Every multi-purpose gym faces the same question: how to have a tatami in the evening and a clear floor in the morning. Interlocking puzzle mats work well for stand-up striking areas and for surfaces that are never taken up. For throwing disciplines, in a room that is set up and cleared every day, a continuous, seamless surface offers greater stability and safety.
A roll-out mat answers differently. The surface is continuous, with no joint in the middle of the working area, and it rolls up in a few minutes with two people. Dollamur makes these mats under the Flexi-Roll name: it is the range we install most often in combat gyms, because it is the one that takes daily rolling out and putting away without deforming.
Thickness is chosen on the practice, not on perceived comfort. Judo or wrestling, which throw, need more than grappling or Brazilian jiu-jitsu, which work on the ground. We therefore start from the disciplines taught and their share of the timetable - that is what decides, not the budget, because a mat that is too thin is paid for in injuries.
What is underneath matters just as much. A roll-out mat laid straight onto a concrete slab transmits the impact; laid on a floor that resonates, it transmits the noise to the whole building. We deal with the substrate at the same time, and it is often the invisible part of the quotation. See our combat sports world.
Flexi-Wall wall padding follows the same logic: a hall where people are thrown has walls people meet, and dealing with them afterwards means drilling into a finish just laid. We fit them with the floor, in the same project. For installation and follow-up, see installation and maintenance.