wearing cups?

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  1. Craig Murray said:

    wearing cups?

    What % of 10th planet guys wear cups? Thoughts on them? Looking at reddit's JJ threads about them, most gi guys don't wear them, but a higher % of nogi guys do.
     
  2. Mojoplata said:
    I don't wear one
     
  3. derrick hornick said:
    I'm mostly a gi guy, I don't wear a cup or mouth guard.
     
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    apygav said:
    I always wear mine - gotta protect the big guy!

    I used to hate them but I brought a proper fitting one and I don't even notice now it tbh
     
  5. Arman Fathi said:
    I don't wear one and 99% of the time it's not an issue. I know in competitions they usually don't allow it cuz it could help your leverage for armbars. There are some dudes out there with unrefined knee-slice passes that you gotta watch out for, but I think I've only gotten one nutshot in 2.5 years and that was from a dude that had spaz written all over him. Probably best to keep an eye out for those dudes
     
  6. Pan said:
    On my first BJJ lesson I was told to not wear a cup because they're not allowed for comps (train how you compete).
    At my current gym I would say more than 50% do in gi and no gi.
     
  7. Enrique "Kiko" said:
    Quote Originally Posted by Arman Fathi View Post
    I think I've only gotten one nutshot in 2.5 years and that was from a dude that had spaz written all over him. Probably best to keep an eye out for those dudes
    Those "spaz" guys are the ones that I feel are most likely to cause me or one of my team mates, or even him/herself injury. If you have to roll with them, just tell them you want to go ultra light. Sometimes the spazzys/spazzies/spazzeez *Did I just make up a descriptive word?* don't know that they're actually spazzing out. And if anything...just tap early and often if they start to spaz in a dangerous spot. I had a spazzy try to spaz out of the omoplata I had him in. He was bucking around all crazy. I recognized it and simply let his arm go because I believed that he would have possibly broken his own shoulder joint.
     
  8. Jerry Walker's Avatar

    Jerry Walker said:
    I always wear one, and banning them in comp is just dumb, imo.
    Don't believe everything you think.
     
  9. Serge Bunimovich said:
    I always wear one
     
  10. Mack Elwood's Avatar

    Mack Elwood said:
    I always wear mine unless getting ready for an ibjjf rules comp.