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I feel like if I have an expensive gi people might expect me to actually be good at Jiu Jitsu.

If somebody shows up in a crusty old no-brand judo gi, or in something like Krugans or a boxy-cut Keiko, I always assume they know what's up... If it's a Shoyoroll or Origin I assume they're just too enthusiastic and have too much money. :D

I had a Keiko back in the day. I just looked at their website and might pick one up again.

I feel like if I have an expensive gi people might expect me to actually be good at Jiu Jitsu.

I’ve used a lot of different gis, but I tend to stick with old faithful…

I see you are a man of culture! That The Voyager in grey... my first 'nice' gi. Wore it until it shredded.

I’ve never worn it. It is a cool gi though.

I also appreciate the fact that you have a gi on a hanger from 2014 that you have never used :D (I was a bit disappointed how fast the Voyager's pants wore out in daily training to be honest. Other models seem to last longer.)

I also have a grey shoyoroll on a hanger I’ve never worn. When I bought them I thought they would pair well with a black belt. I should probably just go ahead and wear them.

Luckily I won’t live long enough to make it to anything above black belt.

I'll be lucky to make it to black belt at my rate of progress lol

A Blackbelt is a whitebelt who never quit!

I don't plan on quitting. Been doing it over 7 years, would seem silly to quit .

Sadly a lot of people do, from white to blue there roughly 24% dropout rate. from blue to purple there's a 59% dropout rate. from purple to brown there's a 10% dropout rate. From brown to black there's 7% dropout rate. Only 3 % of those that start training ever get to blackbelt. Everyone that starts doesn't plan on quiting. Life happens. It's those that refuse to quit no matter what happens. Those are the extremely special people in this world. Those are the people you can never count out of anything they put there minds to. So what I'm saying.. don't give yourself the option of 'i don't plan on it.'

I guess what I meant by 'I don't plan on it' is i'll make it to black belt, unless I die before then. I won't voluntarily quit.

Any Gi Nicholas Meregali is wearing!

How accurate is their sizing guide? They put the traditional height/weight splits in some weird places between common sizes.