First of all, we would like to remind you that inappropriate used of Muay Thai body armour can cause serious injury. You CANNOT replace your kicking bag with someone who wore body armour.
Muay Thai body protection (body armour or body guard) are commonly used in amature fighting or in pair training which boxers wear their body armours along with their sparring gloves. The body armour can protect your torso from any type of body attack.
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Fairtex Muay Thai Body Armour: Red |
How to buy Muay Thai body armour?
Body armour is not a popular equipment. They were used in a limited circumstances and certainly not a good souvenir because of their high price. But if you are going to practice full contact fighting with others, you certainly need one.
Most of the body armour are made of leather with foam padding and velcro. They comes in many size and colour. User should buy them according to their size and fasten style that leave you some agility to move around.
The table below shown body armour approximate size in inch which can help you choose a proper size.
Size |
Chest Circumference |
| S |
32"-34" |
| M |
34"-36" |
| L |
36"-38" |
| XL |
38"-40" |
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Twins Muay Thai Body Armour: Blue |
Female chest protection in Muay Thai
There are numbers of women that interested in Muay Thai nowadays. Female boxer require additional equipment than male boxer which obviously is chest protection. There are two types of chest protection available for women depending on what activities they are doing.
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Ringside women body armour |
- If you are training or sparring, you will need a body armour.
- If you are fighting a compettition, you will need a fighting vest with chest protector.
The image to the left represent an example of women body armour used in training. These type of chest protector cover most of your upper body part and well padded just the same as male body armour except it was designed to fit women shape.
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Everlast female chest protector & vest |
Chest protector from Everlast came in cup shape. Female boxer can choose their chest protector according to their "cup" size then cover with a vest.
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Windy women chest protector |
Chest protector from Windy came in bra shape which female boxer again can choose their chest protector by their "cup". Boxing vest is also required in competition.
More information about Muay Thai body protection
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