Last edited by Aaron Gustaveson; 05-21-2013 at 03:35 PM.
GO SHARKS!
"A conspiracy theorist is a person who tacitly admits that they have insufficient data to prove their points. A conspiracy theory is a battle cry of a person with insufficient data." Neil DeGrasse Tyson
If this shit turns out to be true, I will get a tattoo of a crop duster spelling out the phrase, "Eddie was right!"
GO SHARKS!
"A conspiracy theorist is a person who tacitly admits that they have insufficient data to prove their points. A conspiracy theory is a battle cry of a person with insufficient data." Neil DeGrasse Tyson
If this shit turns out to be true, I will get a tattoo of a crop duster spelling out the phrase, "Eddie was right!"
Keep us posted kurzy, doc stitched ya up yet?
i wear a cup but no mouth guard. my clinch is so amazing they never have a chance at seeing my face really.........
i didnt wear a cup for the first two years then finally invested and im not going back, if you get good ones then they shouldnt annoy people too much, i use shock doctor. i think half the problem people have with cups is that there are douches that use them to do things like armbars and getting in back mount etc. they same kind of guys that will do a douchebag to get an armbar while n training. with mouthguards, i dunno i cant stand having them in my mouth, maybe i should invest in a fancy one but ive never ahd a problem, im usually pretty careful with my head.
and Aaron, the guys at my gym are all physical freaks that go at 200% aswell, and i beat them down with a good clinch and technique. there are lots of moves that use strength against people usually because powering through can leave holes for us to use. im not saying lie there like a dead jellyfish but rolling softer 5 times a week will be a lot better for than than rolling hard 1 time every fortnight becuase you have little injuries.
and t-rexing helps with protecting your head cos there is such a small distance to make to cover up.
Benefits of wearing a mouth guard by Rocky Balboa. Every punch Rocky has ever taken, EVER.
I am obviously in a minority here but I find the use of if not insistence on mouth guards and cups entirely peculiar.
There is no culture of using mouth guards and cups in judo and wrestling and I am not aware following years of participation in both sports of injury to mouth or genitals being a particular problem even taking into account the aggressive encounters and frequent high impact collisions that occur.
As for making a mouth piece a mandatory requirement to roll, I find this totally bizarre. I am not aware of any such requirement in any BJJ school in Brazil or indeed any of the better BJJ schools I have visited in the US including Renzo's and Marcelo's.
Is there some strange aspect or feature of submission grappling which I am missing or is this simply an indication of a risk shy
modern society?
I may be old school but I think that most of you are going totally overboard in exaggerating the risks to your well being.
GO SHARKS!
"A conspiracy theorist is a person who tacitly admits that they have insufficient data to prove their points. A conspiracy theory is a battle cry of a person with insufficient data." Neil DeGrasse Tyson
If this shit turns out to be true, I will get a tattoo of a crop duster spelling out the phrase, "Eddie was right!"
It was a headlock escape from the bottom. I had my left hand cupping his arm by his shoulder and the right hand was cupped to block. Supposed to block his arm near the elbow. Which is what I did. Unfortunately, he still had the reach. I'm 5'6" and the guy I was rolling with was 6'4". Thankfully it wasn't full speed or all that hard. Just annoyed me because I did the technique right and still got clocked. I'll have to modify it.