Device for finger and hand protection in martial arts

A protection device for use by a user grasping a martial arts board, the device comprising:

• an enclosure surrounding and defining an interior space, the enclosure having a front wall for receiving an impact from a martial arts striker, an opposing slanted floor, and an open end for receiving distal portions of the fingers of the user in the interior space between the front wall and the slanted floor, so that the distal portions of the fingers push on the slanted floor for grasping the board between the device and the palm of the user's hand;
• the slanted floor having a proximal extremity near the open end and an opposing distal extremity, a longitudinal central axis between the proximal and distal extremities, and a transverse central axis perpendicular to the longitudinal central axis and half way between said proximal and distal extremities;
• the device further comprising a plurality of extension members that extend rearward from the enclosure, wherein at least a portion of multiple of the extension members are proximal of said transverse central axis and comprise a rearmost extremity on, and defining, a single rear plane parallel to a front surface of the board;
• and at least a portion of multiple of the extension members are distal of said transverse central axis and comprise a rearmost extremity on, and defining, the single rear plane, the rearmost extremities being for resting only on the front surface of the martial arts board;
• wherein said slanted floor is at an angle to said rear plane so that the fingers are at an angle to the front surface of the board.