I promised that there would be more posts this month and I meant it.  To follow up my review of the mouthguard last week, I was sent a pair of Combat Sports Gel Handwraps from the folks at Boxing Depot.com.  Now, I am a striker by nature and by training, so this was right up my alley.  Also, I’m not generally a fan of gloves or handwraps – I tend to train bare-handed (yeah yeah, I know).  So it takes a lot for a product like this to impress me.  That said, I was definitely impressed.

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A few weeks ago the folks over at Elite MMA.com sent me another goodie to review, the Power Gel-Nano Mouthguard.  Reviewing something like a mouthguard is pretty tricky, so I called in some assistance.  To test this bad boy out, I had the help of Joe Cunningham of Yamasaki Woodbridge.  Read on to see the verdict.

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About a month ago, I got an email from the folks over at Elite MMA.com asking if I would be interested in reviewing the KD Elite Knee and Elbow Strike Bag.  I know I’ve said before that I love freebies, and so I stayed true to myself and agreed.  What can I say?  I am a simple creature.  Anyhow, I’ve seen what there is to be seen with this bag, and I’ve finally finished evaluating it.

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I know what you’re thinking: “He’s reviewing a skin sanitizer?  That’s it!  This guy has clearly lost it!”  And to be honest, I would normally agree with you.  What in the world does a sanitizer have to do with Martial Arts, right?  Well let me tell one.  One of the biggest problems faced in Martial Arts training (and in fact, in any sort of athletics) is how to deal with all the crap you can pick up from the gym/dojo/teammates/training partners/etc.  Ring worm isnt exactly a load of fun.  So when I found that Athletic Body Care was creating products specifically to address this issue, I had to get my hands on a sample and see if it worked.  Thankfully, they were kind enough to oblige and sent me the Athletic Body Care Foaming Skin Sanitizer.  Now unfortunately, a product like this is a bit hard to test for efficacy (after all, noone gets an infection EVERY time they train) – so I recruited some help.  In addition to trying it out myself, I had some of the folks at the local Brazilian Jiu Jitsu School try it out too.  If anyone is going to pick up something nasty it is those guys!

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