Mouthguards

[Willem]

Hey, I play trumpet so my teeth and mouth is really important for me, i`ll ask me dentist how much it will cost for me to get a custom one, but my teeth are still moving so I should get a new one once a year or so. Untill I stop growing. I have a cheap mouthguard now, better then nothing. You put it in hot water and it becomes soft after a while, then u bite into it just like when you are wearing it and it forms to your mouth. It doesnt fall out when you open your mouth.

The fitting is quite good, when its still soft you can suck it vacuum so that it forms nicely over your teeth.

[Brad]

and hopeing it doesnt fall out after being punched in the mouth lol osu.

[makiwara7878]

hi,hello. everyone I want tips or instructions how to use boil and bite mouth guards, like I bought one and followed the instructions on the back of thing, but it was still loose, it said that i could repeat the procedure but reapiting the procedure made it more loose or maybe I just suck at doing this.

[ANTSAN]

From memory your supposed to try to suck the saliva out of the mouth guard as soon as you put it in.

[seienchin]

HI Makiwara787.
we have a tradition here at K4L that we like to welcome newcomers properly.

Please pop over to the introductions forum, and start a thread introducing yourself, so we can have a welcome party!


You might find the following threads about mouth guards of interest:

http://www.kyokushin4life.com/forums...uthguards.html

http://www.kyokushin4life.com/forums...outhpiece.html

[blazindave]

I don't like mouth guards for the very reason you mentioned. I think it's quite rare to lose some teeth in a kyokushin fight.

[Dent]

Osu!

Originally Posted by blazindave

I don't like mouth guards for the very reason you mentioned. I think it's quite rare to loose some teeth in a kyokushin fight.

Doesn't need to happen more than once...

I wear my mouthguard for all my sparring. No point in spending real cash at the dentist, when for a fraction of the price, and only a little discomfort, I can be fairly well protected.

Osu!

[blazindave]

That is a good point. However i find it restricts air flow.
To each his own.

[ANTSAN]

Originally Posted by blazindave

However i find it restricts air flow.
To each his own.

In order to get used to it, from time to time we have to wear our mouth guards throughout training, (Kihon and all) for that very reason

[Dent]

Osu!

Originally Posted by blazindave

That is a good point. However i find it restricts air flow.
To each his own.

If you didn't like that, you'll hate this. To force the body to learn how to push through oxygen deprivation experiences, like those in tournaments, our national coach had us wear face masks similar to those used by surgeons. Add the old mouthpiece, and breathing was about as much fun as being suffocated with old socks.

Osu!

[blazindave]

Wow, i am absolutely going to try that.
Anything i should watch out for (when i've reach my limit, etc)
Thanks

[ANTSAN]

Dent that doesn't sound unlike a method used for training in Russia, where after a long run they force themselves to breathe through a peice of hose. I think that was mentioned on this site somewhere.

[Dent]

Osu!

Originally Posted by blazindave

Wow, i am absolutely going to try that.
Anything i should watch out for (when i've reach my limit, etc)
Thanks

You mean like a spinning room and a need to reach for a bucket, or other warning signs?

It's just tough to breathe, and forces you to overcome the CO2 return. We did it both with bagwork and with sparring. I didn't like it, but it did work...

Osu!

[Dent]

Osu!

Originally Posted by ANTSAN

Dent that doesn't sound unlike a method used for training in Russia, where after a long run they force themselves to breathe through a peice of hose. I think that was mentioned on this site somewhere.

I don't know where he came up with it. He's an inventive sort to start with, but also a man with a surprisingly good eye for weaknesses, and solutions for those same problems.

Osu!

[makiwara7878]

uhm.. hello nobody's really helping me with my problem here.....

[seienchin]

uhm...hello....have you introduced yourself yet?

And have you read the threads that I linked you to? There is already quite a bit of information in the longer thread (mouthguards, not mouthpiece) from members who have done the boil-your-own method.

I'm going to move this thread into that one, so that it is all consolidated together.

[ANTSAN]

Originally Posted by makiwara7878

uhm.. hello nobody's really helping me with my problem here.....

Did you try sucking the saliva out as soon as you put it in? It's hard to explain, as soon as you boil the mouth guard shove it in your mouth and try to suck it up against the roof of your mouth, the rubber takes the shape of your teeth and it pretty much stays there without any help

Ok try that then update us with your progress...

[makiwara7878]

thanks dude ill be sure to try that......

[Deaken]

A custom fit mouthguard from a dentist is about $75 (here in Canada) and I greatly reccomend them.

Somtimes the injury is not to the teeth but from them. One of my fighters this year fought without a guard (accidentally left it behind and it was a custom fit jobby). She took a kick to the face and one of her teeth went right through her lip fully piercing it. She was ahead until then, but that changed the momentum of the fight. She didn't show pain or flinch (I am amazed, I would have hit the ground from it) so no wazari called, but a mouthguard would have prevented this.