Protecting Your Junk

[Jack LaBarge]

I know this was a thread on the old forum. I would like some opinion's. I will start training Jiu Jitsu tomorrow at a Awesome school. But after listening to Joe Rogan's Pod cast #60 I have some concern. Joe talks about Einstein breaking Joe's dick while training. I won't get into HOW Joe figures out he's OK! But, I would like to avoid this experience. So, I wondering...regular cup, baseball player cup, etc. ?

How about this?http://www.budovideos.com/shop/custo...roductid=21747

[Scott Philips]

Shockdoctor is the way to go but I prefer the old fashion jock strap. Much better than traditional baseball cups.

[Mike Nall]

I actually rarely wear a cup. A lot of the big tournaments (all the IBJJF ones: Worlds, No-Gi Worlds, Pan Ams, No-Gi Pan Ams, etc.) don't let you wear them, and I've found that when I wear one I'm less inclined to protect my groin with good hip moveent and sometimes a hand if needed.

When you don't wear a cup, you naturally learn to protect yourself, and anyone that's a solid blue belt or higher is probably never going to smash your balls just because they don't spazz anymore. If anyone blue or higher smashes my nuts it's maybe once a year, and it's usually my fault.

I'd advise no cup, as crazy as that sounds... especially if you plan on competing seriously.

[Mike Nall]

Shockdoctor is the way to go but I prefer the old fashion jock strap. Much better than traditional baseball cups.

If you really gotta wear a cup, listen to this cat and snag a shockdoctor.

[Chris Herzog]

I personally don't wear one and rarely ever get clipped. I can't honestly remember the last time it happend, had to be over a year or more.

[Joshua Spriggs]

the last place I studied required it. I used a nutty buddy. It gives you a serious, gsp-esque package. no homo

[Luke Jarvis]

Dude my cup smashes my butts more then if I don't wear it

[Ryan34]

Hey Jack,

I had a similar Joe Rogan story happen to me but not as harsh and I didn't jack off to see if it still worked. My advice would be to get a soft cup. They might be hard to find but totally worth every penny. It is a foam material shaped cup which will protect you enough from knees and stuff. Also it will not effect your flexibilty because the cup is easily manipulated.

[Tyler Timmermans]

[Budo_Jake]

I wore a cup for my first year of bjj but since none of the black belts wore them - hell some of them didn't even wear underwear! - I stopped using a cup. Surprisingly it never bothered me not wearing it. I'm not sure if it's conditioning your junk or if you just learn to move better to keep them away from spazzy knees, but I've never taken a hard hit.

That said, if you're still going to get one, the shockdoctors are the top seller by FAR.