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[Josh Passini]

I have the super body care wipes at the gym for everyone to use after class. Seem to work well and a bunch of my students use Cheri products. She is always very good to us.

[John Mejia]

Here in Chicago we love Cheri she keeps everyone smelling lovely. :-)

[Tim Bruhn]

Just a +1 for Guy from Defense Soap and his service. Got back to me quickly about insane postage cost to Australia and fixed it all up for me, sending through an order before even receiving payment from me.

Great customer service is so rare these days. Appreciate it Guy.

Hope you can get the Staph under control John.

Also I heard Eddie talk on some podcast about the benefits of taking a daily probiotic to combat all the gym nasties. Any links to research on this or confirmation from Eddie?

[Mike Dewitt Jr]

I have used a lot of soaps and Defense always smells great and feels good after a shower. When I have been hit with worm in the past Defense was my go to. Nathans foot cleaning station is something I use at the gym all the time. They also had a couple at HQ.

[John Alighieri]

The infection is under control been a grueling 5 days! Avoided being hospitalized so far!
I have to go back today to get it reassessed.

I had an IV line for 3 days in my arm and was getting blasted with massive injections of antibiotics! (10 mins to push the content of the syringe)
My problem for not healing was that I had plugs of puss that were keeping me sick. First time they drained my leg I felt a million times better and got even better the following day when they took out the remaining chunks out of my leg

My wounds have been treated with Manuka Honey, so now bees are my friends lol

To all of you guys mentioning having good diet I'd say it might help lol but that's about it lol

I've been on some multi vitamins and 10 billion good bacterias probiotics for ages! And my diet is super clean. Got a medical check up just a month ago and the doctor was amazed by my blood results lol saying that all my levels were crazy healthy... And look what happened lol

The only thing that I would change is definitely the not showering before training and making sure my gym offers on site body wipes and I'm gonna be more onto it with the new guys lecturing them about personal hygiene.

What I got out of it is that no matter how good your personal hygiene/ diet is you ain't safe!
It's a team effort to keep everybody safe and healthy.
2nd assumption is the mother of all fuck ups! Lol assuming that everybody has good hygiene practice was retarded from me...

It's all about educating people. Cheri and Guy have been really cool sending me info and samples on hygiene and prevention time for me to drill that into my guys.

Since my incident the gym has been blasted from floor to ceiling and the source of my infection has been confirmed and been taken care of

Now I'm working on changing my guys hygiene practices for the better and I won't think twice about kicking people out if they don't want to comply with our future gym rules concerning hygiene

[DanConway]

Let me recommend apple cider vinagar and tea tree oil as direct topicals when the first signs of skin infection come, tea tree oil kills most of this stuff, and the living cultures in apple cider vinegar eats and does wonders to almost any of the nasties involved in combat sports(including soaking your gym clothes/rashsguards to get that funk smell that wont seem to go away out for good)

I am a big fan of all the big three brands of combat soaps, Super Body Care, Defense Soap, and Fight Soap. They all vary in their product lines and variance of ingredients and concentrations thereof (For example, some use alcohol, some don't, those that do do so because alcohol kills alot of bad stuff, those that don't because alcohol kills alot of the good stuff on your skin that helps to fight infection as well).

I would honestly recommend to anyone to over time, try all three instead of just sticking with whatever one they try first or is advocated to them by their peers. Fight soap has the widest variety of actual styles of soap, as well as constant limited editions and custom editions, which for those that like a specific smell or function from their soap, they probably have something to match. I use defense soap shower gel for my showering, but I have not tried super body cares showering bars or gels yet to give an honest comparison. Also worth noting, every time I've ordered a defense soap product, its arrived either the day after placing the order or one day following that, so if your in a rush, they don't slack. I also strongly endorse Defense's foot cleaning station -- Every martial arts gym needs one of these PERIOD. The liquid solution for the stations seems to go a little quicker than is ideal for its cost, but these are an ASSET to gym hygiene.

I use both defense and Super Body Cares wipes, but honestly like the Super Body Care ones much better. The defense ones do not carry the same pleasant and refreshing aromas as the super body care, and those extra ingredients leave your skin feeling much more refreshed. The defense wipes are about twice as big as the super body care ones per wipe, and while I find one defense wipe enough for my whole body, it seems 2-3 super body care wipes are necessary, although they come in greater quantity per package. Super body care also makes a spray, which I am very fond of.

My tree fidy on the topic ;P

[SuperBodyCare]

Aw everyone is saying such nice objective things about Super Body Care and Defense Soap! Thank you!
Truth is Guy and I are friends! :P We both enjoy catching up here and there, and we also jest in competition! We are both harnessing the power of plant oils. So it's pretty hard to sling mud at something you both believe in. It's real simple to compare our product lines, one is apples, one is oranges. Some of you might prefer apples, some of you might prefer oranges, and most of you like both. For other soap companies, hmm, their company bio's consist of "guys who train jiu jitsu and started a soap company". I'm a certified Aromatherapist and spent hundreds of hours in a lab blending, learning essential oil safety, and creating specific treatments for conditions. Super Body Care and Defense Soap stand the test of time, testimonials, and test results. With a Starbucks experience, you expect the same mocha latte at any Starbucks location. You should also expect a consistent product you can depend on for the hazardous environments of combat sports. If you're gonna pay the money to ensure your skin's health, I think it's pretty important to go with a formula you know works and doesn't deviate. Not every essential oil is created equally. Some are not so strong in certain departments, and some are really aggressive (toxic) if misused so it's pretty important to have a background in it for consumer safety and effectiveness. I have a pic of Guy and me at the last UFC Fan expo but I can't seem to get it to upload! :/
Anyway, it's all cool commentary that is great for the hygiene of the sport, thank you.

[Tim Bruhn]

Hey Cheri, I had actually emailed and tweeted you to asking about Aussie stockists etc but I never heard back so ended up giving Defense a try.

While your checking out this thread, are there any Aussie stockists for your products? didn't seem so on your site
The automatic postage calculator on your site put me off placing an order with you, but hopefully I can give you go after my Defense batch runs out?

I have checked out Fight Soap, so am keen to try you guys and Defense to see what works best with me.

Cheers

[SuperBodyCare]

Hey Cheri, I had actually emailed and tweeted you to asking about Aussie stockists etc but I never heard back so ended up giving Defense a try.

While your checking out this thread, are there any Aussie stockists for your products? didn't seem so on your site
The automatic postage calculator on your site put me off placing an order with you, but hopefully I can give you go after my Defense batch runs out?

I have checked out Fight Soap, so am keen to try you guys and Defense to see what works best with me.

Cheers

Thanks Tim! yeah, the shipping is off-putting for sure! International :P If you wanted the Body Wipes, minimum shipping is $30 to get it there to AUS. Anything smaller than Body Wipes, we can ship for $17 USD and cram as much as possible (Loofah Soap, Walnut Scrub, Body Spray, whatevs, in a flat rate envelope. I'll check that calculator on my page... that's a bummer! Thanks for letting me know.

[Tim Bruhn]

Thanks for the reply Cheri, yeah it was the wipes I had in my order that was bumping it up so much. The $61 postage for 2 wipes and 1 soap scared me off. Will get in touch next time. Thanks for the reply, appreciate your time.