Hand Wrap & Hand Care Reference: The Standard Wrap, Padding Variants, and the Stop Signals

Mat Manual companion guide to "How to Wrap Your Hands Properly." Print it. The article teaches the standard wrap and compares the systems. This book is the bench reference: the step card for the gym bag, padding variants, buying charts, care schedules, practice logs, and the stop-signal rules in forms you can check off.

Name: ______________________________ Gym: ______________________________ Hand size (finished-wrap test used): ______________ Wrap length owned: ______________ Pairs in rotation: ______________

SAFETY, BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE ☐ A wrap that causes tingling, numbness, or color change in the fingers comes off immediately and is re-wrapped looser. No round is worth a strangled hand. ☐ Sharp pain in a knuckle, a hand bone, or a wrist on impact is a stop signal (Part 12). The hand does not strike again that day, and it is assessed before it strikes in training again. ☐ Pain that exists without wraps on — tingling, joint pain, swelling that stays — is reported to the coach and assessed medically. Wraps are equipment, not treatment. ☐ Competition gauze and tape are applied only by an experienced coach or official under the event's rules. Students never improvise competition hand protection. ☐ Children and youth follow their coach's intensity rules, and any hand pain is reported the same day. ☐ Wraps are personal equipment. Shared wraps are a hygiene failure, not a favor.

Part 1: Choosing Length and Type