Defense_Soap

Defense Soap

Defense Soap

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Defense Soap is a company that markets and sells soap, barrier cream, equipment cleaners, sanitary wipes, and essential oils intended to address grappling specific cleanliness issues.[1]

Defense Soap (Product)

Defense Soap is a brand of soap (available in both bar and shower gel forms) created by Guy Sako to prevent outbreaks of skin infection on his wrestling team.[2] Since then the soap has been marketed to wrestlers, Judoka, Jiu-Jitsu practitioners, and Mixed Martial Artists.[3] Both the bar and shower gel versions of this soap are made with tea tree oil and eucalyptus extract, and are triclosan free.[4] The manufacturers claim that Defense soap is effective in preventing MRSA, Staph, Impetigo, Ringworm, and Herpes. Defense Soap has been accepted as the official soap of USA Judo.[5][6]

Barrier Foam

Defense barrier foam is a type of barrier cream containing lanolin, aloe vera, jojoba oil, wheat germ extract, and vitamin E.[7]

Bar Soap

Defense soap carries several varieties of bar soap, including original, peppermint, oatmeal, and medicated.[8] Their medicated soap is antifungal.[9]

Critical reception

Valerie Worthington of Breaking Muscle tested the shower gel version of Defense Soap and stated that, for people who train in close-quarters combat, it is "great option for keeping them active and skin condition-free".[10]

References

  1. [1]
    "Shop".
  2. [2]
    Jake McGee (2007-10-17). "Interview With Budovideos". Defensesoap.com. Archived from the original on 2011-11-06. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  3. [3]
    Brendan I. Koerner (August 19, 2007). "A Soap That Goes to the Mat". The New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
  4. [4]
    "Active Ingredients". Defensesoap.com. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  5. [5]
    "USA Judo clean up with Defence Soap sponsorship". SportsPro Media. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  6. [6]
    "Defense Soap | USA Judo". Judo.teamusa.org. Archived from the original on June 14, 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
  7. [7]
    "Defense Soap Barrier Foam—Triclosan Free". www.defensesoap.com. Archived from the original on 2010-10-15.
  8. [8]
    "Bar Soap - Shop". shop.defensesoap.com. Archived from the original on 2019-01-28. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  9. [9]
    "Antifungal medicated bar soap". shop.defensesoap.com. Archived from the original on 2019-06-05. Retrieved 2019-06-05.
  10. [10]
    Worthington, Valerie. "Defense Soap Shower Gel - The Combat Athlete's Soap". Breaking Muscle. Retrieved November 17, 2011.

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