Using of the shin guards improve your protection while historical fencing trainings. Protecting knees, tibia bone and partial ankle, this guards offers good protection for most hits.
The very first time tightening the straps, with very minimal force, the plastic piece that the strap slots into broke off the shin guard and I had to reattach with metal wire. Be very careful when tightening, support the plastic end with your hand when pulling the elastic tight. Other than that, very light, the knee flexing element is great, stay in place nicely when sparring.
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Patrick Pestello from Omaha, NE United States
August 8, 2023
guards
easy on and off
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Erwin "Asbjørn" from Nunoa, R.Metropolitana. Chile
April 28, 2021
I was thinking about getting one of those from long time. glad I decided to get them, fits well to my leg contexture. anxious to test them in a sparring.
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Jason HOOVER from CAPE CORAL, FL United States
September 14, 2020
Great guards
These were excellent and just what I was looking for.
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Anonymous Person from las vegas, NV United States
July 29, 2019
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I can't complain for the price
This appears to be a converted pair of knee and shin guards for motorcross. For sparring with steel swords, they provide a significant degree of protection, but they could be better if they had "wings" on the sides of the knees to better protect these joints from lateral low attacks; there's a reason that historical armor had this feature. Also, they can slip down a little bit, although this can
