
Originally Posted by
Eddie Bravo
Stick with the pants Manny, way better trapping ability. You will get used to breaking their grips. If someone grabs your clothes the grab theirs. Makes no senses that it's ok to grab pants but not shorts. Either you can grab clothes or not

There has been a trend to punish gi pants in nogi comp lately. I've seen rule sets that allow the grabbing of your opponents gi pants but not shorts. Not even your own, like when defending a kimura. It made no sense to me either, but its hard to see it as anything but a disadvantage under those rules.