Oct
10
2011
Most often, muscle strain type injuries can be grouped in with all the other hugely annoying but otherwise non-threatening injuries that keep you from training at full capacity. As with all of these annoying injuries, it is key to treat it immediately to minimize its impact on your training. At the same time, it is …
Jun
13
2011
Whether it’s a guy violently passing your guard or you throwing too high of a kick, it is fairly easy to pull your groin in Combat Sports. Unlike many other injuries, subjectively speaking, groin strains can be incredibly nagging and persistent. They are with you every moment of the day and like to remind you …
May
30
2011
Apart from shoulder injuries, the thought of knee injuries probably makes me cringe the most. I like to think that it’s not my soft spirited nature but rather the common reaction all Combat Athletes have when hearing catch phrases like “ACL” or “PCL” or worse yet, a popping sound emanating from their own knee. Unfortunately, …
Apr
18
2011
Show up at any given BJJ or Judo practice and I will guarantee that you are going to find at least one guy with taped fingers. I myself am one of these finger tapers since I dislocated my pinky finger a few months back. (Strikers are usually a bit more discrete about their finger injuries …
Nov
15
2010
What if I told you that missing a few teeth was cool? My reasoning of course would be that women are turned on by missing teeth and other men are in jealous awe at your toughness. You’d probably call me a liar, a fool, or depending on your geographic location the chief of propaganda …
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