From No-Gi to Gi-need advice

[Nick Paul]

I've dropped in at a couple gi gyms and the black belt instructors were surprisingly open minded involving rubber guard and lockdown even though they've never tried it. An experienced grappler won't just dismiss something because it's not their style. Jiu Jitsu is one of those "the more I learn, the more I realize I don't know" deals

[Mike Nall]

I've dropped in at a couple gi gyms and the black belt instructors were surprisingly open minded involving rubber guard and lockdown even though they've never tried it. An experienced grappler won't just dismiss something because it's not their style. Jiu Jitsu is one of those "the more I learn, the more I realize I don't know" deals

yep. good post

[DavidBaut]

How's it going, bro?I live in San Angelo, Tx.about 3 1/2 hours away from you.I travel up to the Dallas area allot for totournaments.We have a decent group of guys who train on a regular basis.We aren't legit yet but working hard on getting recognized as a 10th planet.If you're ever in the area you're more than welcome to stop by and jump in for some rolling.

[ErikLavigne]

Craig, I absolutely agree. I am open to learning from anyone. I am very happy to be getting a different perspective with Gi-game. However, knowing that this guy knows more than me and is still practicing trying to belt up, I find it odd he would dismiss the halfguard game. I have seen it work, but then again, I am so foreign to the Gi-game that I thought maybe halfguard doesnt work. Glad you guys have been able to clear that up. I wont abandon what I know and I am excited to see what the Gi will teach me. The only thing I hate right now is my stamina for rolling is horrible, 10-15 minutes in I am spent and we typically roll 40-45 minutes. Only thing I can do is keep trying to hit those halfguard sweeps and prove consistency is the key.

[ErikLavigne]

Or, you could just remember to be a G in a Gi.



Sorry, couldn't help myself.

wth was that...smh

[ErikLavigne]

How's it going, bro?I live in San Angelo, Tx.about 3 1/2 hours away from you.I travel up to the Dallas area allot for totournaments.We have a decent group of guys who train on a regular basis.We aren't legit yet but working hard on getting recognized as a 10th planet.If you're ever in the area you're more than welcome to stop by and jump in for some rolling.

Just learned how to use the quote feature, lol. Thanks brother. Ive been finding that people are pretty close. Gainsville seems to be the closest one. If I get in some tournaments or something in your area, I will for sure stop by. I just got back on 10THP website so I have been going ape shit watching all the new stuff. When I got out, Prison guard was a new concept and Denny I think was going to put on a seminar at our gym with it. But I got stationed in Michigan and missed out on the seminar Ive been trying to find some instructionals on that, like a warm up drill because I get in that position quite a bit. Very pumped to be back in, probably watching a bit too much overloading my brain.

[Orion]

To the Op. My current school does legitimately Zero no gi at the moment. I have never trained at 10th Planet(just fyi though I'd like too) I wish we had some no gi going on but I'm just glad that I can do BJJ. To me it's not a mater of Gi or No Gi its just BJJ and I'll train how ever I can. Gi Training even if you hate it beats not training at all.

[ErikLavigne]

To the Op. My current school does legitimately Zero no gi at the moment. I have never trained at 10th Planet(just fyi though I'd like too) I wish we had some no gi going on but I'm just glad that I can do BJJ. To me it's not a mater of Gi or No Gi its just BJJ and I'll train how ever I can. Gi Training even if you hate it beats not training at all.

Took me a while to realize this as well. Glad I finally broke down and got back in. Having a great time

[Arman Fathi]

Initially, I subscribed to the theory that 'any jiu jitsu is good jiu jitsu.' This still holds mainly true. It doesn't matter where you acquire that mat time, so much as you get it. Gi, no gi, a lot of it is identical in regards to the body movements and reflexes. The whole gripping thing is blown way out of proportion. If you're an expert grappler, gi or no gi, you'll have the natural propensity and knowledge to understand where you'd need to make modifications when necessary if you're practicing the other art. Doing gi will not make you worse at no gi. It will undoubtedly make you a stronger grappler, and more wise to concepts such as base, elbow positioning, leverage, and certain submissions that cross the barriers.

Now to say that every instructor will be who you'd ultimately want to align with is another story entirely. I've trained with instructors that I'm not particularly fond of, knowing that it's not a long term thing and understanding that they may still possibly have some knowledge to offer. But gone are the days where there's no other source of knowledge than your instructor. Like you said, you're using this website to get by. Seeing techniques over and over and over and executing them over and over and over is more important than being comfortable in your garb, in my humble opinion. It's making those on-the-fly adjustments that require the reflexes of an experienced practitioner. If I may say with respect; Eddie received his black belt from a hardcore gi practitioner and even himself trained 11 years in the gi, where he undoubtedly developed a lot of the reflexes he utilizes today. So if I were left with the choice to either not grapple or to train mainly gi, I'd choose gi 100% of the time. Not because it's better or worse in anyway than no-gi, but because at least I'm learning the art of jiu jitsu.

[Arman Fathi]

During the summer they go no-gi so I am looking forward to that.

Who waits til the summer to go no-gi? Lame