Announce your cup so that it may be filled

**goodlun** · Posted On: 2/21/2013 2:03am

Originally Posted by Tranquil Suit

Story time:

This happened a few months ago during a MT match:

Relevance to wearing a metal cup while grappling?

**doofaloofa** · Posted On: 2/21/2013 3:43am

Originally Posted by AKRhino

My coach popped one of my ribs with a metal cup... Took my back, put a body triangle on, increased the pressure, loud clearly audible pop quickly followed by me groaning, and then a trip to the chiropractor...

Dude!... he wasn't wearing a cup

**Ignorami** · Posted On: 2/21/2013 5:48am

Originally Posted by goodlun

Relevance to wearing a metal cup while grappling?

that in a couple of weeks, when I master BJJ, I'm going to armbar someone so hard I shatter my cup!

**Ignorami** · Posted On: 2/21/2013 5:50am

*Not to be confused with the similarly titled, Italian porn, short-film.

**lukerawks** · Posted On: 2/21/2013 2:02pm

I roll with a blue belt who is pretty similar in size and strength to me. He wears a cup, I do not. I have never been hit in the nards while rolling with him, but he has used his cup as a weapon when he's in mount. He'll underhook my legs with his, and arch his back to drive his cup into my sternum while on top of me in mount. It's a dickish move, but to each their own, I guess.

I think a cup for grappling is pretty unnecessary, I'm way more concerned about my ears....and there's no such thing as cauliflower scrotum.

**AKRhino** · Posted On: 2/21/2013 2:29pm

I've been rolling for years and never really had any issues without a cup.

I've been doing judo for a few months, and we were doing some kind of inside trip where you step in, hook the leg and push forward landing in their guard. Needless to say, I took the most serious knee to the balls of my MA career drilling that move...

**ChenPengFi** · Posted On: 2/21/2013 2:41pm

I made it a habit after reading this:

Originally Posted by Kintanon

I also will knee ride your balls like teacups at the carnival if I find someone not wearing a cup in training.

**pepto_bismol** · Posted On: 2/23/2013 1:49am

erhm... Ultimately in Judo I have had a hard time finding one that doesn't seem to increase the pain of getting thrown. Also when I am doing my throws sometimes my legs need to be really close to each other (classic seoi nagi?); cups tend to get in the way of those throws for me. That being said I haven't done a lot of shopping around for cups i usually just buy some from big five or some sporting goods store.

I agree that a cup can be an awesome weapon in jujitsu class. Nothing like having a hard cup smashing up against your lower back as your getting choked out...

I never announce that I wear a cup, because I like to keep the element of surprise ;)