Boxing bags and boxing pads in savate training

If you want to train savate outside some training club you need some training staff. I prefer training at the savate training club where they have boxing bags and pads but some people prefer training at home or somewhere else so here are few words about savate training tools.

Boxing bags - The heavier the better

Boxing bag is one of the main training tools needed in savate training. There are no special boxing bags designed for savate training. They are just normal boxing bags that you can find at every boxing club. The main things about the boxing bags are weight and height. My personal opinion is that the heavier the bag is the better and the longer the bag is the better. I justify my opinion with the following points:

• The heavier the bag is the harder hits and kicks it can take without starting to wave or jump wildly. With heavier bags you can train alone. With lighter bags you need someone to hold the bag when you train. If your girlfriend or boyfriend wants to do that you are lucky.
• Heavier bag doesn't have any drawbacks. I would buy the heaviest possible my roof can carry if I would buy one.
• The longer the bag is the more opportunities you have to practice kicks at all levels. Good back should at least cover the height between your knees and head. Then you can make kicks to all three levels used in savate. If bag is shorter you need to adjust it's height between the kicks to different levels and that's just time consuming and annoying task.

Boxing pads

Some people like to train in pairs using small pads that are like small pad attached to the glove. See picture below:

I don't find these small pads very useful when you train punches. You can train punches to your pairs gloves as well. There are two advantages. First you have to punch more carefully to the right place if your pair shows the right place with his/her boxing gloves. Your training is also more real match like simulation if you both wear boxing gloves. If the other one uses these pads it's just the other one who punches and the other one who receives punches.

Where I find pads very useful, especially bigger ones than in the picture above, is the training of savate kicks. One of the best ways to train savate kicks is to train with pair that has pad (or two pads) and he/she shows you where you have to kick. There are hundreds or thousands companies that produce these simple boxing pads. Most of the pads are named and marketed as thai-boxing pads but they are very useful in savate too. If you want to buy these pads I think it's not much point in paying any extra about the brand or logo in the pad. I would buy just some random brand that has good price and right size for my training needs. There are hundreds of different sized boxing pads on sale at AliExpress. If you want to buy boxing pad I would recommend you to check their selection from the link-banner below.