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2. Headgear (martial arts) - Wikipedia

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   Some headgear is open-faced. This is the style normally used in amateur boxing competitions. Unlike open-faced headgear, training headgear covers the cheek. "Face-saver" headgear features a pad across the face so that no direct contact is made to the face. As the amount of padding in headgear is increased, visibility is reduced.

3. SCA armoured combat - Wikipedia

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   Note the use of rattan swords, edge padding on the shields, and bar grills added to the helmets SCA armoured combat , [ 1 ] or informally heavy combat , is a combat sport developed by the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) in which participants in protective body armour compete in mock combat , individual tournaments inspired by forms of ...

4. Boxing styles and technique - Wikipedia

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   Headgear is no longer mandatory in amateur and Olympic boxing. Boxing techniques utilize very forceful strikes with the hand. There are many bones in the hand, and striking surfaces without proper technique can cause serious hand injuries. Today, most trainers do not allow boxers to train and spar without hand/wrist wraps and gloves. Handwraps ...

5. List of medieval armour components - Wikipedia

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   The nasal helmet was characterised by a nose guard, or 'nasal', composed of a single strip of metal that extended down from the skull or browband over the nose to provide partial facial protection. This helmet appeared throughout Western Europe in the late 9th century, and became the predominant form of head protection until the enclosed helmet ...

6. Everlast (brand) - Wikipedia

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   The company first produced boxing gear in 1917 after a young Jack Dempsey asked them to supply him with headgear that would last for more than 15 rounds. [1] It subsequently sponsored Roberto Durán, Joe Frazier, Marvin Hagler, Larry Holmes, Sugar Ray Leonard, and in particular Muhammad Ali and became the most recognizable boxing brand. [3]

7. Nasal helmet - Wikipedia

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   11th century Moravian nasal helmet, Vienna. One of the few remaining examples of such helmets. The nasal helmet was a type of combat helmet characterised by the possession of a projecting bar covering the nose and thus protecting the centre of the face; it was of Western European origins and was used from the late 9th century to at least c. 1250.