MTF - I think partly it helps to understand tradition and that GI are worn generally in japanese, korean and okinawan stlyes. with that said judogi is designed to be durable for the volume of throws. The throws and chokes that are learned in Judo come with the understanding the you should not, for example, use these if a person is wearing a silk shirt. But people wear belts, pants, shirts, scarfs etc so you apply the technique as appropriate. This applies to JJJ, BJJ and Judo
Regarding the submission wrestling I would think the reason a Gi is used has less to do with the idea of street effectiveness but the simple reality that there is no historical reason to wear a GI....period. Pankration and wreslting have thier origins in Greece with pankration getting new life in japan. No offense, what your instructor says sounds logical, but there is only one uniform for wreslters thats a singlet outside of that shorts/swaetpants and t-shirt....so there is no mystery...different styles do different things. The fact that shoes are not worn in practice doesn't make me think..."umm hold on a second I can onlyfight without shoes"
With that said I love wearing a GI and would prefer to wear a GI it is especially helpful with maintainingthe grip becuase of teh volume of sweat. But I would agree if somone myopically were to use the same techiques into a fight it could be disaterous but no one trains that way.
Also, pulling somones jacket over their head.....too much arm chair theory and jackie chan for me....do you know how much time you would waste doing that and not including how vunerable you would leave yourself ........ and it only takes 1-2 sec for the throw or take down.
Anyway that is my 3.5 cents
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