Why do Muay Thai fighters wear Anklets?

[BSFT]

guess i dont know enough about MT, as i was picturing something like this:

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If you and the rest of the bozos in your gym want to dress like Liberace while you train, knock your fabulous selves out.

[Ifight4Beer]

Originally Posted by brad_mn

Have you tried the ankle supports as opposed to wrapping them? I assume by wrapping them you mean with an Ace Bandage type of thing? If you have tried both, which do you prefer?

I wrap them with 180' mexican style hand wraps, theirs a trick in wraping them, start once on the ankle and X it around the foot, It gives me alot more suport and Ive even wore them in matches with black tape around the wraps. I have wore the ankle suports and don't like them as much because they give nice suport when they are new but within a month they seem to get to loose for my liking.

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Also, does anyone know where I can buy a nice pair of 180" bracelets? I need them for sweat absorption.

[brad_mn]

Originally Posted by Ifight4Beer

I wrap them with 180' mexican style hand wraps, theirs a trick in wraping them, start once on the ankle and X it around the foot, It gives me alot more suport and Ive even wore them in matches with black tape around the wraps. I have wore the ankle suports and don't like them as much because they give nice suport when they are new but within a month they seem to get to loose for my liking.

Thanks a lot for the tip, I will have to try that out!

[DwarfMesomorph]

OK, OK,
Gotobread, I defer!
I promise I will never call them anklets again!


What's wrong with Liberace?

[TyCarrerra]

Originally Posted by Snubnoze707

Wow, nice feet.

[DeadlyArt]

I wear them because they support my ankle little bit and it just makes me feel better when wearing them because i had both ankles sprained pretty badly...
Also i think they look pretty cool...

Speaking of them i gotta get a new pair... ones i have are 5yrs old lol.

[deluxeMT]

I pretty much have to point this out in every thread on ankle supports being worn by MT fighters, but I'll do it again:

Thai fighters mainly wear ankle supports to keep the ankle joint warm, they will mostly remove the ankle support in later rounds of the fight

For example:

Early round:



Late round:



Or sometimes, a fighter may keep them on, while another chooses to have them off:

Early round:



Late round:

[Snubnoze707]

Thanks for pointing that out. Something I haven't noticed...