Renato, About Your Gi ....

[Richard Tran]

I can tell you one thing...Guys that used to training in GI play jj very "tight". I mean they are used to maintaining a very tight grip while going from one transition to another. Maybe it's even better to start your bjj with gi...just to have the feel of it...the feel of "tightness" of the game, the feel of good control over your opponent. Then you can move to no-gi and your game will only get better. I started with no-gi but it was damn hard for me at first, i had to learn to balance on my opponent which was hell of a lot harder than if i'd put my gi on. But despite all this bullcrap i can easily throw rubber guard on my opponents with or without gi. I'v heard Eddie say that gi developes bad habits like pulling by the collar while having your opponent in your guard but that's where your open-mindness comes into play. I would wear a freaking gi just to make it easier for my opponent to choke me, just to be more aware but i wouldn't use the advantages of my gi (except keeping my sweat of my face and stuff). My point is that gi means more control, more awareness. Gi doesn't make your game worse, but you have to be able to do just as well without the darn jacket.
P.S. Rickson trained without gi from time to time and don't tell me he doesn't know jiu-jitsu.

If I had only one year to get good at Gi or No Gi for a no gi tourney, I would totally invest it in no gi training. No point of pulling on things in training when its not there later. When I train, my clinch gets stronger everytime I do it. The collar chokes are not going to be there in competition, Ill invest time in some other submission defense. Its up to the athlete to train the way he does. If he is drilling without proper clinch work, we will see it in competition. Maybe its the friction of the Gi that gives you control, but what if its not their? Maybe we can turn to physics or science for the answer. As far as sweat factor, yes its there. Accept the battlefield you are in and prepare ahead, maybe some 10th planet? I think tradition is a huge factor. What could happen in an alternate jiu jitsu universe? Both are beautiful, but I see them as two different sports. I don't see it so much as Art vs Art, but who has the most effective training method in that area? A different philosophy has came to the surface back in '03. It's now 2010, I'll just let time tell, not just in Jiu Jistu but also in MMA.

[Josh Smith]

Can we see Renato versus Eddie on MTS?

Yes, That would definately make me a believer!!! Someone needs to PM Jason Eisner!!!

[AJ Camacho]

Mistuyo Maeda didn't need a gi

[Stephan Pepin]

"I do it all for jiu jistu Brazil jiu jitsu".

[Jay Chow]

this is for sure a prank his accent is not real!!! his enlish is perfect. I wonder what belt he has in the 10th planet system im guessing purple lol.

So a guy who can speak fluent in another language means he must be that nationality?

And no, he's a black belt, therefore he is a brown belt in 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu under Eddie's rules!

[Manita]

I've got no doubt that Renato is a master on the mat. And I respect the fact that he defends his passion to fight with Gi, but why does he have to comment on everything Eddie says in the MTS series?!
I think it's rude and unrespectfull towards Eddie. I get angry by just watching it, so my compliments to Eddie that he can stay polite and respectfull to Renato eventhough he doesn't get it in return.

[Travis Reichert]

No one should complain about jujitsu ju-jitsu jiu-jitsu or any other type of grappling because the basis is all the same to subdue your opponent without excessive force. All jiu-jitsu started from Japan with the Gi, but all submissions go back to acient Greeks and Romans so Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu isn't necessarily better than 10thppj or Japanese jujitsu its all the art of grappling and submissions with variations, people should just be accepting of all like Heidi said we all come from the same lineage when it comes to grappling whether you are from Brazil, America, Japan, Asia, Greece ect...

[Jeremy Dooley]

ive trained and hung out with rhasaan a bunch of times at HQ and when he came here (melbourne) for a seminar. Im sure he'd find the comparisons made on this thread hilarious.

[Hector Ramos]

Who gives a shit !! Just goddamn watch MTS, if you do not like it don't fucking watch it. Simple as that

[Josh Smith]

I never thought there would be nine pages of this shit!!! That's fucking hilarious!!!