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hayabusa gear review
I would like to start out by saying I purchased my gear from ebay. I found an ebay store that has the lowest prices by far that I found while searching online. Im not going to plug the store so youll have to search it out yourself.
I purchased Hayabusa MMA gear for the following reasons. It looked better than the majority of the gear I saw. It is a canadian product and I am canadian which made me feel all warm and patriotic inside... And id heard it was an overall quality product.
When my stuff arived my first impressions where great. I had ordered the white shorts, white MMA gloves, white shin gaurds, ashi-foot grips- and the head protector. Everything looked great, sexy even.
White shorts - By far the product out of the 5 I am happiest with. The white theme looks awesome, im just a novice fighter but I looked exceptionally deadly this afternoon infront of the mirror. The fit was perfect, the velcro strap was intresting, ive never had shorts like that before but once I got the jist of it everything was gravy
White MMA gloves - Very very good looking product. They however felt like shit. The only thing harder and more painful than putting them on was trying to take them off. It was while I was trying to get my pointer finger out of its sleve that I noticed the "made in china" tag. So much for my patriotism, I thought at least Hayabusa could of hired canadians to sew their stuff together but buisness before patriotism. Overall the gloves felt very uncomfortable however I feel that with a little breaking in they will do nicely, as with any close fitting gear a little discomfort is to be expected
White shin gaurds - Perfect product. They hug the calf perfectly, very snug, it was tempting not to rush to my gym and beat the bag a few times with them but I had to get back to class. Comfortability was ok, a little hard going on and comming off, but again thats to be expected with tight fit gear.
Ashi-foot grips - Why did I buy these? im not too worried about traction but when I saw them and read a few reviews I thought they must be gods gift to traction. Surely these footgrips would give me an immesurable advantage over a foe with mere footsoles to keep him stuck to the floor. However when I tested there traction I really felt let down. I was not glued to the ground at all. Of course unrealistic dreams unrealistic results. For what they are, and the price of $30-40 they are really a decent product. One complaint. They have 2 sizes. The smaller size they say goes up to size9 feet, and then the larger size goes from size 9 up(i am exactly size 9 foot). Not wanting to buy them and have them be too big and loose i went for the smaller size. God was it hell getting them on and off. Hopefully theyll get stretched out after I wear them a week or so. Thats the price I pay for being size 9. I would recommend to anyone who is also size 9 to get the smaller ones anyway. Its far better to have a snug grip than a loose one imo.
haybusa head protector - or whatever its called....um, decent looking, kind of an awkward fit but im a square headed kraut. I self punched myself a few times to test how it felt under fire and heres what I found.
Jaw protection - great
Chin protection - great
Forhead protection - good
Temple protection - great
Ear protection - aweful, I would not want to get socked full bore in the ear weaing this thing
overall marks
Appearance - 5/5 youll be the envy of your dojo, all the cheerleaders practicing in the gym next to you will want your phone number
Functionality - 3/5 the products feel like they would function awesome...after a longer-than-should-be break in period, but for now a few of the products (gloves,helmet) feel jagged
Comfort - 2/5 If your buying for comfort join Kung-Fu, they have awesome silk robes.
Durability - NA/5 cant comment, havent battle tested them yet but they have given me no reason to believe they will break down or thread out.
Overall score - 79% good overall product, a few irritants but not enough to make me wish Id bought something else, very happy with purchase.
P.S ill post pictures in a day or so
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In martial arts I have found only 2 moves. Moves that I let work, and moves that I make work. Removing the latter has been the definition of my training.
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