Rolled in a Gi for the first time tonight...

[stlnl]

Fuckin sucked. Went to a school one of my buddies goes to. They handed me a Gi, and not to be disrespectful, I put it on. Only got tapped once, and the dude was 100 lbs more than me. I even landed a Japanese Necktie on one guy, but he had only been training for like a month. The Gi is heavy and hot. It is also way thicker than any clothing the average american would wear, other than a jacket....

If you only got tapped once, and never wear a gi, you are either very, very good, or it was a group of guys who are pretty new. This isnt a knock, but that damn collar is a liability, and guys who train a good bit with a gi (purple and above) know alot of ways to make you pay for letting them get a hold of it.

That said, I train with both, probably alot more no gi (5 or so times/week no gi, 2-3 a week with a gi) overall (used to hardly wear it at all) and the guy who said With it, offense goes up, defense goes down and without it vice versa, is dead on. I see value in training with it, and without. Also, keep in mind, every T shirt is a gi......for one choke.

[Brandon Jeffries]

Yeah the guy got me with that damned collar choke haha. I was watching guys before I rolled and noticed they go for the sleeve or the collar. You are right, as soon as they get a hand on the collar, its time to play defense.

[AJ Camacho]

Speaking of which, why are neck cranks banned in BJJ yet whenever you get collar choked with your chin down, you are going to get cranked to hell and nobody cares?

[Sean Marshall]

during my little 6 years of grappling ive never grappled in a gi. Ive only grappled against someone else with a gi on. they almost always try to use their gi on me a little bit when they get into trouble.i wont mind being a gi virgin so much if i can get a 10th planet belt some time soon.

[Cookie Monster]

i think theres a lot you can learn by training in the gi

i prefer nogi, i like it way better
:-d

[Xsimon]

I train jujitsu for sport so I have no issue with the gi as its one aspect of the sport.. prefer no-gi but I'd compete in both if possible etc..

[Budo_Jake]

A while back I asked black belt Sergio Moraes which he liked best mma, gi, or nogi. He replied:

I don't care man. Its all fighting to me.

I like that attitude.
I think the most important thing is consistency.
It's easier to be consistent if you like the guys you're training with. If that happens to be a nogi group that's fine. If there no nogi classes where you live then go train gi. Just as long as you're training at least twice a week.

[bobby rivers]

The only time I put on a gi is for tourneys.