nogi...no evidence so far!

[George Katechis]

*ape

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[Mike Nall]

My personal opinion is.... Jiu-Jitsu makes your Jiu-Jitsu better. who cares if you're wearing pajamas or a loincloth. you can hate on either "omg gi is just 2 dudes stuck in 50/50 BOOOORRRIIIINNGGG" or "omg nogi is gay, everyone sweats and slips out of everything, no subs BOOOORRRIIIINNGGG." but there are amazing matches in both. basically, I'm saying if you have good jiu-jitsu it will translate well no matter what cloths you're wearing.

Great post.

[David Rosado]

The balance of Gi to No-gi training may be true in the microcosm you live in, however around here everyone trains in the gi with very little to no No-gi training, and this isn't only true in my area. I have people from out of town stop in to train everyweek. The results and excuses are the same white belt to black belt when they get tapped out "I'm not used to training and rolling without the gi, it's so different". I see whites tapping out purples and blues tapping out blacks on a regular and this
is at the grass roots level, it will filter through to the top of the pyramid with time.

True point.

[Sergio Lozoya]

I totally feel lost in No Gi. I am still breaking habits that I have in Gi (grips). I reach for collars and grab belts, its terrible haha. But I am incorporating more No Gi into my life and am slowly adjusting.

[Gray]

I am too lazy to quote.

Sean, 10PJJ isn't the oldest nogi jiujitsu. If you don't count Luta Livre, you have Brennan's system and Walt Bayless' Combat Jiujitsu. Bayless' predates UFC 1.

kevin, yeah when you first move over you struggle with spider guard.. However all guard styles you learn nogi apply in the gi and on the flip of the coin, someone who is dependent upon spider is going to have far less of a skillset in nogi. Do you remember what happened to Lovato/Rodolfo at AD Pro Worlds? In the gi, it was a Rodolfo show. However, once it went nogi Rodolfo was completely out of his element and outclassed.