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Gi or Nogi?
6 year(s) ago • 641 views • 33 replies
JPBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Are you more of a gi or more of a Nogi person?
HSBrown beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
Nogi personally. I wrestled in high school and wanted something like that to get back in shape with. Blackflag does Catch Wrestling, Nogi, and Gi. I dont gi yet.
I found them because of the catch aspect.
I found them because of the catch aspect.
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DRBlack belt 3rd degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Have been trying to become proficient in the leg game used by the DDS, so no-gi these days.
TPBlack beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
Gi almost 90% for my personal training, but that is mostly due to our academy's schedule and how it fits to mine. I teach beginners twice a week NoGi though, but seldom get reasonable sparring in during those classes. I prefer guards that can be used in both, such as X/SLX/deep half. Always happy to take off the jacket is somebody asks for it, or for some rounds at open mats, but my NoGi game is definitely behind my Gi stuff.
I have a gap in my knowledge regarding the modern heelhook-centric leglock exchanges, something I plan to fix a bit this year...
I have a gap in my knowledge regarding the modern heelhook-centric leglock exchanges, something I plan to fix a bit this year...
SZBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
I personally prefer gi, but lately no-go has allowed me to train more while I've been nursing a shoulder injury.
JMBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
I honestly must say that I like both, however am behind on the leglock meta and want to correct that come May.
JPBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
For me personally, I love the gi but I feel I do better in Nogi. Despite spending more time in the gi coming up through the ranks, I've always don't better in Nogi competitions.
JPBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Have been trying to become proficient in the leg game used by the DDS, so no-gi these days.
Not a bad thing to become proficient at.
JPBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
I prefer guards that can be used in both, such as X/SLX/deep half.
That's my kind of game! =) I like games that can be done in both gi and nogi.
JPBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
I honestly must say that I like both, however am behind on the leglock meta and want to correct that come May.
It's a fun learning process! =)
JBBrown beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
Gi for me! Mainly because I train more in the gi, and have recently become slightly obsessed with squid- and worm-guard... Really happy that I always get some no-gi in every week as well though!
AMBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
"Yes" would be my answer to that question. lol
These days I'm doing more nogi than gi. A couple years ago I came to realize that I was too reliant on the gi for certain things. I wanted to make sure my game didn't fall apart if my training partner and I took our gi tops off.
The funny thing is that when I do gi now, I tend to use nogi grips.
I think they compliment each other.
These days I'm doing more nogi than gi. A couple years ago I came to realize that I was too reliant on the gi for certain things. I wanted to make sure my game didn't fall apart if my training partner and I took our gi tops off.
The funny thing is that when I do gi now, I tend to use nogi grips.
I think they compliment each other.
JPBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
'Yes' would be my answer to that question. lol These days I'm doing more nogi than gi. A couple years ago I came to realize that I was too reliant on the gi for certain things. I wanted to make sure my game didn't fall apart if my training partner and I took our gi tops off. The funny thing is that when I do gi now, I tend to use nogi grips. I think they compliment each other.
I do the same thing! LOL
RDBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
'Yes' would be my answer to that question. lol These days I'm doing more nogi than gi. A couple years ago I came to realize that I was too reliant on the gi for certain things. I wanted to make sure my game didn't fall apart if my training partner and I took our gi tops off. The funny thing is that when I do gi now, I tend to use nogi grips. I think they compliment each other.
I run more gi classes than no gi but if I am going to be honest I enjoy no gi more.
Less finger problems
Less finger problems
ANBrown beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
I like No Gi more, less Gear need to bring to Workplace, less laundry :) Still enjoy Gi game, but if I have to choose, No Gi all the way
RDBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
I like No Gi more, less Gear need to bring to Workplace, less laundry :) Still enjoy Gi game, but if I have to choose, No Gi all the way
I never even considered the laundry thing. Another good reason to do no gi! :-)
ANBrown beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
I never even considered the laundry thing. Another good reason to do no gi! :-)
Oh, I need to do laundry for me and my wife, we both train BJJ after work so ... :)
RDBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Oh, I need to do laundry for me and my wife, we both train BJJ after work so ... :)
Lol!
MMBrown beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
I prefer nogi to gi. I just like it more. I think its important to train both however, because they mirror each other. they are yin and yang. its easier to control people with the gi, because you have grips and it also gives you more submission options but it forces you to do escapes 100% correctly or you don't get out. whereas nogi tends to be faster paced and easier to escape positions, but it forces you to do submissions 100% correctly or you don't get them. even tho nogi is faster paced I find myself getting tired quicker with the gi. probably all the pulling. I only trained nogi for awhile during purple belt, it was one of the reasons I stayed purple for so long.
GJBlack belt 1st degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
I love the gi. It’s like a big overflowing toy box.
RDBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
CTBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
No Gi as you have to be way more technically proficient to control and submit someone...
RDBlack belt 4th degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
No Gi as you have to be way more technically proficient to control and submit someone...
I agree 100%
AKPurple beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
That's my kind of game! =) I like games that can be done in both gi and nogi.
That's my logic too, as a white belt it seems really inefficient to learn different techniques for both. The wrist, fingers, neck and feet will always be there - the Gi won't be. At the moment I do compete in both, i actually have a pretty similar win rate in both, despite the fact that i don't really use the Gi. I may eventually have to specialise and maybe my luck runs out as my future competitors get better at using the Gi, but that's a problem for future Alex
CBBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
The Gi, absolutely. No Gi is fine, but I find all the slippery scrambling to be boring. I like all the technical options the gi provides...that being said, I'll roll with whatever's happening on the mat that day, haha.
ANBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
both
but if i had to choose then gi because you can do more shit in gi cause of the gi lol. and you still can do the nogi stuff too...
but that only counts if we are talking about pure submission rolling no points n shit, if we are talkig about competitions ibjjf adcc ebi and all that then of course i would prefer nogi...
still waiting for a Gi sub only no points no time movement to happen tho, cause that would probably be my all time favourite competition thingy
but if i had to choose then gi because you can do more shit in gi cause of the gi lol. and you still can do the nogi stuff too...
but that only counts if we are talking about pure submission rolling no points n shit, if we are talkig about competitions ibjjf adcc ebi and all that then of course i would prefer nogi...
still waiting for a Gi sub only no points no time movement to happen tho, cause that would probably be my all time favourite competition thingy
ABPurple beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
I very much prefer noGi.
TPBlack beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
Y'all gotta admit that at least the stand-up game is way more fun with the gi.. You have all the wrestling plus all the judo stuff too!
AKPurple beltVerified
6 year(s) ago
Y'all gotta admit that at least the stand-up game is way more fun with the gi.. You have all the wrestling plus all the judo stuff too!
9/10 of my Gi opponents are guard pullers!
RVBlack belt 2nd degreeVerified
6 year(s) ago
Trained in the gi TONS up until brow then slowly started to shift towards more NoGi. My hands have thanked me since I made the shift haha. To be honest I just enjoy NoGi more so I've done that and when I opened my school it just worked out that we are NoGi focused with supplementary gi classes.
Both are great, I just prefer taking off the bath robe. I will say this though NOTHING LOOKS COOLER THAN HAVING A BADASS GI ON WITH A BLACK BELT! hahaha
Both are great, I just prefer taking off the bath robe. I will say this though NOTHING LOOKS COOLER THAN HAVING A BADASS GI ON WITH A BLACK BELT! hahaha
