tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761874952364298587.post748039741865398885..comments2023-10-19T04:16:06.822-07:00Comments on Survive, Emerge...Flourish: To Gi or Not To Gi....Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761874952364298587.post-26151146761571318422007-12-16T09:33:00.000-08:002007-12-16T09:33:00.000-08:00Why limit yourself to one sport, do both, it's fun...Why limit yourself to one sport, do both, it's fun.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761874952364298587.post-22130715335006091222007-02-13T21:20:00.000-08:002007-02-13T21:20:00.000-08:00When I pick fights in the parking lot at SAMS club...When I pick fights in the parking lot at SAMS club, I alternate between wearing a gi top and wearing just board shorts, just so I'm sharp at both gi and no gi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761874952364298587.post-43304630043212231882007-02-08T11:19:00.000-08:002007-02-08T11:19:00.000-08:00The biggest difference is laundry. I'm so happy to...The biggest difference is laundry. I'm so happy to be exclusively training no-gi right now. I can do laundry without worrying about having to hang 2 gis.<BR/><BR/>If you want reality, wear short or gi-pants and a t-shirt. Allow grabbing on everything and digging nails into your arm. That's what you're going to deal with.<BR/><BR/>Train both. It's better to train and suck at both then to only train one and suck at both. At least you'll know you're sucking.Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02643081488667482801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761874952364298587.post-87650889925102803322007-02-07T14:36:00.000-08:002007-02-07T14:36:00.000-08:00I'm a big fan of "reality based" or "reality aimed...I'm a big fan of "reality based" or "reality aimed" martial arts, so my original take on gi vs. no gi is that gi is more realistic since jackets, shirts, and pants are common in America.<br /><br />HOWEVER as I've been rolling with better and better no-gi and gi players, I'm finding out that the rolling styles really are quite different. Stuff that is easy (well it's never easy, but at least feasible) to pull off in no-gi really bogs down when you try to do it with a gi on, when your partner is sticking tighter than a tick to you (by gripping gi panels etc.). <br /><br />Some of those gi-grips border on being ferociously difficult to break, and you can't do anything until you break their darn grip, so you end up fighting over grips which is awfully boring.<br /><br />And it's not just the sleeve ends and collar grips, it's the way a gi player can grab fabric on your back, on your leg, on your skirt, to foil you in the middle of turning in a preferred direction. The gi creates a lot of friction as it is, but adding in "tick grips" really takes a lot of the fun out of rolling (fortunately fellow newbies haven't learned that insidious "art" yet).<br /><br />Conversely, there's a lot more grabbing in no-gi than some people think. It's pretty surprising how much mileage you can get out of over and under hooks, out of wrist grabs and biceps cupping etc. It's just that you are seldom stuck in one boring position for too long and can move on.<br /><br />I think Eddie has the right (tricky) approach. Wear gi pants so things aren't too darn slippery. I don't like Bare Naked No-Gi (shorts and short sleeve rash guard) which leads to "greasy" rolling. Ugh. I don't like the attack of the ticks in gi. Like the three bears, I like something in the middle.<br /><br />We need to let people roll in a gi, but at the same time prohibit clothing grips and "undressing" the skirt etc. I'd like to keep collar chokes, that's the old junior high school judoka in me. A real hybrid game would make things fun.<br /><br />:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761874952364298587.post-35073304595575200502007-02-06T07:51:00.000-08:002007-02-06T07:51:00.000-08:00Thank you so much for posting this. I had my firs...Thank you so much for posting this. I had my first no-gi experience last week and I was so disheartened with how difficult it was, but that is because I was trying to put a gi mentality on it. I have to understand their similarities and their differences and treat each one individually.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13708357977596521029noreply@blogger.com