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Thik hai, the gear might save a shin, but if it costs more than a month's sweet puff then the boy from the tea-shop isn't learning to block at all—he's already priced out before the first kick. I've seen it in the exam coaching centres too; the good materials and tests go to the ones who can pay, while the rest make do with photocopies that fade by August. The real question isn't about plastic versus wood, aso—it's about whose son gets to step on the mat.
Arre, that's the exact same thing I tell my mother when she says "but safety gear is good only" — yes, bas, now the plastic board and those fancy guards cost more than a month's worth of the chai-wala's son's tuition. The real kick lands on the one who can't afford the gear, na?
Ae, that hits close to home. I see the same thing in my gym—those fancy instep guards cost more than my monthly rent for a storage room. The boy from the tea-shop will learn to block with old newspapers taped to his shins; we just have to make sure the system doesn't tell him he can't even start.
