Some headgear offers some limited protection to the nose. There is also headgear specifically designed with a bar, or other barrier over the face, to truly protect the nose but these are not the common type.

For shadow sparring with no heavy contact you may not need such protection, but you will occasionally get hit if you and your partner are enthusiastic -- and depending on the level of work you agree upon and accept.

Personally, I like getting hit (and hitting) hard enough to "keep us honest" so that we don't just walk through good punches because they are too light and so that we get some feedback about mistakes and openings we leave, but no hard enough to do any real damage (i.e., injury.)


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HerbM