What do you wear?
What do you require women in your school to wear?
What do you feel should be worn.
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Why wear any? You won't be wearing any when you get attacked on the street.
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Good questions!!! I personally wear mouth piece, foot pads, occasional hand pads, occasional shin guards, and almost never headgear.
I have considered chest protector, but never have. They do not require women to wear anything at out dojo.
Good point about being attacked on the street! We general do not wear gear unless you are going to test or go hard. We work without pads and grapple/ upright most of the time.
I have considered chest protector, but never have. They do not require women to wear anything at out dojo.
Good point about being attacked on the street! We general do not wear gear unless you are going to test or go hard. We work without pads and grapple/ upright most of the time.
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I think people that don't wear mouth gaurds are absolutely insane. My goal in martial arts is not to lose all my teeth, something I see pretty regularly at open tournaments. Try going in for an interview with no teeth! Better have a good resume. Mouth gaurdth altho cut down on your brain bounthing around in your scthkull.
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I agree with TSDguy; we spend the last 20 minutes of each class doing designated attacker-defender-type sparring; when we get to this point my upper-teeth guard goes in.
Not to say that the attacker is going to deliberately try to take a front-on shot and plant it, but physical mistakes happen among us STUDENTS!
So yeah, I wear the guard in any type of "open' situation.
We don't use cups or pads although cups would probably be good with strangers.
I don't have one.
No pads either. I'm trying to get to the point where small hurts diminish so that big hurts don't happen...still getting some hurts but nothing that would make me go get some pads.
I think women should wear breast protectors, just like guys wear cups. No big deal acknowledging sensitive body areas: that's what our training is all about.
Allows a guy to give solid shots to the sternum so the female can learn to protect, rather than guys who just "won't hit there".
That does no one any good!
However, senior belts or adults have the responsibility to control the contact to younger/weaker/lower-rank/ in any body area, in my opinion.NM
Not to say that the attacker is going to deliberately try to take a front-on shot and plant it, but physical mistakes happen among us STUDENTS!
So yeah, I wear the guard in any type of "open' situation.
We don't use cups or pads although cups would probably be good with strangers.
I don't have one.
No pads either. I'm trying to get to the point where small hurts diminish so that big hurts don't happen...still getting some hurts but nothing that would make me go get some pads.
I think women should wear breast protectors, just like guys wear cups. No big deal acknowledging sensitive body areas: that's what our training is all about.
Allows a guy to give solid shots to the sternum so the female can learn to protect, rather than guys who just "won't hit there".
That does no one any good!
However, senior belts or adults have the responsibility to control the contact to younger/weaker/lower-rank/ in any body area, in my opinion.NM
