A mouthguard is cheap dental insurance for hands-on training activities, much cheaper than fixing a chipped tooth or clipped tongue.idrathernot wrote:Thanks for the tip! Although I'm a little weary of the required equipment listing. Getting punched in the mouth or kicked in the groin is sort of the situation I'm hoping to avoid and a hard sale to willingly pay for. I suppose it's just there for liability though eh?
A cup might not mitigate a direct or deliberately-aimed hard hit to the groin, but will help you keep going in spite of incidental/accidental contact---which sometimes happens.
At one place where I used to roll, I once asked, "Is today cup day?" The instructor replied, "Every day is cup day."
After a little bit of trial and error, you can get used to the mouthguard/cup.
In that type of activity, it may be more comfortable for you to partner with people who are close to your own size/weight. Sometimes (not always), big people do not fully understand their own strength. I know this from direct experience, as physique-wise, I trend more Lumphini than Lampasas, and I have trained on a number of occasions with people who outclassed me in size, strength, skill/experience, etc.
It is these persistent, determined individuals who insist upon closing the distance that concern me the most and I must have a plan for, and why that PUC/MUC is so worthwhile, whether or not you are carrying a handgun.idrathernot wrote:I live in North East Austin just south of 290 and it's really in this area that I've been in the toughest spots. I would just like to point out that I'm trying to deal with Panhandlers not bums, homeless, or transient. I'm referring specifically to individuals that continue to approach after ignoring my "no thanks", shaking my head no, etc.