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