Hook and jab pads or focus mitts are an excellent boxing or mma training method that provides a more responsive and realistic sparring simulation than a punch bag does. It requires two people on with the pads and the other to hit them, boxing pads help to develop accuracy and work on combinations too, they can vary in size with larger ones more suited to starters and so on. Depending on the amount of use you are looking to get out of them some come in an artifical PU synthetic leather material or a full natural leather which is more durable.