Gi players taking 5 minutes to tie their belt, before they continue matches.

[Gray]

As long as the belt's tied its game IME. I've started wearing odd colored gis to compete in GQ and NAGA, because then you don't have to wear the comp belt. I mean, the "traditionalists" get all upset for whatever reason that your gi is green/gray/purple/whatever and supposedly it puts a bullseye on you. (but your opponent is already there to submit you, so not much of a bullseye)

[Ryan fortiN]

lmao, thats why I made this!! bwahahaha Cobrinha was waiting for the guy to tie his belt!! lmfao!!
I would say 95% of the time, the guy takes extra long is cause he wants to rethink his game, or get some energy back. This should be heavily penalized

and yeah... whats with two belts??? total disadvantage for one guy, it just adds to grips! lol

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[Chris Garry]

I'm here all week haha

[Slick Rick]

Thanks for all the responses guys. lots of hilariousness, butt in all seriousness, it's for real. Funny ass pic Ryan!
Hey guys here's a solution to this madness. Someone needs to come up with a gi that can't be opened, and the belt can't be undone. It shares all the physical characteristics of the gi and belts(lapels etc) but it's one solid piece.
There will be no untying belts or opening jackets... It'll be impossible.

Or, option 2:
In chess, each person is given an even amount of time to make all their moves or checkmate their opponent.
Lets say at most, in jits, you're given 1 minute to tie belts, for the entire match. Should you choose to tie your belt, the clock is ticking. If you go over you lose.

[bobby rivers]

Rick nailed it. And the girls have to do gi and their hair.

I'm with the untieable belt. If the jacket comes out fuckit and keep rollin. One of my favorite parts of gi is loopin the jacket around limbs for traps.

[Kyle Spalla]

I think IBJJF is starting to go the judo route and make one person where a blue gi and the other white to keep people from wearing that 2nd belt.

Second belt: Dumbest shit ever IMO, even in Judo tournaments we used a red cord which they double knotted so it wouldn't come undone, this was if someone was not already wearing a blue Gi. But at State and national level Judo it's required to have both colors.

[Paul Hughes]

a blue and a white gi should be mandatory in my opinion, wearing two belts is ridiculous.

[Aaron Gustaveson]

At Metamoris they tied everyone's belt knot so they wouldn't come undone.

are you fucking with us?

[Kyle Spalla]

Come to think of it, they did adjust there Gi's but I never saw them have tie a belt.

[rickdawson]

Rick Dawson, thanks for the reply. I understand they get tired. I wont argue with that. At that point you'd expect 2 5 minute rounds and no time to tie gis. I'm more concerned w the momentum shifts and the strategizing that happens in that amount of time. It's enough time to change the outcome of a match. That's awesome they are taking points away now, but even if I had 20 seconds of free time, ill quickly assess what I'm in, and plan my escape or counter, all while taking a small breather.

I can fully see where you are coming from on that angle Rick, personally... I like to think that I take the "Gentleman's Approach" to such things, however I can definitely see someone using it as a plan to think of a way out of a bad spot... especially at the higher levels.