Originally Posted by
ern
really? You never wore a mouthpiece in hockey? Full face mask? I played a pickup game once without a helmet, I have a permanent dent in my skull from that slapshot. I never play even pond hockey without a helmet and mouth guard anymore. I am getting old, the younger me would probably have beat me up and made fun of my helmet.
the rest of this is not geared towards you, just a general FYI for this discussion
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I live in central PA, a huge place for wrestling (like age 3 and up). Mandatory mouthpieces and headgear everywhere I have been.
I wear a cup and a mouth guard every time I roll. The one gym doesn't roll without punching too (MMA not BJJ), so to each his own. Sometimes I forget that the one gym is ground and pound and not just bjj. I start rolling looking for resistance or an angle to take a path on, then about the first punch in the face and I am clinching up like a mother.