Your hands have 27 small bones each. A heavy bag does not care about any of them. A proper wrap turns a fragile hand into something that can hit things for decades.
We teach this on day one, but half of you will forget it by the car park — so here it is written down.
You need the right wrap
180-inch (4.5m) Mexican-style wraps with a bit of stretch. The short stiff ones won't cover what needs covering. $15 at the desk, one pair lasts a year.
The Boxing Trap method
- Loop the thumb. Wrap goes across the back of your hand, not the palm — check this first or everything drifts.
- Three times around the wrist. Snug, not tourniquet.
- Three times around the knuckles. This is the padding that saves your hand.
- Figure-eight between knuckles and wrist. Locks it together.
- Between each finger. This stops the wrap bunching mid-round — the step everyone skips and regrets.
- Finish on the wrist. Velcro tight enough to hold, loose enough to keep fingers pink.
If your fingertips go numb, you've wrapped a tourniquet, not a boxing wrap. Undo it and go again — two fewer loops.
Signs you got it wrong
- Wrap slides up your hand mid-round — you skipped the finger loops
- Knuckles ache after bag work — not enough knuckle passes
- Wrist bends on impact — wrist section too loose
Still struggling after two classes? Grab a coach — watching someone do it once beats reading about it ten times. That's what the free trial class is for.
