To wear a face mask or not...

[CrazyChild13]

exactly wearing a helmet is a good idea that way you two can hit each other in the face all you want..........and plus were all human here its not like we can take getting hit in the temple 50 times easily you lose lots of brian cells so yea w/e just my opinion.......

then again i dont see the point in wearing them chest guards, punching gloves, or feet pads but helmets are a good diea for your life safty

[elbows_and_knees]

you should always wear heaadgear. IMO though, a face mask is unnecessary.

[matbla]

thanks for your reply the helps you give helps me from matt blake

keep up the good work

[Goldtooth]

I'd do what my instructor told me to do. I personally feel that wearing headgear encourages lazy striking, and for the wearer to get hit in the head more. I am not your instructor, however, and i dont have the blueprint for your particular training regimen.

[elbows_and_knees]

No, it doesn't. There is a real easy way to test it though.... go to a boxing gym, put on headgear and get in the ring. Before the sparring match, be sure to tell them that headgear encourages lazy striking and promotes getting hit in the head more. Then, come back and tell us how it went.

Headgear is for safety. In grappling, you don't want to break your training partner's limbs, do you? No - which is why we tap out. If you train a "self defense" style, do you take full power shots at your partner's eyes, throat and groin, or do you pull them? If you pull them, doesn't that promote lazy striking?

[Menjo]

i dont have a strong point about the face mask,(no offence) but I do know your instructor should know how to control even through instinc. Maybe a face mask should be worn,

[matbla]

thank you for all you replys i will wear the face mask

if you p.m. me your e-mail address i can send you photos

of me in my head gear.

thanks again

keep up the good help from matt blake

[Jay]

i think you should but the more you train the better you will get and the less you will get hit

[angus88]

A face mask?! That's not going to teach you to block your face. It sounds to me like a crutch for both you and your instructor. I don't care how "hard" a student fights, an advanced rank ought to have enough control not to punch you in the face. Once, maybe. Definitely not twice.

But I guess if you had a face mask your instructor can be as uncontrolled as he wants to be and he won't hurt your face. Meanwhile, you don't learn to block the face because you don't have to.

And head gear is not the same thing as a face mask. Head gear can prevent serious injury to the brain - it doesn't stop a good hard ridge hand or back fist from rattling your head. If it does you're not hitting hard enough!

[matbla]

thanks for you replys

and have a safe holiday

from matt blake