BJJ Mat Burn and Jiu-Jitsu Skin Care
Jiu-jitsu · Skin is gear

Mat burn on the knees. Gi burn on the neck. Dry skin everywhere.

Six rolls a night on a textured mat with a rough cotton gi strips skin faster than most sports. Add a hot room and a shower you cannot always get to. This is how grapplers keep skin intact, clean, and ready for the next class.

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Skin is gear
Why the mat wins

Friction, heat, and a rough gi.

Tatami-textured mats grip feet, which is the point, and strip knees, elbows and the tops of toes, which is the cost. A gi collar drags across the neck on every choke defense. Sweat softens skin and the mat takes it. New grapplers burn worst because they drag; experienced ones move cleaner but roll more.

The routine that works is short. Wash the mat off before you leave the gym. Cover the raw spots so they close instead of reopening at the next class. Keep the rest of the skin hydrated so it bends instead of tearing. Rhino's grappling kit was built with Chey Bowers, who trains and fights for a living.

A class night, hour by hour

From the gi bag to bed.

Where grapplers' skin goes wrong on a training night, and what goes on at each stop.

Before class · 5 PMCover the known spots.

Tape toes and any raw spot from last night. Performance on the feet so the base stays planted on a sweaty mat.

Rhinos' Own Adhesive tapePerformance
Rolling · 6 PMKeep the skin between you and the mat.

Rashguard under the gi or for no-gi. Less gi burn, less mat burn, less shared skin.

Zen Rhino - UPF 50 RashguardWarrior - UPF 50 Rash Guard
Mat exit · 7:30 PMWash before you leave.

Castile wash in the gym shower. No shower? Cleanse spray on the arms, neck, feet and gear before the car.

All Natural Castile Body WashCleanse
Home · 9 PMClose the burns.

Split+ whipped balm on mat burn, gi burn and cracked knuckles. Repair on everything else.

Split+Repair
Bed · 10 PMBuy tomorrow's class.

Massage Cream on neck, forearms and grip-wrecked hands. Finger ring for the fingers the gi chewed.

Massage CreamAcupressure Massage Ring
Find your way in

Tell us what happens. We'll point.

No score and no wrong answers. Pick what sounds like you, and every answer opens another door: a fix, a page, a longer read.

The pack

What's in the gym bag.

Travel sizes in the gi bag. Full sizes at home.

The Boss Bundle
All of it, one boxThe Boss Bundle

Chey Bowers' kit: rashguard, wash, balm and recovery in one box.

The whole routineThe Boss Bundle$52.95
10 items · pick a size, hit Add
No shower at the gymCleanse$9.00
The shower afterAll Natural Castile Body Wash$5.95
Whipped balm, mat burnSplit+$8.95
Every nightRepair$8.95
Feet, before classPerformance$8.95
Toes and raw spotsRhinos' Own Adhesive tape$3.95
Neck and forearmsMassage Cream$8.95
Under the gi or no-giZen Rhino - UPF 50 Rashguard$34.95
Chey Bowers signatureWarrior - UPF 50 Rash Guard$34.95
Gi-chewed fingersAcupressure Massage Ring$5.00
The crew

The people who test this on the mat.

Gi, no-gi, MMA. Our grapplers train every day and tell us what held up.

Chey "The Boss" Bowers
Chey "The Boss" BowersLFA champion, MMA

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Seen on the mats

Show us the mat burn.

Open mat, the new stripe, the knee that will not quit. This wall is yours.

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