Gi or no Gi

ceasarx · 05-16-2003, 01:57 AM

I had a brilliant Idea but It was shot down so I will use my brilliant idea when I grow up and open my own school.
This was my idea, I think that my class should train in a non gi setting once in awhile. I think it promotes real life situations where we might not have the advantage or disadvantage of a sturdy gi. I understand why we use the gi most of the time but I think if we are going to practice and train for real self
defense then we should train in a real situation.
What do you guys think ?

crazyjoe380 · 05-16-2003, 02:00 AM

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darrianation · 05-16-2003, 02:11 AM

Hey ceasarx, we actually did this once or twice a month in Karate class. We would spar and practice self defense while wearing jeans and tennis shoes even sandals. This is what you would be in on the street. This is a very good idea to train this way. You get to know the limitations that jeans give you, and have you ever tried to kick someone with sandals on? You learn that you have to modify some techniques or not do some at all.

DRLashambe · 05-16-2003, 10:07 AM

Even if we're talking about sport instead of real life, every tournament I've been in (grappling and pancration) has a no-gi option. My grappling teacher has 4 classes weekly, and his last class of the week is always no gi.

A note for all of us northern climate people: a gi does represent someone's jacket fairly well, but you do have to practice with real jackets to get the feel for little problems like zippers, gloves, the fact that jackets are zipped up to the neck, etc.

05-16-2003, 01:57 AM	#1 (permalink)
ceasarx Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: oswego new york Posts: 116 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Gi or no Gi I had a brilliant Idea but It was shot down so I will use my brilliant idea when I grow up and open my own school. This was my idea, I think that my class should train in a non gi setting once in awhile. I think it promotes real life situations where we might not have the advantage or disadvantage of a sturdy gi. I understand why we use the gi most of the time but I think if we are going to practice and train for real self defense then we should train in a real situation. What do you guys think ? __________________ We fight to defend ourselves our family and our country. If not then we have done something wrong

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darrianation Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 2,161 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hey ceasarx, we actually did this once or twice a month in Karate class. We would spar and practice self defense while wearing jeans and tennis shoes even sandals. This is what you would be in on the street. This is a very good idea to train this way. You get to know the limitations that jeans give you, and have you ever tried to kick someone with sandals on? You learn that you have to modify some techniques or not do some at all. __________________ The law of tyranny: 1. Any power that can be abused will be abused 2. Abuse always expands to fill the limits of resistance to it. 3. If people don't resist the abuses of others, they will have no one to resist the abuses of themselves, and tyranny will prevail. Welcome to the Socialist States of Amerika . Coming soon Jan 20th 2009!

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05-16-2003, 10:07 AM	#4 (permalink)
DRLashambe Novice Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 99 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	Even if we're talking about sport instead of real life, every tournament I've been in (grappling and pancration) has a no-gi option. My grappling teacher has 4 classes weekly, and his last class of the week is always no gi. A note for all of us northern climate people: a gi does represent someone's jacket fairly well, but you do have to practice with real jackets to get the feel for little problems like zippers, gloves, the fact that jackets are zipped up to the neck, etc.

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