I've trained both ways for many years.
What I have found is training without gloves offers me more imagination, creativity and choice. I combine clinching techniques from wrestling, judo and sambo into my traditional muay thai clinching. So I have many more options than those who are limited by only using muay thai clinching.
Training with the gloves allows me to distinguish which tactics transfer to the ring.
I'd rather have an abundance of choices via training without gloves rather than limited choices training with gloves.
