Is the gi making a come back at your 10th Planet school?

[10th Planet Riverside, Ca]

The other night I was getting ready to teach my class
when somebody said they were changing the schedule
around to accommodate the new gi-classes. One guy said he
had just bought a new gi for $130 and that was the
cheapest one. Another guy said, "Oh, gi training give
you that solid base~!" I could hardly believe my ears.
Had he not heard about Eddie Bravo and the gi vs no
gi controversy? It was like being in the Twilight Zone.
I felt like saying it's the grappling that makes gi-grapplers
good grapplers not the gi. But I couldn't bring myself
to burst their bubble. Would you tell a kid there is no Santa
Claus or Easter Bunny? They were also enthusiastically
eager and impassioned about training with the gi that I
didn't have the heart to tell them no, wait this is 10th
Planet the leading no-gi grappling school in the world. We
all know that gi grappling won't help your no-gi grappling. I had
trained for years with the gi and had had enough of it.
Had come to 10th Planet just so I wouldn't have to train with the gi.
But who knows maybe I'll show them a few gi jokes or chokes.
Maybe it's the novelty of training with the gi. Something different.
Certainly different at any 10th Planet school.

So do they have any gi classes at your 10th Planet school?
After all is said and done, Eddie Bravo is a gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
black belt.

[Enrique "Kiko"]

"Oh, gi training give
you that solid base~!" I could hardly believe my ears.
It was like being in the Twilight Zone.

If they believe that gi grappling training helps your no-gi grappling, maybe they'll also believe doing kung fu forms and karate katas also help their grappling. Case in point, this sweet "Spinning Monkey Arm Lock." Don't forget to kiyap/kiai/battle cry when applying the Spinning Monkey Arm Lock...or any submission for that matter, since we all know that doing so "focuses the chi flow."

[Charlemange August K.]

yea no one gave him a no-gi black belt so why would you guys go to his school....?

Comming from a UFC black belt here.

[Enrique "Kiko"]

Comming from a UFC black belt here.

Did you get your UFC black belt from Greg Gaggenwanker?

[10th Planet Riverside, Ca]

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[Jordan Gilmour]

I just wish I could only pay for 10th planet classes. doesn't feel right that I have to pay for japanese, brazilian and 10th planet when I only have interest in one style. I miss my old gym..lol

[sean applegate]

Training with the gi helps when u try to fight off FBI agents. I bet Neo wishes he woulda spent a lil more time in the gi. Woulda made being the one a lil easier

[Brian Morency]

Finally hit this to work on my phone. Yes the gi is coming back definitely for the winter.

[Sam Sales]

We recently stopped the Gi classes at the MMA gym i co-own and i can honestly say hand on heart, we have not had 1 single member ask when/if we are starting the gi classes back up again.
They will not be starting up again at my gym. :-)

[Matthias Sieber]

I put on the gi several weeks ago once and let me tell you this: No-Gi makes your Gi better!