Defense Soap

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)

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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

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

Bar Soap

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

Critical reception

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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

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