Very informative. I'm not a fighter but i have seen them. I just wanted to know about them. This guy was very easy to listen to and obviously knew his stuff. Thanks.
I have a some cauli in my left ear. People can see it and sometimes people who know ask me if I wrestled or something. Back when I was training every day in the 2000’s we didn’t know about draining in my gym. Cauliflower ear was just part of training. I could’ve gone to the doc I guess. But anyway it healed up and it’s flat now so not super bulbous. Not everyone notices it and it doesn’t bother me much. If I got more cauliflower ear today I would drain it. But I’m proud of the cauli I got because it is something that reminds me of how hard I worked back then, and how I kept training and didn’t make any excuses. Obviously today I would get it drained. But I don’t regret the one I have.
Slightly off topic. I once read a book about how during the battle of the bugle the Germans infiltrated a group of soldiers who were wearing US Uniforms and spoke perfect English to disrupt and spread Confusion among the US Forces. Although they Spoke fluid English they weren't familiar with the slang and sports events in the US so the GIs would challenge each other with questions like " Who won the World Series last year?" One of the GIs in the book stopped a Nazi Infiltrator by asking him "What Type of Vegatebles Grow in Madison Square Garden?" The correct answer of course was Cauliflower...
Anybody remember the extra on Mark Kerr's documentary "The Smashing Machine"? They showed the draining of a cauliflower ear. The doctor doing it said if you don't get it treated it calcifies into a solid. When that happens you cannot have it drained you have to now get surgery to remove it and reform the ear.
i think blood kinda "becomes" cartilage. If im correct same happens with bones, when you break one, blood inside will clog and eventualy becomes bone. By "becomes" i mean blood clog will be replaced with bone, so if there is no blood clog in that place, no new bone/cartilage will form there.
+Kama Jiu-Jitsu , love the channel. You guys helped me out with gi conversion and belt ranking. In fact Ryan(I think took personal time on his Facebook to make suggestions. Greatly appreciated and uncommon as you guys grow. As a wrestler it's a little more common and we may have a general idea that is less obvious to jitz practitioners, even ones who spend more time on the mats. The injury more often comes from low singles and throwing yurt head into someone's knees or hard contact with bone. Then the injury is exacerbated by headlock escapes and normal head contact. Great information but for wrestlers it starts with violent contact more often. Then over time you desensitize the lesser flare ups, you start to wear the "badge of honor" and actively ignore. Don't do this. The shape of the ear is carefully shaped to direct sound for hearing. I'm turning fifty and my age related hearing loss is worsened by very moderate cauliflower. Listen to Dave, its part of rolling just like your nails and hygiene. Pay attention to your ears and save your hearing.
What about the use of ear guards for the prevention of the cauliflower ear? And/or the use of it too protect a damaged ear so that it may heal and still continue rolling. Thanks for all the vids!
Kama Jiu-Jitsu I wore a headgear to comp training a while back because my ear was getting red and swollen and my coach yelled at me lol. I was like coach I am getting cauliflower ear. So he allowed it. But in the future I agree 100% if you have active cauliflower don’t even train. Good advice. Thanks!
I'm 43 been training in Martial Arts since I was 16; Kung Fu, Judo and recently in Catch Wrestling. With all that training, I have nice ears. I've always wondered how some of us don't get cauliflower ears and are able to keep nice ears.
I was told by some old scholl BJJ guys ( Carlson Gracies guys from ATT ) that your ears will either get it or they won't and it usually happens very early on during the white/blue belt phase, i have been training for about 10 years and have never had cauli ear .
Manny Vega have you ever had your ears roughly flaked or hit to the point they got red a bit? I think everyone is susceptible to it but some more than others
My ears are almost perfectly healed. The cartilage is broken and you can see it right away and i can't use ear buds headphones but i didn't get califlower and no fluids in there. I bought a pack of needles and was draining out ears twice a day.
While I don't think cauliflower ears look good aesthetically, I wouldn't want to get them "fixed". Seems to me you have to earn those ears, sort of a physical representation of your grappling journey to accompany your belt. But as with most things in life, to each their own.
Haha what a dumbass response. You don’t need to earn stupid ears like that because you’re a moron. Why not remove your cup and mouth gear too while you on it. Probably don’t need teeth or an erection either. Heck earn those life scars lmfao Bas Rutten knows how to avoid stupid shit
@@imawarrior313 I was in a headlock the armpit one. If they are smaller you can use your bigger body to not have there legs locked on you so you use that to use advantage and let them. Then use your arm that's closer to their body and shove your hand under their armpit then push and breathe and keep pushing it works for me
Is cauliflower ear mostly from bjj or muay-thai or both equally? Will cauliflower ear affect your hearing when you get older? Will it make it harder for you to clean your ears and keep up with your ear hygiene?
people react differently to impact on their ears. pretty much all grapplers/wrestlers confront cauliflower ear. i imagine it must affect hearing in some, especially those whose ear holes have closed up some.
Can you do a video on “base” and it’s importance for bjj? I hear the term thrown around a lot but it seems like people use it differently. What is “base” and how do you develop it?
Mr. Young, does cauliflower ear itself result in any hearing loss? Not the initial blow/friction on the ear, but the cauliflower ear deformity itself after healing? Did you experience any loss of hearing in general?
Heya, medical student here. If the swelling is in the canal, it can cause some full-frequency hearing loss (especially if it closes all the way). If the swelling is on the auricle (the outer, exposed part of the ear), it can cause some high-frequency loss, but it's pretty minor.
My pleasure. In case you're curious, they think that our outer ear is shaped the way it is in order to detect high-frequency, "rustling" noises from predators in tall grasses. So no worries if those frequencies disappear somewhat! Not a lot of lions to look out for these days (at least in the US, lol).
I got very mild cauliflower but i war a headgear to train. should I go see a doctor and/or lay off the mats while I get it fixed even if im wearing headgear? Thanks
Professor ryan im bullyied in the blogs in spanish of my country and in some dojos of my team it dont happen on the dojo i train but every time we touch this theme they say that im wrong that those ears mean training and experience and knowledge and i say to them that if they had enough knowledge they should have some autocare and self love and take care of their health, sorry for the word but they simply call me a pussy and a faggot and i really get mad at that, my question is how can i talk with those people and win the argue ? Sorry my english isnt good enough to express me at a 100%
Anybody that is tough, has carried an ass whoopin..........I have been in several fights and know how to fight to the death even with a broken leg,collarbone, nose etc..... I will not brag about damage I have caused....only the damage I have taken........cheers ......
I've been training for 9 hard months and have a small bit of cauliflower ear. I told my wife I should drain it and she said, "don't". I have a keeper.
Very informative. I'm not a fighter but i have seen them. I just wanted to know about them. This guy was very easy to listen to and obviously knew his stuff. Thanks.
You forget to mention, early stages of cauliflower ear if you feel pain without the look of it then ice it straight away and reduce swelling
“Don’t train”
Me: ehhhhhhhhhhhh imma just live with ugly ass ears😂😅
I have observed many fighters they are proud of their cauliflower 👂 ears. They actually earned it.
Dastagir Shaikh That’s so fucking stupid.
Gross. It looks like a tumor growing out of the side of their head.
@@tonydardi332 not really
I have a some cauli in my left ear. People can see it and sometimes people who know ask me if I wrestled or something. Back when I was training every day in the 2000’s we didn’t know about draining in my gym. Cauliflower ear was just part of training. I could’ve gone to the doc I guess. But anyway it healed up and it’s flat now so not super bulbous. Not everyone notices it and it doesn’t bother me much. If I got more cauliflower ear today I would drain it. But I’m proud of the cauli I got because it is something that reminds me of how hard I worked back then, and how I kept training and didn’t make any excuses. Obviously today I would get it drained. But I don’t regret the one I have.
Yeah.....this is one of the important issues while practicing BJJ......thank you for sharing sir
Slightly off topic. I once read a book about how during the battle of the bugle the Germans infiltrated a group of soldiers who were wearing US Uniforms and spoke perfect English to disrupt and spread Confusion among the US Forces. Although they Spoke fluid English they weren't familiar with the slang and sports events in the US so the GIs would challenge each other with questions like " Who won the World Series last year?" One of the GIs in the book stopped a Nazi Infiltrator by asking him "What Type of Vegatebles Grow in Madison Square Garden?" The correct answer of course was Cauliflower...
Haha! You’d have to put a few things together to be able to answer that one!
Anybody remember the extra on Mark Kerr's documentary "The Smashing Machine"?
They showed the draining of a cauliflower ear.
The doctor doing it said if you don't get it treated it calcifies into a solid. When that happens you cannot have it drained you have to now get surgery to remove it and reform the ear.
Yet another informative and timely video! Thanks as always professor
i think blood kinda "becomes" cartilage. If im correct same happens with bones, when you break one, blood inside will clog and eventualy becomes bone.
By "becomes" i mean blood clog will be replaced with bone, so if there is no blood clog in that place, no new bone/cartilage will form there.
+Kama Jiu-Jitsu , love the channel. You guys helped me out with gi conversion and belt ranking. In fact Ryan(I think took personal time on his Facebook to make suggestions. Greatly appreciated and uncommon as you guys grow. As a wrestler it's a little more common and we may have a general idea that is less obvious to jitz practitioners, even ones who spend more time on the mats. The injury more often comes from low singles and throwing yurt head into someone's knees or hard contact with bone. Then the injury is exacerbated by headlock escapes and normal head contact. Great information but for wrestlers it starts with violent contact more often. Then over time you desensitize the lesser flare ups, you start to wear the "badge of honor" and actively ignore. Don't do this. The shape of the ear is carefully shaped to direct sound for hearing. I'm turning fifty and my age related hearing loss is worsened by very moderate cauliflower. Listen to Dave, its part of rolling just like your nails and hygiene. Pay attention to your ears and save your hearing.
Thank you for the info!
Thank you!
But its the only way i get my veggies :(
Legend
What about the use of ear guards for the prevention of the cauliflower ear? And/or the use of it too protect a damaged ear so that it may heal and still continue rolling. Thanks for all the vids!
Use one to prevent. If you’re still healing, I would stay off the mat, even if I were wearing one.
Kama Jiu-Jitsu I wore a headgear to comp training a while back because my ear was getting red and swollen and my coach yelled at me lol. I was like coach I am getting cauliflower ear. So he allowed it. But in the future I agree 100% if you have active cauliflower don’t even train. Good advice. Thanks!
in my country sport doctors deal with that . and I can say that they do a pretty good job .
where's that
I'm sure only us guys mid to late 40s got the GI Joe reference at the end. That gave me a good chuckle. Lol.
and Rusty, who put it in there, who's 26, lol.
Kama Jiu-Jitsu Lol!!
I mean they still make and sell GI Joe toys.
Matthew Durst yes but I haven't seen that cartoon since the 80s. Is it still showing somewhere as a rerun?
I'm 33, and I grew up watching it.
Good stuff. Thanks. White belt starting to get cauliflower and it’s definitely due trying to incorrectly slip out if headlocks.
Great video. Love how you explain everything.
I try!
I have a white belt and I’m already starting to get it. I have nothing else going on in my life so there is no way I’m going to stop training
Did they develop into cauliflower ears?
Get a better life no?
Great video and have been pounding the Like button.
Thank you!
Thank you I got a teeny bit from a knee to the head and want to keep it from getting worse
I'm 43 been training in Martial Arts since I was 16; Kung Fu, Judo and recently in Catch Wrestling. With all that training, I have nice ears. I've always wondered how some of us don't get cauliflower ears and are able to keep nice ears.
I was told by some old scholl BJJ guys ( Carlson Gracies guys from ATT ) that your ears will either get it or they won't and it usually happens very early on during the white/blue belt phase, i have been training for about 10 years and have never had cauli ear .
I have never had it, but can tell you that it is from repeated trauma.....not usually from a one time hematoma.......
Manny Vega have you ever had your ears roughly flaked or hit to the point they got red a bit? I think everyone is susceptible to it but some more than others
I just got some on the inside of my ear. 3-4years training and it’s my first time. I’m gonna have it drained
In a video here on youtube Bas Rutten explains why he has no cauliflower ears. His message is indeed drain right away.
Great shirt!
My ears are almost perfectly healed. The cartilage is broken and you can see it right away and i can't use ear buds headphones but i didn't get califlower and no fluids in there. I bought a pack of needles and was draining out ears twice a day.
Ouch!
While I don't think cauliflower ears look good aesthetically, I wouldn't want to get them "fixed". Seems to me you have to earn those ears, sort of a physical representation of your grappling journey to accompany your belt. But as with most things in life, to each their own.
Haha what a dumbass response. You don’t need to earn stupid ears like that because you’re a moron. Why not remove your cup and mouth gear too while you on it. Probably don’t need teeth or an erection either. Heck earn those life scars lmfao Bas Rutten knows how to avoid stupid shit
very wise words
Can you tell the correct way / way(s) to get out of a headlock to spare your ears please? Thank you
You can't. Just accept that you'll have a badass ear
Yes .. don’t get into it in the first place
@@imawarrior313 I was in a headlock the armpit one. If they are smaller you can use your bigger body to not have there legs locked on you so you use that to use advantage and let them.
Then use your arm that's closer to their body and shove your hand under their armpit then push and breathe and keep pushing it works for me
@@ZayK-WithDaDraco amazing!
Is cauliflower ear mostly from bjj or muay-thai or both equally? Will cauliflower ear affect your hearing when you get older? Will it make it harder for you to clean your ears and keep up with your ear hygiene?
people react differently to impact on their ears. pretty much all grapplers/wrestlers confront cauliflower ear. i imagine it must affect hearing in some, especially those whose ear holes have closed up some.
this is not my understanding, the blood is reabsorbed.. it is the cartilage that scars and becomes deformed.
Can you do a video on “base” and it’s importance for bjj? I hear the term thrown around a lot but it seems like people use it differently. What is “base” and how do you develop it?
I’ll ask Prof Dave.
Thanks, Ryan!!
Interesting. Lucky me.
Mr. Young, does cauliflower ear itself result in any hearing loss? Not the initial blow/friction on the ear, but the cauliflower ear deformity itself after healing? Did you experience any loss of hearing in general?
Not me.
Heya, medical student here. If the swelling is in the canal, it can cause some full-frequency hearing loss (especially if it closes all the way). If the swelling is on the auricle (the outer, exposed part of the ear), it can cause some high-frequency loss, but it's pretty minor.
Thanks for that!
thanks!
My pleasure. In case you're curious, they think that our outer ear is shaped the way it is in order to detect high-frequency, "rustling" noises from predators in tall grasses. So no worries if those frequencies disappear somewhat! Not a lot of lions to look out for these days (at least in the US, lol).
Rugby is the most common way
How long should you stop training for after having your ear drained?
Couple/few weeks
Can you wear those ear protection gear that wrestlers wear? Wondering if your school would allow that?
Of course.
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I got very mild cauliflower but i war a headgear to train. should I go see a doctor and/or lay off the mats while I get it fixed even if im wearing headgear? Thanks
If you’re getting them “fixed,” you definitely need to stay off the mats, even if you’re wearing a headgear.
@@KamaJiuJitsu can you get cauliflower ear from a street fight
Sahil Hussieni of course
How’s your ears coming??
anyone ever see that kimbo slice fight where he popped that dudes cauliflower ear open?!?! it was like a water baloon popping
Happened to a chick UFC fighter, as well!
Kama Jiu-Jitsu OUCH!!!
James Thompson
How about just wearing ear guards? Lol
Some do wear them.
lost me at stay off the mat...
I'll just deal with the cauliflower ears, at this point the trauma is minor and barely noticeable.
and, the chicks dig it.
Kama Jiu-Jitsu
Amen to that.
Do you have an email adress? I have a very important and long question I wanna ask you
KamaJiuJitsu@gmail.com
thank you!!
So basically BJJ is an all around expensive experience lol
What worth doing has no cost of any kind?
I want cauliflower ear ??
Man, I've been TRYING to get cauliflower ears for years. They would make me look like a badass.
You’re a stealth badass!
Ninja.
+isalehyan don't buy into that thought process. It's your hearing being damaged and it does get noticeable.
Bed Head Fitness I was totally kidding. Ryan knows I’m a college professor, not a cage fighter. Lol.
Not yet.
“Dont train” “you’ll be on antibiotics “
I think I’ll just deal.....
Some guys actually WANT to get cauliflower ears so they can look "bad ass." It seems to me that those guys are pretty insecure people.
First!
Professor ryan im bullyied in the blogs in spanish of my country and in some dojos of my team it dont happen on the dojo i train but every time we touch this theme they say that im wrong that those ears mean training and experience and knowledge and i say to them that if they had enough knowledge they should have some autocare and self love and take care of their health, sorry for the word but they simply call me a pussy and a faggot and i really get mad at that, my question is how can i talk with those people and win the argue ? Sorry my english isnt good enough to express me at a 100%
Don’t waste your time.
Anybody that is tough, has carried an ass whoopin..........I have been in several fights and know how to fight to the death even with a broken leg,collarbone, nose etc..... I will not brag about damage I have caused....only the damage I have taken........cheers ......
The reason the blood can't leave is because it is contaminated with calcium and other substances👍
So, the blood is contaminated by something that's already in the blood. That makes a lot of sense.