Josh on stage in the Resurge rashguard, with GUARD and STRIKE
★★★★★4.88 from 43 reviews •1,000+ athletes

Play rough. Stay clean.

Skin hygiene for people who train. A 30-second routine for the gap between your last roll and your shower.

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Our mission

Skin isn’t vanity. It’s gear. We’re here to help people who train stay on the mats, and come home clean.

Most of what athletes put on their skin works against them. Harsh antibacterial washes and cheap tea-tree bars strip the skin’s acid mantle, the thin, slightly acidic film that is your first line of defence.

GUARD and STRIKE with totara wood, lemon myrtle, bergamot, pomegranate, thyme, aloe vera and dragon's blood resin

Biology fixes biology.

So we went the other way. Plant-derived bioactives chosen from published research, in a formula that’s light, quick-drying and works with your skin’s barrier, not against it.

No filler. No gimmicks. Made in Melbourne with a specialist chemist. A routine you’ll actually keep, because it takes 30 seconds and lives in your bag.

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Why it exists

There’s always a gap.

Whenever you train, the last roll ends and your skin is still warm, sweaty and scraped. The shower is always “soon”. Resurge is the routine for that gap.

Grappler leaving the gym at sunrise with a work shirt
6:00amBefore work
  1. Hard rounds before the day starts
  2. Quick rinse, or none. Straight into work clothes
  3. Commute, desk, meetings
Grappler back at his desk after a lunchtime class
12:00pmLunchtime class
  1. 45 minutes on the mat
  2. Back at your desk 20 minutes later
  3. Sweat drying on scraped forearms
Grappler arriving home as his child runs to hug him
6:00pmAfter work
  1. Drilling, then hard rounds
  2. Car, dinner, bath time with the kids
  3. Finally, the shower

Showering and washing your gear still matter. Resurge covers the time around them.

Real athletes. Real routines.

In the bag, every session.

GUARD before. GUARD after. STRIKE where it counts.

JakePost-roll ritual: GUARD before he leaves the gym
KaanMat-side: STRIKE on the friction spots
JakeWhy it lives in his gym bag
Brad McDonnell, Resurge founder, on the mats

Our story

Hey, I’m Brad.

BJJ brown belt out of Lemos Jiu-Jitsu, Brisbane. The bloke who lost 8–10 weeks off the mats to ringworm and a staph infection.

Like most grapplers, I thought hygiene was covered. Then I spent those weeks on the couch watching my training partners progress without me.

Tea-tree soap, antibacterial body wash, showering at the gym, “just toughing it out”. None of it was a routine for the gap. So I built one with a specialist chemist in Melbourne.

GUARD and STRIKE are in my own bag every session. Play rough. Stay clean.

The routine

Thirty seconds. Four steps.

01GUARD being misted onto a forearm
Before training

GUARD

Mist over anywhere that meets the mat or a partner.

02
Before you leave the gym

GUARD again

The step that covers the gap.

03Showering in the gym change room after training
As soon as you can

Shower

Still non-negotiable.

04
After the shower

STRIKE

A small amount on cleaned mat burn and scrapes.

What’s inside

Research-backed actives, chosen from 64 studies.

Totarol, nisin, thymol, lemon myrtle, bergamot, shikonin, dragon’s blood, aloe vera, pomegranate, jojoba, pracaxi and wheatgerm.

GUARD spray key actives: shikonin, totarol, nisin, thymol and pracaxi oil
GUARD · Daily spray100ml
STRIKE gel key actives: shikonin, dragon's blood resin, nisin and thymol
STRIKE · Targeted gel30ml

See the research behind every ingredient →

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Start the routine.

Most people start with the Combat Kit: the full routine in one box, $39.95 less than buying both.

Save $39.95Resurge Combat Kit: GUARD daily skin hygiene spray 100ml and STRIKE targeted skin hygiene gel 30ml on a stone plinth

Combat Kit

GUARD + STRIKE. The full 30-second routine.

$99.95$139.90
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Resurge GUARD daily skin hygiene spray 100ml on a stone plinth

GUARD

Daily skin hygiene spray, 100ml. Before and after every session.

$69.95
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Resurge STRIKE targeted skin hygiene gel 30ml on a stone plinth

STRIKE

Targeted skin hygiene gel, 30ml. For cleaned mat burn and scrapes.

$69.95
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Proof

Here’s what the room is saying.

★★★★★ 4.88 out of 5 from 43 reviews on Judge.me

★★★★★No more missing mat time, especially with how expensive most BJJ gyms are - this is non negotiable. For my kids too. Great product and it works.
Ryan PoteVerified buyer · GUARD · Jul 2026
★★★★★The bottle is nice and compact and fits in my bag without taking up too much space. The spray has a nice clean natural scent to it. It is quick and easy to apply all over and dries fast, leaving no residue. High recommend.
BillyVerified buyer · GUARD · Mar 2026
★★★★★Adding anything to your routine to aid in hygiene is worthwhile. The ease and simplicity of GUARD makes this a great option. No greasy residue and no overpowering smell. Highly recommend
S. R.Verified buyer · GUARD · Aug 2025

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Straight talk

What Resurge is. And what it isn’t.

It is

  • A daily skin hygiene routine for people who train
  • Built on plant-derived, research-backed ingredients
  • Designed to support the skin barrier, not strip it
  • The habit that covers the gap between the last roll and the shower

It isn’t

  • A medicine, or a treatment for any infection
  • A replacement for showering, washing your gear or seeing a doctor
  • Permission to train on a suspicious spot
  • A force field

Your next session is coming

Most athletes react. The best build a routine.

The Combat Kit: GUARD + STRIKE, $99.95. No subscription.

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Resurge GUARD and STRIKE are cosmetic skin hygiene products. They are not medicines and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or infection. Ingredient research refers to individual ingredients, not the finished formulas. Reviews are real customer reviews collected through Judge.me; individual results vary.