3 EASY ways to wrap hands for boxing, MMA, and Muay Thai
There are tons of ways to wrap your wrists/hands with canvas wraps. Here are 3 simple ones. Shanghai based MMA coach Ramsey Dewey shows three different styles of hand wraps using 5 meter canvas wraps. The primary purpose of wrapping hands to secure and stabilize the wrist. The secondary purpose is to reinforce the hands while connecting the knuckles and metacarpals to the wrist. A tertiary (and optional) purpose of hand wraps I will show you in this video, is to pad the knuckles.
I strongly suggest you use wraps exclusively for bagwork and pad work, but not for sparring. If you are destroying your hands on your training partners face, you’re a bad sparring partner and it’s time to fix that.
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This dude’s voice is incredible.
Kinda slow for normal conversation, but coach Dewey would make a fantastic nighttime D.J., narrator, or even audio book VO if he ever needed a nighttime job. Very soothing especially for the late night.
@@krane15 If he ever gets sick of MMA, he could DJ for a lounge jazz radio station 😎👌
@@seanhatton4013 Thing is, he could do both. Capitalize on all those natural talents.
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Through the powerful waves of his voice my hands immediately developed so much strength that I don’t even need wraps anymore.
So I am hitting the bag last night and I said outloud, 'I need to wrap my hands better.' Are you listening Dewey? Lol
@Hater Sensei Grand Master Chosen One I'll admit it. I had to look up 'enchidna'.
maybe you need to punch better?
@@johnpjones1775 My old coach always wrapped my hands better than I do. Having one or the other loosen up when I self wrap.
@@granden2077 wrapping is 100% unnecessary if you are punching properly. that was the point of my comment. proper wrist alignment and fist formation greatly reduces the chances of injury. i actually hate boxing gloves because they make it impossible for you to make a proper fist thus making wraps necessary.
@@johnpjones1775 You can't box without boxing gloves. I have been doing bag work for about 40 years. No wraps when sparring or light work. When I am putting it on the bag or doing 1 minute rotations, hand wraps are a must. Saves on an injury that takes away from training. Even good fingerless gloves have wrist support.
I've been told that my skill set suits having my head bandaged rather then my hands....
Hmm
Your a boxer?
I'm that wrinkly and covered in big veins that I've been compared to a giant penis
Best comment ever!
After your third concussion, you barely even notice
Great info. Thank u. After washing and drying my wraps I roll them up "backwards" so the thumb loop is on the outside. This way I don't have to unroll the whole thing to get started. I just unroll it as I wrap my wrist.
Tim Barry me too
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#1 : very good metacarpal and small bones support but less knuckle cushion. Greatly lessens metacarpal injuries but knuckles might get sore quickly #2 : enough bone support with great knuckle cushion. Recommended for thinner gloves. Also good for power shots. But not recommended for sparring as you might feel too comfortable in giving out powershots. #3 : simple and fast, but less bone small bones protection as the wrap did not go between the fingers meaning if you punch too hard, the entire bone structure will have to absorb more force . Not recommended for power punches. But pretty ok for sparring. Based on my own experience between the different wraps. I often use #1 because i seem to not have very strong bones, i need that extra support, but i love #2 when i am so into smashing the bags with powershots. #3 is not suitable for me, my hand just got slight injury before .
I always wrap my hands before wearing gloves just to soak in some sweat. Keeps them gloves fresh. :)
No wraps during sparring. Probably the most important thing I learned from this video.
Id probably just put on a gel wrap and spar
IMO always wear wraps to protect your hands, even when sparring. But make it safer for your partner by getting bigger (+16oz) specialised sparring gloves
@@utarian7 nah. No wraps in sparring. That way you can punch with an open hand. Unless you’re throwing power shots and hitting elbows constantly your hand will be just fine.
All these time we put sponges for the knuckles because we thought we wouldn't feel them through the gloves that way. I never considered not wearing wraps on sparring. And you're one of the few to emphasize protecting your sparring partners not injure them. Thanks
I thought I was the only person to wrap my hands like the second method! If you want to make that method give even more protection and use less wrap you can fold that beginning section in half lengthwise
I might have said this once twice or three times coach you're one of the best you know your business sir
Thank you for ALL your vids Ramsey, especially this one! 🤩 I like that you showed 3 different wrapping styles! As a new student of Muay Thai/Kickboxing, literally my first week, now I no longer have to laugh and cry while wrapping my little hands! 😂😭 Thank you! Your biggest fan from Texas! 😍😘😎👍
could you do one video on boxing gloves, especially how the fit should feel, fingers and palm's placement in the glove and how to choose a good pair?
That’s a very subjective subject. I have a few reviews of different kinds of boxing gloves on my channel where I touch on those topics.
Wrapping your hands feels like trying to learn to tie your shoes, there are so many different ways to do it but only a few are the best!
Im glad you showed a wrap style that is focused on the wrist. Everyone seems to focus on the knuckles. My knuckles never hurt. That's what gloves are for.
Thank you for the super helpful video!! This is the first one I’ve done that the thumb wrap part doesn’t feel loose or too far up on my thumb.
I love these methods and you have demonstrated each in a very good way
Have never done that,but could definitely see the advantages of taping up your hands before a fight,especially if it strengthens the wrist
Thanks a lot ramsay, i just started muay thai and this helped loads.
Pleasantly surprised to find I've been doing it right.... cheers!
Thank you Ramsey. NEVER GIVES UP. Osu...!!!
Excellent tutorial and advice 💥🥊
Man you should make some merch. Id love a shirt with some cool cartoonish art on it😄
Would buy all his stuff!
Even 2 lines of merch - for gym and FOR THA STREEETZ
@@CryptoC4T ok, this is epic
Wonderful instructional video thank you for sharing
Thanks for the tutorial wrap the hands is important for rists and hygiene in the gym.
I didn't know I needed to see this. I've MMA gloves and now I know how to wrap for them... Thanks!
No hate, but when I put my thumb through the loop, I go over the BACK of my hand because if you go under the hand than it will become loose as u fight
For me it depends, i go under my palm for boxing but over my hand for mma 🤷🏻♂️
@@DaDoughboi88 Wait, you do boxing and mma? Please give me some tips on how I can manage to do both. P.S I have school too
Thanks for the tips! I'm a bigger guy and I'd like to get into boxing as a fun way to help me slim down. My family has an old punching bag in the garage that I'm gonna start wailing on. I appreciate all your videos!
Hey man try going to a gym It becomes even funner when you do it with a purpose
Fr this is the best video I’ve seen from the top 10 I’ve watched. The rest are either too quick and confusing, or they are too dumbed down and slow
I do the last method and I'm glad it's legit because I was just wrapping and hopeing no one notices how lazy I am.
Thank you for this !
that was super informative
Well done and said.
God, That Hand Wrap is Fucking *PURE PERFECTION* I was wondering how to wrap it this way, Thank you Ramsey Dewey !
thanks.. gonna try the first one
that helped a lot thanks just gettin into boxing feels good to know mywrist and knuckles will ne saafe
Great video as always! But for method number 2 I found that wrapping it around my fingers then removing it to place it on my knuckles afterwards make it a tad easier to wrap around afterward. It gives the same results but as a begginer it feels less wobbly. Sorry for the syntax, I try my best as a frenchie😁
I use a variation of #2. I like it.
IMO always wear wraps to protect your hands, even when sparring. But make it safer for your partner by getting bigger (+16oz) specialised sparring gloves
wow, two minutes in and already a dislike. Someone is a dedicated Ramsey Dewey hater. Also first comment!
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Some people tend to play videos which are recommended and dislike it so they don't receive other recommendation from the same channel.
Power Gaming GG there’s an option for that, which is available without having to play the video. You can even choose to stop receiving recommendations for the particular channel.
Aaah... some people are just assholes.
@@Bunta1987qwerty Good to know, now you need to tell that to few million more people :D I know it - my wife doesn't. And won't even use it, even is she knew it, because 'it's easier'
Thank you so much i just started boxing
That voice though. Smooth AF.
Thank you kindly ☺️
thanks coach
Thank you so much for this, Ramsey, I’ve been struggling with wrapping correctly for months!
How is that possible? I learned it in two days (no offense, it's a real question)?
Awesome tutorial Ramsey! Wraps are super important for wrist and hand protection
Holy shit, i just bought my wraps 2 days ago and now there's your video damnnm
don't worry. If you have a good trainer they'll tell you what to do. That's just Ramsey's opinion. I haven't been in a gym in the us that would let you spar without handwraps and head gear.
@@2Sexy4MyMusic i was just pointing out the funny coincidence ^^
Thanks buddy
Watched the video just cause I am curious how ya do your wraps. The 2nd one almost was the same as how I was taught. Dont know why but that extra padding on your knucles just feels good 😀
For real
Thanks for the help Coach! I’m always confused when it comes to wraps. Quick question, would you ever make/design your own gloves or wraps merchandise? Thanks again Luís.
I’m not ruling it out, but I don’t have any current plans to do so.
If my life is ever made into a book, I want this guy to be the narrator. It's between him, Morgan Freeman, and Samuel L. Jackson.
And here I was just about to search youtube for the best way to put on wraps when I saw the notification that you had a new video on your channel. What's your opinion on using ankle wraps for bag work?
Number one scares me. Protecting the thumb, foremost knuckles and the spaces in between is always my greatest worry. But for bag training or fitness classes it’s prob ok. Also glad to see I’m not the only one who loads the knuckles with 4/5 wraps
Thank you
Cool. Helpful. Wise...
Now I know, thanks😉
👍 Nice!
started boxing a couple of months ago (3 ish). tried 1 and 2 but just doing 3 now, cant be fkd with the other ones x) also, sick voice! movie trailer!
I was told by one of my first trainers that gloves are there to protect your knuckles. Wraps are for wrist and metacarpals. So I use 16 oz gloves for everything.
I've been doing the 3rd one (bag work only), I'm going to try the 2nd one but I've got 3.5 meter wraps so I'll have to see if it works
I have a suggestion for the next fantastic fiction fight scenes series you do! It’s from a very recent fighting anime called Kengan Ashura. The fight is Ohkubo vs The Fang, and there’s a great deal of juijitsu and grappling involved in the fight and id love to see you break it down.
Yeah.. Kengan ashura and baki are the best fighting anime out there
hey, so i got a question... Been following you for a while and love all your stuff. You have several videos talking about sparring and whatnot and I just started training muay thai recently, and had my first sparring experience a couple weeks ago. I got a couple minor injuries: took a knee to the chest resulting in a contusion, and got a nasty leg kick to the left thigh. Couldn't walk on my left leg very well for 48 hours and couldn't run till the following wednesday (sparring was friday the week before), and my ribs are still bothering me a little (a full 2 weeks out), though pain is definitely no longer a hindrance. The ribs hurt like CRAZY up until about tuesday or wednesday following that sparring session, though. I have never had bruised ribs before, so I think I mostly just didn't know what was happening to my body and it was a little scary. There was no visible discoloration around the ribs, and the thigh only displayed discoloration for the first 24 hours or so after the injury was sustained. My question is: do these injuries, in your opinion, sound like they are reasonable, or more than I should be incurring from sparring? I got my chest x-rayed and nothing was broken, just internal bruising, and my leg definitely just had a knot in that thigh muscle for a while but it rehabbed fairly easily. I'm hopping around like a spring chicken now. However, I did kind of feel like I got into what you might call a full-contact sparring session without doing any touch or light-contact sparring first. It seemed like people were going a little harder than I expected they would. I got my face punched a lot with my head snapping back and had a slight headache afterward, in addition to the other stuff. I know i'm a newbie so a lot of this might just SEEM a certain way to me, though my judgement of how "appropriate" things are may not be accurate, and my defense is absolutely terrible. I'm not afraid of experiencing pain, but I want to make sure I'm being smart and preserving my health as much as possible, so I just wanted to share the injuries I sustained with you and see what you think just based on that since I trust your views based on your content. thank you for makin all the stuff. 👊
You should not be getting injured while sparring. You should not be sparring full contact, especially when you’re starting out. It’s bizarre to me how all these so called Muay Thai gyms out there don’t actually spar the Thai way (playing in the ring, very light, controlled, technical, touch sparring) and instead they get into full contact fights in the gym that no one is paying them for. You should be sparring at a level that you can repeat every single day. If every sparring session sends you to the hospital or lays you out for for a week, you will never log the number of hours of ring time you need to learn Muay Thai.
@@RamseyDewey thank you so much for your response (and quick, too!!). I really really appreciate the feedback. In truth, I feel the same way, but second guess myself due to my lack of experience. Being able to bounce this off of you is invaluable. Thank you 🙏
i was sitting there staring at my wraps and wondering if i was wrapping my hands incorrectly. and then this video came up lol. youtube algorithm living in my head
Thanks for showing the regular wrap AND the "Heavy Hitter" or heavy bag wrap. The basic wrap is also a good idea because some beginners get intimidated trying to do the regular wrap and this is a good first step. However... I STRONGLY disagree about not wrapping your hands for sparring, even light/technical sparring. Most of the wrist strains/sprains or finger problems I've seen come from people who don't wrap. I don't think that wrapping gives you "a pass" to hit your training partner like a ton of bricks either. You need Control with or without wraps.
What is the best way for Muay Thai gloves, please? I have Yokkao Matrix gloves for bagwork (I also have yokkao hand wraps)
One question Ramsay, why do you end the wraps near the forearms and not somewhere like the wrist?
thanks
I like your t shirt, any link to buy that?
Great
Nice video, good information. I have a question for the coach or for any commenters. Is there a particular way to wrap your hands when using wraps with little or no flex in the material? The pair I have support my wrist just fine, but my knuckles will often be torn up to the point of bleeding after a heavy bag workout.
You can use all of these methods with canvas wraps that don’t stretch. Are you wearing gloves when you do your bag work? If so, and your knuckles are still bleeding, the way you have your wraps arranged around your knuckles may be cutting into your skin. Try method 3 without anything over the knuckles under your gloves and it should solve that problem.
@@RamseyDewey Yeah, I wear normal boxing gloves and this happens. Thank you, I'll give that method a try!
Thnx, never considered removing them, sounds logical. Is it a big difference on impact? And how about wrist injury?
If you are punching your sparring partners hard enough to hurt your own wrists, you need to dial it down eleven notches.
Do you wraps for heavy bag work? Or gloves? or bare hands?
So what do you generally wear while doing Bag work? This might be a stupid question but that's because I don't train currently. Also, what about when sparring?
He's some kind of pirate angel. Like Thor.
Hahaha! What?
I saw someone say it's better to start the first wrap going behind the hand so it tightens when you close your hand. Also I've been looking for that video where Ramsey slaps on 4 submission holds at a time was it deleted?
All hand wraps should tighten when you close your hand. Here’s the human pretzel: kzhead.info/sun/abmTfaaIf3xvpoU/bejne.html
Hey Ramsey, I've seen several speed bag instruction videos and all seem to have a different way of hitting it. Could you share some light on that?
Sure. As soon as I install the new speedbag at my new gym, I’ll make a video all about that. There are a lot of different methods to work with a speedbag.
Much obliged, I'm looking forward to it!
Great voice
Is it important to wrap in-between the fingers if not using gloves? I heard the only reason to do that is so the glove doesn't slide the wrap off the knuckles
hey Ramsey, i have 2 questions sorry for being greedy. 1. i have been training for a while now judo ,kickboxing ,bjj and now mma i am wanting to get more serious with MMA and debut in a few months, my conditioning is my biggest weakness but i am only able to train 2-3 times per week (at a Class) and the rest i have to do on my own in a relatively small amount of time, i already strength train but what would be the most effective way to condition at home in say 30 minutes, every day? i have a heavybag and some kettlebells and weights and a rope if you would incorporate any of that. 2. i work a manual job. if im feeling tired should i push myself to train or should i get some rest so i can have a more effective workout later, i tend to have trouble in figuring this out, somtimes i will just grind myself into the ground and then crash and then ill be lazy and keep saying ill do it later. wheres the balance beetween sustainable training and pushing yourself to excellence.
@Vagabond Art thanks yeah ive been good with other aspects of training at home everyday. strength, tecnique but its sometimes so hard to get motivated for a hardcore conditioning "cardio" endurance workout, i just went pretty hell for leather on the bag today for 3 rounds and tuckered myself out good though.
Yo, for the next Fantastic Fictional Fight Scenes explained you should check out Kanoh Agito vs Okubo Naoya from the series Kengan Asura. It has a great grappling sequence.
This guys voice reminded me of Isaac frost from fight night champion and I got flashbacks and jumped and looked at my door
Hey Coach, what is your opinion and view on Lethwei? And do you think headbutts should also be legal in mma?
Lethwei kind of bores me to be honest. Also, the double KO rule is really stupid. As far as MMA goes, I would love to see the original UFC tournament format and rule set again with modern fighters.
@@RamseyDewey Totally agree with you. Can you maybe make some videos on standing up from a bad position such as sidecontrol?
Sure. That’s a worthy subject.
can you do one for belts too?
I remember you saying once that you are going to make a video about evelation training masks. Is there any possibility it's coming soon? I really want to hear your opinion about it.
Well, spoiler alert: they’re garbage, and they don’t do what they say they will do- and even that promise of simulating elevation training is pretty worthless since any benefits derived from years of actual elevation training are gone within 48 hours of returning to sea level.
what do you think of ernesto hoost? Is he a good kickboxxer?
Hoost was a phenomenal kickboxer.
I need this guy to read an audio book to me..
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İ have a question for coach how can you put somebody in any kind of submission that has like a really strong and firm posture
Take them down, control them on the ground, be the guy on top, lay the pressure on thick until they give up the tiniest space that you capitalize on to trap an arm, a leg, or their neck, then break something, strangle them, or both.
WHERE can I get that shirt (or something) he is wearing........ I need that ASAP
At last!
What are your thoughts on the keysi fighting method?
It’s terrible.
@@RamseyDewey agreed
ultrA SUper nice
Where do you find 5 meter wraps?
Coach how about a video on foot wrapping?
Are you injured?
@@RamseyDewey no. Is foot wrapping only important when injured? Well my ankles click but i wouldnt call it an injury.its just annoying and it limits how much work i can do?
At 1m36s you wrap between your two end fingers. In your 2007 video "Making a fist, wrapping & taping hands, etc..." you specified to not wrap between the two end fingers due to knuckle alignment. Can/will you explain this change in your wrapping technique?
12 years of life experience and trial and error taught me otherwise.
That is one of the reasons I took that video down years ago.
Hey Ramsey you said in one video that Jowad Mahmoudi (i hope it's spelled right) is taking notes on sparring. I'm currently in Thailand training at a muay thai gym (just started out 2 weeks ago) and I want to take notes too but i have no idea how to take notes about martial arts in an effective way could you make a video about this? P.S.: Thank you for getting me to start with martial arts and stop smoking drinking and doing drugs...keep going!
Well, the first thing you need to do is log your training. Start by writing down what you’re doing.
@@RamseyDewey Thank you. I will try it this way later after training!
I wish u were my boxing coach
Is master wong can wrap those hands?
Should i use it with the boxing gloves or instead?
Wraps are meant to be worn under boxing gloves for additional wrist support.
Bruce Buffer hires Ramsey for voice lessons.
Is it weird/bad that I do something like number 1 but different. Basically it's the same but every time I put it between my fingers I wrap around the wrist.
If it gives you the result you want then that’s the right way.
I'm doin the same thing... learned it at my muaythai gym
*What do you think of the KSI vs. Logan Paul fight tomorrow?* I'd like to see you react to the Boxing Match
Another one? I had no idea.
@@RamseyDewey, yes another one. and I have a feeling its gonna be more intense than the last one