I just moved and joined a new gym. It's five minutes away I'm in a great location. They have two pretty big heavy bags up. One looks like a kickboxing bag it's very long and the other is just a regular bag. They have some gloves and different kind of mitts and pads that are free to use. I was goofing around a little last night. My hands hurt like hell hitting those big heavy bags. I broke a few of my knuckles a year back. Every power shot I threw I really felt it. They had a very thin pair of gloves I was using. They had the big actual boxing gloves but I couldn't find a pair. Someone stole the right handed glove.
I want to get good at hitting the bag. Anyone got any pointers for a beginner? I want to teach myself. I was also throwing some kicks on the longer bag. I took karate for about 3-4 years when I was little so I know a little bit I'm not a total newb.