training gloves all around now, i've completely given up on the bag gloves. You should definitely get some.