Need advice on where to train

For the past 6 months or so I've been training at a Roberto Traven affiliated school. When I started there the instructor said he was fine with me going nogi everyday. Last week however he told me that I have to get a gi if I want to continue training there. After that I decided to go check out another school in the area. The other school is more of an mma place, but they do some nogi jiu jitsu. I went to one class and found out that they only do jiu jitsu 2 nights per week, the rest of the time its striking or wrestling. Now striking is cool and all, but I'd really like to have 4 or 5 nights of jiu jitsu.

My question is; should I switch to the other school and do less jiu jitsu? Or should I just start wearing a gi?

My gym is 50% gi, 50% no gi. I do both, but I make sure to play very similar in both. This way my overall jiu jitsu is helped while not limiting me to a style which is not transferable, depending on the gear used. Also, most jj places down here (and there's a lot) only do one night of nogi per week. So three sessions of nogi per week is a steal round here.

Some jiu jitsu is better than no jiu jitsu ;)

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Originally Posted by Jeremiah Macy

For the past 6 months or so I've been training at a Roberto Traven affiliated school. When I started there the instructor said he was fine with me going nogi everyday. Last week however he told me that I have to get a gi if I want to continue training there. After that I decided to go check out another school in the area. The other school is more of an mma place, but they do some nogi jiu jitsu. I went to one class and found out that they only do jiu jitsu 2 nights per week, the rest of the time its striking or wrestling. Now striking is cool and all, but I'd really like to have 4 or 5 nights of jiu jitsu.

My question is; should I switch to the other school and do less jiu jitsu? Or should I just start wearing a gi?

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Gi does make your NoGI game better....

No but seriouslly, I would either just suck it up and train in the gi due to there being no other option, Or maybe talk with that MMA gym and maybe setup a hotbox and create your own No Gi class there so then you could do it more than 2x week.
Thats how i started up, we where training at of a spare bedroom (Shawn Kilpatrick and I) and we found this little MMA gym here in GP, they only taught GI, which was a joke, so id hit the open mat and just work on 10P stuff. Spoke with the owner and started teaching No Gi, got my hotbox going then the rest was history.
In the end tho its really up to you and how you feel, people shit on blue belts working toward affliations and hotboxs but honestly if you put in the work you can Change you life for the better. My life dope :) Hope this helps a little?

Reason why i bring up the hotbox idea is because you seemed like you where thinking of doing one in SC awhile back :)

I'm also in favor of you bringing 10P to SC.

One of my blue belts just moved about 35 mins from you. Get up with him and get some mat time in. If you want to start a hotbox, he's the guy you need to get in touch with first. You guys, working together, could do some big things. His name is chas trantham. Look him up.

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Originally Posted by sean applegate

One of my blue belts just moved about 35 mins from you. Get up with him and get some mat time in. If you want to start a hotbox, he's the guy you need to get in touch with first. You guys, working together, could do some big things. His name is chas trantham. Look him up.

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Powerful :D

Does your goal set involve MMA at all?

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Originally Posted by Andrew Alexander

Reason why i bring up the hotbox idea is because you seemed like you where thinking of doing one in SC awhile back :)

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I'm working on a hotbox. Gotta get my 10 wins on video and I need a new sponsor instructor due to Gerald Strebendt's current predicament. I'm talking to Chas Trantham on Facebook right now to figure out when we can get together.
Biggest thing right now is the 10 wins on video. I have 3 right now, and I don't have a lot of money for entering tournaments, but I'm trying to make it whenever I can.

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Originally Posted by Brandon Mccaghren

Does your goal set involve MMA at all?

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I've thought that maybe I'll do mma eventually, but right now I'm really just focused on jiu jitsu. Also, the school I've been going to has an mma program, but its small and its not their main focus.

If you do something with chas, I will sponsor you guys. Chas is already ranked under me. I already plan on making trips up to train with him anyway.

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Originally Posted by sean applegate

If you do something with chas, I will sponsor you guys. Chas is already ranked under me. I already plan on making trips up to train with him anyway.

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Awesome! Thanks Sean. One less thing I have to worry about

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Originally Posted by Jeremiah Macy

Awesome! Thanks Sean. One less thing I have to worry about

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Beautiful Jeremiah, I def. understand money issues, but keep positive and keep grinding. Hard work pays off and you have full support from the team! Sean is awesome def. meet up and soak up knowledge. :)

I'd still train at the better bjj school, even if it's more heavily gi based. You can work on all of your no gi grips and 10thpjj techniques during live sparring. Just focus on not using the gi for your grips. It'll make it harder for you compared to your opponents, but I think that's what Marcelo Garcia ended up doing even when he's in the gi. If I roll 6 rounds, I'll usually try to do 4 rounds where I just use no gi grips. You'll still have to break their grips, obviously and the game will be a little slower.