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

[Ron Almeida]

here is the results of full time luta livre (no gi grapplers) who were invited to a no gi brazilian jiu jitsu tournament in brazil "gi vs no gi the saga continues"

[Eric Schuettenberg]

nice

[Jesse Bell]

Its happening at our gym as well. I call it the G word. And I'm sick of hearing it so much lately.

[Chris Herzog]

Just the opposite here. Today was offically the last Gi class at our Academy, as a sign of the times and the direction that are gym is taking, no one showed lol.

[10th Planet Riverside, Ca]

here is the results of full time luta livre (no gi grapplers) who were invited to a no gi brazilian jiu jitsu tournament in brazil "gi vs no gi the saga continues"

So the GI vs NO GI question has been answered and proven in Brazil against
the best Jiu Jitsu grapplers in the world, NO GI training is better for NO GI competition.

RFT black belt Marcelo Brigadeiro answers some questions about Luta Livre.

I took a seminar years ago with Marco Ruas and Pedro Rizzo that UFC ref and state
wrestling champion Larry Landless put on in Montebello, Calif. Then I took a class with them
at BHJJ Club. Ginki Sudo was in the class. Marco Ruas does Luta Livre que no?
He's a killer with the leglocks. Marco Ruas was way ahead of the times way back
when. His art has wrestling, grappling, leglocks, muay thai and all with no-gi. At the
Beverly Hills Jiu-Jitsu club they had Marco Ruas, Pedro Rizzo, Mark Kerr, Bass Rutten
and Marcus Venicius, Oleg T. all under the same roof.

[lates85]

Did you get your UFC black belt from Greg Gaggenwanker?

hahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nabil Salameh]

The only reason I can think of a 10th Planet school having a gi class is to have a bigger market in the business world, you do not only attract the no-gi grapplers but the gi-grapplers at the same time. Other than that I believe they are 2 different games. If you want to compete in the gi, train gi. If you want to compete in no-gi or mma train no-gi. Not rocket science to me

[Enrique "Kiko"]

The only reason I can think of a 10th Planet school having a gi class is to have a bigger market in the business world, you do not only attract the no-gi grapplers but the gi-grapplers at the same time. Other than that I believe they are 2 different games. If you want to compete in the gi, train gi. If you want to compete in no-gi or mma train no-gi. Not rocket science to me

I'm going to have to agree with you on that one good sir. Some people genuinely love the gi. If I ran a school that had both gi AND 10P classes, I don't see a problem with that SO LONG as people know that gi training makes you better in gi comps and that nogi is what makes you better in nogi and mma. I'd feel irresponsible as a coach/trainer/owner if people were mislead to think otherwise.

[bobby rivers]

I run a Hotbox which is all nogi, but all of us(-1) are members of a gym that requires 2 gi days a week. All non box members relish this day, because it is when the better guys can finally slow us down to isolate, trap, and bait. And there are some crafty bastards in there and no room for error once caught deep in someones game. You have to get out slow and methodically with proper form leverage and tech. I get compromised so much more often in a gi so I get alot of quality escape reps. Then when its nogi the same tech feels effortless. Like I was used to resistance that wasnt there. This is def were the gi has helped me. And I hate the gi.

For nogi its the offense and control. We are, generally, much tighter on every part of the setup and sub, cause the friction and grips just arent there. So when you get position in a gi, and you have all the grip anf friction you want plus your nogi instinct to squeeeeze. They aint gettin out.

Reluctantly, through my perspective, they actually do compliment each other. If I wasnt forced I wouldnt do it, but in reflection. I think it helped me.

Only bin doing gi bout 9 months.

[Tony "The Goods" Garcia]

Who the hell died and made Bobby the great thinker! Damn Bobby dropped some deep knowledge. I guess I'll follow with "What Bobby said." I couldn't explain better.