Although I have owned the “E58″ Cliff Keen Signature headgear for about 10 months or longer, I have been consistently wearing it for about the last four months after symptoms of cauliflower ear started to sneak up on my once perfect ears. Now I wear it every time I spar – and depending on what [...]
I’m not a medical professional. But when I’m foolish enough not to wear my headgear when grappling and my ears get sore, I’ll almost always ice my ears when I get home. It seems to help. The few times my ears have taken a beating I’ll take an anti-inflammatory, put some ice in a bag, [...]
I would guess that headgears for martial arts have been around a long time; Wikipedia only had so much to say about the topic. Wikipedia did not have an extensive history of the martial-arts headgear. Yet. I am often surprised by how many people don’t wear headgear when training Jiu Jitsu. I would think that [...]
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