Handwraps of Awesome: Difference between revisions

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** Sasuke also has these for a short time in the Chunin Exam arc. A flashback shows that Rock Lee's mentor Maito Gai had them in his youth.

* Yuu from ''[[Holyland]]'' takes to using these when he's not using his homemade pair of plastic hand guards.

* All Muay Thai fighters wear these in ''[[Kenichi ~~the~~ Mightiest Disciple]]''. Since Kenichi's custom-made training uniform (introduced in Chapter 145) was patched up from pieces of outfits for various martial arts (which reflects various fighting styles of his mentors), it also includes a pair of such bandages.

* All Muay Thai fighters wear these in ''[[Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple]]''. Since Kenichi's custom-made training uniform (introduced in Chapter 145) was patched up from pieces of outfits for various martial arts (which reflects various fighting styles of his mentors), it also includes a pair of such bandages.

** Ikki Takeda also wears these on a constant basis since, well, he IS a boxer.

* Ichigo dons these occasionally in ''[[Bleach]]''.

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* Wildcat from [[The DCU]] is typically seen wearing these, which makes sense given that he's a boxer.

* Kendra Saunders/Hawkgirl in ''[[Justice Society of America]]'', except in her case they go halfway up her arms to hide the cuts on her wrists.

* The ''[[Batman]]'' villain Killer Croc sometimes wears these. Examples are ''Batman Hush'' and ''[[Batman Arkham Asylum]]''. (In the concept art, at least. His in-game model wears a torn prison uniform and broken handcuffs.)

* The ''[[Batman]]'' villain Killer Croc sometimes wears these. Examples are ''Batman Hush'' and ''[[Batman: Arkham Asylum]]''. (In the concept art, at least. His in-game model wears a torn prison uniform and broken handcuffs.)

* Katchoo in ''[[Strangers in Paradise]]'' wraps her hands when she knows she'll have to fight. So do her [[Brawn Hilda|big sisters]], the mafia bodyguards.

* Daniel Rand, [[The Immortal Iron Fist]], has wrist/forearm wraps in his white costume, with taped fingers as needed.

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* Handwraps are very common in pro wrestling, especially with wrestlers who have a boxing or martial arts background.

* [[CM Punk]]'s handwraps, in particular, are a very visible part of his usual attire. He always marks the wraps with an X on the back of his hands, a symbol of his commitment to the [[Straight Edge]] lifestyle.

** While Punk marks the "X" for straight edge, it's also worth noting that a boxing referee (or a referee in any type of legitimate martial competition for that matter) will mark an "X" (or some other emblem, an X is the most popular) on the wrappings around a boxer's hands after he has inspected said wrappings to make sure they are technically legal and not hiding anything that would aid him in the fight (thin sheet of aluminum, razor blade, what have you). In effect, this serves as a [[Shout Out]] to both elements of his character.

** While Punk marks the "X" for straight edge, it's also worth noting that a boxing referee (or a referee in any type of legitimate martial competition for that matter) will mark an "X" (or some other emblem, an X is the most popular) on the wrappings around a boxer's hands after he has inspected said wrappings to make sure they are technically legal and not hiding anything that would aid him in the fight (thin sheet of aluminum, razor blade, what have you). In effect, this serves as a [[Shout-Out]] to both elements of his character.

== [[Video Games]] ==

* The Scout from ''[[~~Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|~~Team Fortress 2]]''.

* The Scout from ''[[Team Fortress 2]]''.

* Adon, Akuma and Sagat from ''[[Street Fighter]]'', Sagat being a special case as he wraps his hands and feet to go with his fighting style Muay Thai.

* In the recent ''[[Tekken]]'' games, there's Steve Fox, a British boxer. His 'main' costume has classic boxing gloves (along with very loud shorts), while his second costume is 'civilian' clothes, with fistwraps. IIRC, Heihachi Mishima also often uses fistwraps, while his descendants seem to prefer half-gloves. Guess he's just 'old school'.