Some of my rolling partners complained that the ear-guard was too harsh on their ears. Also, when rolling, the top section can fall forward over your eyes. I was on the bottom of a mount defending against a cross collar choke when the top section fell across my eyes and started pressuring my eyeballs... I was basically Oberyn Martell getting my eyeballs squeezed by Gregor "the Mountain" Clegan... thank goodness for the tap out. Still got bruised up like crazy, and now I sit in the office looking like a red-raccoon fool... I had this ear guard during my high school wrestling days and it was fine. However, BJJ gi fabric can cause the ear-guard to move around. No-gi usage might be worthwhile, but would not recommend gi...