July 8, 201214 yr Can Adult's In Tournament Fighting Wear Face Mask's If They Want To? My Teacher Said No They Can't That Why We Teach You To Block With Your Hand's. If Can Wear One I Will I Don't Want To Get My Face Smashed The Tournament Fight Is For A Black Stripe Test My Teacher Said The Test Is Harder Then The Tournament Fight. A sword is a weapon. Swordsmanship is learning how to kill. That is the truth. What Miss Kaoru says... ...is play-talk that only those who have never stained their hands can say. When I See That Female Again From BK. I Will Kick Her Behind For Disgracing Me And My Friends Honor.
July 8, 201214 yr Only if you're a Spanish Ninja. Seriously though, beginner matches will not allow heavy contact to the face in most cases. Besides, getting hit in the face is good for the soul. You're likely more durable than you realize, just keep your chin down and your mouth shut. My fists bleed death. -Akuma
July 8, 201214 yr Only if you're a Spanish Ninja. Seriously though, beginner matches will not allow heavy contact to the face in most cases. Besides, getting hit in the face is good for the soul. You're likely more durable than you realize, just keep your chin down and your mouth shut.Agreed, also being hit in the face isn't nice but neither is a strike to the groin, if you had to choose, which one would you prefer to protect? "Challenge is a Dragon with a Gift in its mouth....Tame the Dragon and the Gift is Yours....." Noela Evans (author)
July 8, 201214 yr Author Only if you're a Spanish Ninja. Seriously though, beginner matches will not allow heavy contact to the face in most cases. Besides, getting hit in the face is good for the soul. You're likely more durable than you realize, just keep your chin down and your mouth shut.Agreed, also being hit in the face isn't nice but neither is a strike to the groin, if you had to choose, which one would you prefer to protect?Face I Don't Wear A Cup. A sword is a weapon. Swordsmanship is learning how to kill. That is the truth. What Miss Kaoru says... ...is play-talk that only those who have never stained their hands can say. When I See That Female Again From BK. I Will Kick Her Behind For Disgracing Me And My Friends Honor.
July 8, 201214 yr Only if you're a Spanish Ninja. Seriously though, beginner matches will not allow heavy contact to the face in most cases. Besides, getting hit in the face is good for the soul. You're likely more durable than you realize, just keep your chin down and your mouth shut.Agreed, also being hit in the face isn't nice but neither is a strike to the groin, if you had to choose, which one would you prefer to protect?Face I Don't Wear A Cup.I would suggest you start wearing a cup, this is coming from someone who had to get a sonogram due to the large amount of scar tissue in that area. Even if the groin is not a legal target, accidents happen.
July 8, 201214 yr Getting hit in the face isn't all that bad, really--the first few times it tends to make you mad or panic (depending on how you naturally respond to things like that) but after a while it's just like getting hit anywhere else. Honestly, I find that when I wear headgear I tend to get hit in the head/face MORE OFTEN than when I don't, and I think it is partially because my peripheral vision is impaired and partially because my subconscious is telling me I have padding all over my head so I don't need to worry about getting hit (which isn't true because headgear doesn't actually decrease your risk of concussion). I would say that if they allow elbows or knees to the head then headgear would be good, since those striking surfaces don't have padding on them, but if it's just punches and kicks and you have to wear pads on your hands and feet already then I wouldn't bother. As previously mentioned, beginner divisions don't usually allow much face contact, if any.And PLEASE get a cup! KishimotoDi | 2014-Present | Sensei: Ulf Karlsson Shorin-Ryu/Shinkoten Karate | 2010-Present: Yondan, Renshi | Sensei: Richard Poage (RIP), Jeff Allred (RIP) Shuri-Ryu | 2006-2010: Sankyu | Sensei: Joey Johnston, Joe Walker (RIP) Judo | 2007-2010: Gokyu | Sensei: Joe Walker (RIP), Ramon Rivera (RIP), Adrian Rivera Illinois Practical Karate | International Neoclassical Karate Kobudo Society
July 8, 201214 yr Author Getting hit in the face isn't all that bad, really--the first few times it tends to make you mad or panic (depending on how you naturally respond to things like that) but after a while it's just like getting hit anywhere else. Honestly, I find that when I wear headgear I tend to get hit in the head/face MORE OFTEN than when I don't, and I think it is partially because my peripheral vision is impaired and partially because my subconscious is telling me I have padding all over my head so I don't need to worry about getting hit (which isn't true because headgear doesn't actually decrease your risk of concussion). I would say that if they allow elbows or knees to the head then headgear would be good, since those striking surfaces don't have padding on them, but if it's just punches and kicks and you have to wear pads on your hands and feet already then I wouldn't bother. As previously mentioned, beginner divisions don't usually allow much face contact, if any.And PLEASE get a cup! I Have One It's Just I Don't Wear It. . A sword is a weapon. Swordsmanship is learning how to kill. That is the truth. What Miss Kaoru says... ...is play-talk that only those who have never stained their hands can say. When I See That Female Again From BK. I Will Kick Her Behind For Disgracing Me And My Friends Honor.
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