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Wash your belt
6 year(s) ago • 12804 views • 230 replies
TPBlack beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
And I'd like to especially call out Hyperfly for their idiotic "do not wash your belt" campaign. They're going to make someone sick.
What.
Well, I’ve always disliked their ”You Can’t Teach Heart” slogan too. Gear itself seems great.
Well, I’ve always disliked their ”You Can’t Teach Heart” slogan too. Gear itself seems great.
DBBlue beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
I ve washed my white belts very often. Sometimes you come home and as usually when i get home I do laundry first, the belt is completely soaked and wet.
But now I’m not a bloody white belt anymore I want to see what happens to the color if I just roll with it and don’t wash it.
I wear it now unwashed and try it after rolling. It’s nasty but it’s super cool to see the blue come off and the color fades.
Last time after three hours of heavy use I came home and looked at this blue wet thing.
Yes it’s nasty but I really like the idea of not washing it.
I like my worn and torn Gis and I like the belt getting grinded.
I know it’s gross and I should wash it but I just hang try it some more and let it get all fucked up from rolling.
I have to note I wash my Gi after every roll I use washing detergent, anti bacterial stuff and washing pearls.
My Gi’s are clean , smell good and rugged They need to be very rugged to give people some great love while in side control.
But now I’m not a bloody white belt anymore I want to see what happens to the color if I just roll with it and don’t wash it.
I wear it now unwashed and try it after rolling. It’s nasty but it’s super cool to see the blue come off and the color fades.
Last time after three hours of heavy use I came home and looked at this blue wet thing.
Yes it’s nasty but I really like the idea of not washing it.
I like my worn and torn Gis and I like the belt getting grinded.
I know it’s gross and I should wash it but I just hang try it some more and let it get all fucked up from rolling.
I have to note I wash my Gi after every roll I use washing detergent, anti bacterial stuff and washing pearls.
My Gi’s are clean , smell good and rugged They need to be very rugged to give people some great love while in side control.
SBBlue beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
I wash my belt after every class. I don't understand why people wouldn't. Maybe back-to-back classes and it won't dry in time? I've had that happen on occasion, and when it does I just use my white belt.
GCBrown beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
They used to push that don't wash your belt on us in karate. It was fine when we got new belts at most every year, not nearly the body contact, and never went to the ground. But with BJJ, it's all body contact and a ton of ground. I wash it at least every couple weeks and I have two belts that I rotate in case it's been too long. I don't want to get anyone sick because my belt might lost it's powers.
MGBlack belt 3rd degreeVerified
5 year(s) ago
If you wash your belt you loose all your BJJ superpowers
JJBlack beltVerified
5 year(s) ago
Wash your belts in jiu-jitsu. I don't want to be near your nasty ass belt.
Keep that Cobra Kai bs to Karate/TKD and your bumble bee looking Gi's with some Bruce Lee quote.
And cut your freaking fingernails.
Keep that Cobra Kai bs to Karate/TKD and your bumble bee looking Gi's with some Bruce Lee quote.
And cut your freaking fingernails.
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ARBlack beltVerified
5 year(s) ago
If you wash your belt you loose all your BJJ superpowers
That must be why I suck!
Belt in the wash at this moment.
Belt in the wash at this moment.
BJBlue beltVerified
5 year(s) ago
poop, and semen that covers the mats
This thread is a year old, but my reaction to this part here is new and fresh.
ARBlack beltVerified
5 year(s) ago
This thread is a year old, but my reaction to this part here is new and fresh.
Why are you assuming I'm a man?
BJBlue beltVerified
5 year(s) ago
Why are you assuming I'm a man?
I'm assuming that the mat-semen of which you speak is predominantly from men.
If it's from transwomen then they need to work a little harder on not being men.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
If it's from transwomen then they need to work a little harder on not being men.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
ARBlack beltVerified
5 year(s) ago
I'm assuming that the mat-semen of which you speak is predominantly from men. If it's from transwomen then they need to work a little harder on not being men. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Yes I agree that the mat semen would be from men. Can we also agree that humor is a good thing?
BJBlue beltVerified
5 year(s) ago
Can we also agree that humor is a good thing?
I was trying to joke around. Am I coming off like Dolores Umbridge?
I get that a lot. :-D
I get that a lot. :-D
ARBlack beltVerified
5 year(s) ago
I was trying to joke around. Am I coming off like Dolores Umbridge? I get that a lot. :-D
I don't know who that is, but my mistake. :)
JJBlack beltVerified
5 year(s) ago
Yes I agree that the mat semen would be from men. Can we also agree that humor is a good thing?
Trying to have a sense of humor through impersonal communication doesn't work these days.
NTBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
MGPurple beltVerified
5 year(s) ago
This thread is a year old, but my reaction to this part here is new and fresh.
Some women think they know, but almost none of them know how men are when no women are around.
ACBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
5 year(s) ago
I don’t wash after every session, but I do use tide fabric antibacterial spray in between washes. People should at least use that if they are going to be gross and never wash their belt.
VBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
VBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
5 year(s) ago
Why are you assuming I'm a man?
Based on the fact that on this site your profile picture and identify is verified, and name of Anthony it's fair to say assuming your a man would be pretty accurate.
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JABlack beltVerified
5 year(s) ago
You forgot COVID-19 on that list :D
and COVID-20 and 21 - I'm sure that shit is just waiting in the wings!
JABlack beltVerified
5 year(s) ago
So for the folks who wash their belts a ton, how do you keep it from destorying itself / not having the core shrink at a different rate then the belt itself?
Not being contrarian, asking as I don't wash my belt but lysol it etc. Just wash in cold, then hang dry ala gis?
Not being contrarian, asking as I don't wash my belt but lysol it etc. Just wash in cold, then hang dry ala gis?
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MGPurple beltVerified
5 year(s) ago
So for the folks who wash their belts a ton, how do you keep it from destorying itself / not having the core shrink at a different rate then the belt itself? Not being contrarian, asking as I don't wash my belt but lysol it etc. Just wash in cold, then gang dry ala gis?
Goes in the wash with gi on cold and hung dried.
JABlack beltVerified
5 year(s) ago
Goes in the wash with gi on cold and hung dried.
Thanks. The pandemic has made me rethink lots of shit, like I know for a fact:
1. I don't want a slice of cake after you spit on it (blow out candles)
2. Going to work because you "have to work" but you are sick...
3. The food that fell on ground is probably fine.
4. Wash my BJJ belt.
I haven't turned into a germaphobe but I find it amusing that shit we grew up with now seems like "perhaps we shouldn't be doing that"... :D
1. I don't want a slice of cake after you spit on it (blow out candles)
2. Going to work because you "have to work" but you are sick...
3. The food that fell on ground is probably fine.
4. Wash my BJJ belt.
I haven't turned into a germaphobe but I find it amusing that shit we grew up with now seems like "perhaps we shouldn't be doing that"... :D
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MGPurple beltVerified
5 year(s) ago
I’ll still eat the cake but wash your belt. I got ringworm on my face once. That’s just not cool.
MGBlack belt 3rd degreeVerified
5 year(s) ago
Some women think they know, but almost none of them know how men are when no women are around.
Facts lol
JABlack beltVerified
5 year(s) ago
I’ll still eat the cake but wash your belt. I got ringworm on my face once. That’s just not cool.
That is not cool. I'm sorry you got that.
Do you find any belt shrinkage with cold washing or is it just a little and then it's fine?
Do you find any belt shrinkage with cold washing or is it just a little and then it's fine?
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MGPurple beltVerified
5 year(s) ago
I hang it to dry on a pull up bar. When I first hang it I do stretch it out a bit. I haven’t noticed shrinkage but I haven’t being looking for it either to be honest. They look worn out a lot faster than those that don’t get washed though.
PDBlack belt 3rd degreeVerified
5 year(s) ago
I love when people argue that not washing your belt is ok from a sanitary perspective ..Reminds me of Flat earth believers they are actually going to argue with you in order to prove they are stupid
MGPurple beltVerified
5 year(s) ago
I love when people argue that not washing your belt is ok from a sanitary perspective ..Reminds me of Flat earth believers they are actually going to argue with you in order to prove they are stupid
Yeah, it’s so simple just to throw it in with your gi, but then again some people don’t wash those either.
MKBlue beltVerified
5 year(s) ago
Sometimes i put it in the freezer to kill the bacterias... maybe once or twice a decade. But damn I would never wash my belt. He develops his own game
