Mouthguards

[Kurzy]

For the longest time I was all paranoid about letting my mouthguard touch the mat, or touching it with my hands, etc.
I don't care anymore. It just happens. I'm at a point now where if it fell out of my mouth and hit the floor, I would just brush it off and plop it back in. (It does and I do)

In fact now days half the time if I am trying to help my girls when they are repping technique I will take it out so I can talk and throw it on the floor if I need to show them something with my hands. I guess it's gross, but whatever. I'm over it.

All that being said, I wouldn't throw it on the mats in an area that is high traffic and all sweaty: I aim for the dry corners and hope for the best. lol.

[Chris Herzog]

For the longest time I was all paranoid about letting my mouthguard touch the mat, or touching it with my hands, etc.
I don't care anymore. It just happens. I'm at a point now where if it fell out of my mouth and hit the floor, I would just brush it off and plop it back in. (It does and I do)

In fact now days half the time if I am trying to help my girls when they are repping technique I will take it out so I can talk and throw it on the floor if I need to show them something with my hands. I guess it's gross, but whatever. I'm over it.

All that being said, I wouldn't throw it on the mats in an area that is high traffic and all sweaty: I aim for the dry corners and hope for the best. lol.

ew

[Kyle Spalla]

Why you bring a mouth guard where ever you go.

[Isaac Atley]

Why you bring a mouth guard where ever you go.

man there are soooooo many things i wanna reply to but ill jsut put my bit here. first off. WTF happened in that video. i wasnz expecting that.

secondly, Aaron if you read this, i mean this with only good intentions, from what youve been posting i get the feeling that guys in your gym might be coming in with a bit of an ego. maybe its just the way you describe it but it sounds like a war everytime you train. my personal opinion is to tap before you snap or nap. im not sure what you can do exactly except maybe lead by example. none of the techniques involve cutting guys lips up etc.

and as far as someone dropping knowledge, it shouldnt matter where that knowledge comes from. not accepting advice because of where it comes from is a bigoted view that is holding back many people in the world. if a little child with almost no education told me something, id still try my best to see if its worthwhile. scotts advice has a lot of merit to it, especially now coach zog and he have agreed on what they meant to say. good luck.

and i really like the definition Zog gave rolling hard. but how do you describe what scott was meaning. rolling like an arsehole?
stupid rolling? reckless rolling?

anyway its an interesting thread, i jsut hate it when it explodes and there are 50 comments that appear within a few hours.

[Kyle Spalla]

What happened you ask? Oakland happened

[Rachael Kaulig]

Question? What do u do when you put your mouth piece in and then roll for a round and then take it out get a drink? So that same hand that has been touching the mat and your sweaty opponent u put on your mouth piece, to take out and put back in your mouth?? Or what about if your rolling and it pops out of your mouth and lands on the mat. Do u grab it and just put it back in your mouth?? How do u guys keep em clean that has been my only issue with them.

Mine is thin, so I drink water with it in. I pop in off my teeth but keep it in my mouth. And again, with it being thin, I can talk with it in no problem so once it's in for the night, it's usually in for the night. if I do take it out for what ever reason I shove it into the waistband of my pants, under my rashguard. that way i don't lose it and it's less likely to find its way to the floor. When it comes to sanitation, we all know we have had other peoples sweat and hair in place we would rather not have it. It just happens.

I know people hit theirs with water if it hits the mat, you could do the same plus pour a little mouthwash on it. Mouthwash is how i keep mine from not getting nasty. I don't have a schedule but ever so often i put it in a cup of mouthwash.

[Chris Herzog]

and i really like the definition Zog gave rolling hard. but how do you describe what scott was meaning. rolling like an arsehole?
stupid rolling? reckless rolling?

Yes

[Stewart Landry]

Thanks Josh and for the record I can count on 1 hand the amount of mouth accidents Ive had at my school in the last 7 years and only one of them required stiches ... the other was myself having a tooth smacked in half ... and that had already previously been knocked off and wasnt a crown so was weak as shit ... bum luck ... oh and when my mouth got hit it was doing mma ... and the shot wasnt a strike ... I was mounted and took a flailing elbow... big difference between hard rolling and negative malicious intent...

Kurzy forgot to put in his mouthguard, he got a little hurt, and now is on the road to being ok. I train with him and know he's pretty good for wearing his mouthguard and even his headgear. Regarding wearing cups, all the tournaments out here ban cups so none of us wear them. I appreciate the responses from Zog and some of the more experienced guys regarding the whole discussion of never rolling without a mouthpiece and 'rolling hard'. I personally always wear a mouthguard, and it wasn't a $30 custom fitting one, it was a basic $3 mouthguard that provides enough padding in my mouth to protect me from concussions etc &i've never had an issue.

We train hard. To those people criticizing my club and how we roll, you are criticizing my instructor and I don't appreciate it. Kurzy got hurt in an accident and even said that. Feel free to come down and roll with us. You'll realize that most of the higher level guys and even the higher level, more experienced white belts, know how to roll hard but also how to roll without hurting their training partners. We're not doing ballet here, people will catch elbows and knees and shoulders in the face from time to time. I understand that some people just 'don't let people near their heads'. Roll with Stew for 5 minutes or Tim, one of our purple belts, and let me know how much fun you had keeping them away from putting pressure on your head and neck during a pass or crushing you with a dope choke.

I'm not saying don't take it easy once in a while or kill yourself everytime you train, but if it wasn't for Stew and how he has us train, guys from our club who compete wouldn't do as well as we do. So I appreciate your advice on how you think we should roll, but come talk to me when you compete as often as some of us do and train with Stew to appreciate his jiu jitsu and selfless instruction and coaching. Please don't talk about my club, telling us how to roll if you haven't trained with us. I've never been to HQ or Rochester, but from what I hear (&coach Zog confirmed this), those guys are rolling hard too.

[Kurzy]

I was mounted and took a flailing elbow...

Damned elbows! It's always the elbows!

[nathan orchard]

I chew gum when I roll