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Originally Posted by schermstorm
I really appreciate all the help. My gym does their best to help me but sometimes the language barrier can really be a pain in the A** mostly on just things like this with rule regualtions and things.
My gym is good though. The fight is going to be in the same gym that i belong to so it should be pretty easy. There is a ring there and of course i know everyone so it works.
Instead of beating this anymore to death im going to PM you Hody and Brent to get hopefully get a coulpe more questions answered.
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I'm gonna respond here cause someone else might have similar questions.
The spats r simply tights, or compression shorts, the type u might wear under your GI or wear biking....minus the padding in the ass and crotch. Doesn't matter the brand, so long as they r blue or red. I think some companies like Hunter have them in blue or red. In all honesty, I don't know if they would accept those or not...meaning, spat with huge ass logos and labels all over them. It would be best to ask someone at your gym. The majority of guys wear simple all red or blue spats or the BodyMaker reversible ones.
The cloth shin guards are the leg warmer types that I see some Karate guys wear BUT not the Century foam dip ones on the point tournament scene. These look like big ass socks with a an opening in the heel and extend just below the knee and a bit past your ankle bone. The padding is contained within this big ass sock and is maybe less than a 1/4" thick. Again, brand is not important, and as far as I know, neither is the color. I've only seen them in white or black...but I assume there might be other colors. From what I remember, u cannot wear the Muay Thai style shin guards that velcro on -- the ones that Fairtex sells. Use those for your gym training but in amateur Shooto, u have to wear the leg warmer type.
The best thing to do is simply bring what u plan on wearing to the gym and ask the guys if it would be approved for amateur Shooto. On the day of the event, some coaches have to work as Shooto officials and might treat u like everyone else. IE...I checked in and my former coach was working the equipment check area. He asked my name, weight class, and to look at my gear. I was like..."what the hell? U know me". But he told me "today I am not your coach, today I am Shooto official." Funny...he still looked like my coach.
Hope this helps.
Hody
