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Hey guys and girls,

How many of you (instructors or students) have experienced problems with people not keeping their finger nails short? Our school has a requirement that fingers and toe nails must be kept short. Is this the same at your school? Thanks for the feedback.

"The journey of a 1,000 miles starts with but a single step."

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we don't have that requirement, but we should.

I remember taking a chunk out of my instructor's head with a thumbnail...man, I felt bad for awhile. He jsut said that will teach him to block 8)

When a man's fortunate time comes, he meets a good friend;

When a man has lost his luck, he meets a beautiful woman.


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How many of you (instructors or students) have experienced problems with people not keeping their finger nails short?

I have been quiet lucky in that all my training partners dont let their nails get too long.

Our school has a requirement that fingers and toe nails must be kept short. Is this the same at your school?

We dont have a requirment at our school, but out of courtesy everyone keeps their nails trimmed.

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Yes, we do. I'm told that fingernails harbor a lot of bacteria, so getting sliced open with a fingernail is not only likely to cut you, but to give you an infection if you don't clean it up right.

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I sparred with someone once who didn't have full sparring boots, only pads (which leave the toes open) and her toenail nut my hand and it got infected for a long time and hurt a lot. I truly don't like people who wear just the foot pads and also just the hand pads, without boots or gloves it hurts a lot more, especially lower belts with less control

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Hey guys and girls,

How many of you (instructors or students) have experienced problems with people not keeping their finger nails short? Our school has a requirement that fingers and toe nails must be kept short. Is this the same at your school? Thanks for the feedback.

I haven't ever experienced any problems with this. I am also not aware of an official requirement to keep your nails short; I think it's just one of those unwritten rules that everyone follows out of respect for whomever you might scratch :P

"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go."

- T. S. Eliot

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Generally, most people keep them short, but when I had just started, another beginner had long nails, and she scratched my wrists raw doing self defense.

The best a man can hope for

is, over the course of his lifetime,

to change for the better.

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I haven't ever experienced any problems with this. I am also not aware of an official requirement to keep your nails short; I think it's just one of those unwritten rules that everyone follows out of respect for whomever you might scratch :P

It IS an official requirement of our school. Our Headmaster is very picky about this issue. :)

"The journey of a 1,000 miles starts with but a single step."

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At our dojo we have only had one finger nail cut since I've been there but we are adults and have the respect for one another to keep 'em trimmed.

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We don't have an official rule, but people tend to keep their finger and toe nails cut out of respect to their training partners.

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