I have had lots of minor training injuries. Knock on wood, I've only had one serious injury -- my torn ACL last year. I am currently suffering from one of my oddest training injuries: I have mat burn on my toes.
We were practicing kuzushi in newaza last night. We started in a kneeling position and pummeled for position, grappling to feel the loss of balance, or the overcompensation in the other direction to fight a push or pull. Somehow, in the midst of this, the tops of my toes got a nice mat burn and I rubbed off the outermost layer of skin.
I was uncomfortable last night, but didn't think much of it. This morning I staggered into the shower and as the hot water hit my feet, I had a very literal rude awakening. Right now I'm looking at the thin scabs on my toes! Very weird.
Do they make sock rash guards?
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And that is why I was wearing mat shoes during Sundays rolling session. I have rubbed chunks off of my feet one too many times.
Just stick with it, it goes away eventually, when I first started judo my feet were soft like the rest of me from 10 yrs + booj(feet stuck in tabi all the time), you're feet harden up if you keep doing newaza. just keep em clean and tape them up until then.
This is what I was telling one of my training partners last night who was extolling the virtues of the new Hygens footies. I figure they'll eventually toughen up. I'm a martial artist, I've got to expect some little physical inconveniences like this; it's part of the trade. What a little callous?
BTW, I do own a pair Hygens and they're okay. But unless it's really cold (like one of my training haunts can be in the winter -- no heat) I typically go bare foot. I gave up on tabi when we started incorporating more groundwork.
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