Question concerning gloves...

[EternalSpring]

(sorry if this has been answered, if so please link thread, tyvm)

...for those who spar with people from different styles/systems/etc, what size and type of gloves do you wear?

to be more specific, sometimes I'll box using 12oz gloves, but I'm actually asking regarding sparring where you focus more on using your Ving Tsun/Kung Fu. I had some random training gloves I got as a gift that seem to be around 4 oz, but I've been told that my gloves suck and def are not for sparring so I should get new ones. So far, the people I cross train with have recommended 6 oz gloves or perhaps even 8 oz. What do you guys use? Any recommendations? I really just want something that will give me the freedom to use my hands and fingers without having an unfair advantage of less padding.

[k gledhill]

6 oz open finger everlast/mma style are what we use, they dont get stuck recycling the hands and offer good padding.

[Bacon]

Well when we do sparring as training rather than competition we use face masks so the glove padding is just to protect your hands.

Personally I have a pair of gloves by Boes I wouldn't want to go without. It seems they aren't in production anymore but I'll tell you what I like about the so you can go by attributes instead of sepecific gloves.

As open palm as you can get - sensitivity is a big deal
Ability to close your palm so the fingers touch - some gloves are a lot better for this than others. If you get hit in the fingers and they're forced apart by the glove... That's unfortunate an painful.
Wrist flexibility - you want to be able to make those minor corrections without the stiffness of the glove's wrap getting in the way too much.

[EternalSpring]

6 oz open finger everlast/mma style are what we use, they dont get stuck recycling the hands and offer good padding.

Nice, I was hoping someone might mention the everlast gloves because they seem to be going for a good price on amazon.

would these gloves be similar to what youre talking about?

Well when we do sparring as training rather than competition we use face masks so the glove padding is just to protect your hands.

Personally I have a pair of gloves by Boes I wouldn't want to go without. It seems they aren't in production anymore but I'll tell you what I like about the so you can go by attributes instead of sepecific gloves.

As open palm as you can get - sensitivity is a big deal
Ability to close your palm so the fingers touch - some gloves are a lot better for this than others. If you get hit in the fingers and they're forced apart by the glove... That's unfortunate an painful.
Wrist flexibility - you want to be able to make those minor corrections without the stiffness of the glove's wrap getting in the way too much.

Yea, after thinking about it I realized it'd be awesome to eventually get some headgear and shin pad type stuff too. What kind of head protection/gear do you use? Might as well use this thread to get recommendations on all the gear i need!

Those glove attributes are definitely things I'm looking for as well. Except I dont understand what you mean when you say "ability to close your palm so the fingers touch."

[Featherstone]

Eternalspring, those are the gloves I use. Mine are little tight so I have run into issues lie what Bacon mentioned. They do in a pinch though and offer just enough padding to go at a nice pace.

[k gledhill]

Yeah, these are made with 'ever-dri' lining, wont stink like old socks after week of sweating in them.

I use these leather ones, link :

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Everlast-MMA...&forceRpt=true

[Yoshiyahu]

I use the mma gloves. and face shields with head gear!