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Very strange to assume that by using grips in gi you end up spending more time on the bottom. I am 56 and big and i prefer gi. But i dont have much choice cuz professor prefers nogi so most classes are nogi. My escapes work better in nogi and my attacks seem to work better in gi, plus i have more of them cuz for example in closed guard i can control his arm more easily but in nogi i have trouble holding on. I have more takedowns in gi and i can slow people down just with friction never mind grips. The wrestlers beat me up worse in no gi im pretty sure but i dont really keep statistics. I dont believe your argument makes any sense. Its just that you are better at nogi so you see more advantages there. I am better at gi so i have more advantages there. Naturally older people have more advantages when the game slows down. In gi I am more likely to end up wherever I want. When I do a lot of gi my fingers do get rigid. But at this point it's 3 days a week so finger freeze is not my main concern.
I do both, problem with no gi are the scrambles. A younger guy is generally quicker and has a better gas tank. I also think older guys NEED to stall during a roll to conserve energy. The Gi helps in this regard. No Gi is more athletic and quicker.
I very often find myself listening to respond. Sometimes I have to internally coach myself that unless the other person is asking a question or advice, they don’t need to hear my opinion on something. 😂
Not even close. This stupid idea only applies in a vacuum. Sure, if you’re rolling with other black belts then maybe. The problem isn’t gi / no gi (btw - the idea that gi necessarily means lots of gnarly gripping is as dumb as the idea that all no-gi grapplers are safe black belts). The problem is the type of people who tend to do no-gi. No-gi grapplers at most gyms are jacked up 20 year olds hell bent on smashing your face into the mat as hard as possible. Sure, for you at 30 years old, maybe that’s fine. That shit gets real old real fast as you get into your 40s and 50s and beyond. Almost 100% of my injuries beyond the age of 35 have happened during no-gi. And they mostly consist of my goddamn neck getting wrenched (because folks are much much happier to jump and crank guillotines like madmen, even when there’s nothing there), or my shoulders hurting for months on end because I’m constantly framing off a 250 lb powerlifter lest he wrench my damned neck. It’s simply the style that invites the aggro madmen vastly more between the two. But yes, when I’m rolling with other high level belts, no-gi tends to be a bit easier as we both just agree to go at a nice easy sloth’s pace with no neck wrenching.
Yeah, I agree. With the Gi the trade off are the fingers and for me shoulders. No Gi though you will always get somebody applying a collar tie too hard or wrenching your neck . With the Gi most attack collar chokes which is easier on the neck. I've had guys literally punch their forearm into my throat for guillotines and as an older, smaller grappler it really messes you up.
@@dariusrana8487 I went to an open gym over the weekend. It's a free open gym for all grapplers, which also means it tends to be the biggest in the area and you get folks from all over the place. Different backgrounds, different gyms. Etc. I paid particular attention to the gi vs no-gi grapplers since this video had been in my mind. It was just a normal day there, no different than any of the other times I've been to this open mat. The no-gi guys were almost exclusively 20-something jacked up monsters. And a few guys who had very obviously won some high awards as collegiate wrestlers. Some of them might have been in their early 30s... maybe. But were still very obviously 6x / week gym rats. One dude was a very good wrestler and MMA fighter who was wearing Dennis Hallman shorts and was either packing serious heat or had a muay thai cup on. These are the types of dudes (let's face it - almost always exclusively guys) I regularly see doing no-gi at a gym. And guess what? They all rolled EXACTLY like 20-something jacked up monsters and former all-american wrestlers. Yes, they had technique. Some of them were actually very good, technique-wise. But they were also going 100%. A few guys were bleeding. A few walked away limping. The ice pack made an appearance at one point. And a guy I knew ended up leaving early due to his neck having been wrenched on (who himself was a high-level collegiate wrestler). The gi folks? Women, smaller guys, middle-aged men, and a few young monsters thrown in who, to my amusement, all tried to play variations of worm guard and lapel guard. In other words, much more to my old-man style of things. Being down in the gi area, I was able to roll for 2 1/2 hours and came out with two scrapes on my hand from one person's long fingernails. And yes, there were two people who went kinda hard at me. But they were both middle aged, higher belts (which made me wonder why they are still spazzy, but whatever). And their attacks were more about trying to hit sweeps with a bit too much aggression. I'll take that over wild and crazy darce and guillotines. One hit the sweep and I pretty much spent the round playing defense. No biggie. I was safe. He did try a lapel choke with EVERY BIT of strength his old man body could muster. But I got out and was none the worse for it. The week before I did ONE round no-gi. ONE! Ended up rolling with a strong, fit purple belt who was tatted to shit and way too amped up for his own good. lol He threw me in a jumping craddle as hard as he could and I predicably ended up with a tweaked neck. What a shocker... I'm a middle-aged, fairly average sized, long-tenured brown belt. I'm not there to prove anything. Having some 27-year-old, jacked up, all-american wrestler going at me 100% just doesn't sound fun to me.
Fuck yeah, how cool to be still doing it at 65. We have a 63 yr old that just started with us at White Lotus 2 months ago. It is an inspiration to train with longevity in mind.
No gi saved my fingers from a lot of stress. Though I am mostly no gi now, I use universal grips in gi and no gi so that saves me from a lot of damage. Also, in no gi people can't use the gi as a tool to resist and you can get to the meat of grappling, which I think is safer. I can use my pinning and more tools to get the submission. Further, no gi makes it easier for me to use my experience with grappling escapes. The gi allows non experienced grapplers to think they are better than they really are just because they have a grip on the clothes. In reality, they are usually stalling (in offense and defense).
I think this video missed some of the argument for gi with less athletic older grapplers. Many injuries happen in quick scrambles where you lose connection. These scrambles are much slower in gi, due to the grips. Is there still potential for injuries or wear from overuse? Of course. But it reduces the chance of someone colliding with you in the scramble just due to the grips and increased ability for control.
I think a lot of that can be lessened through the use of under and over hooks, certain grips and the use of the lockdown and other techniques. Additionally, I have a strong takedown game (which some people do not want to use due to potential injury) which allows me to, more often than not, control the roll. I like nice and controlled takedowns that allow me to gradual advance from position to position with little chance for scrambles.
Good point Jeremy. That said, like mouthguard already has said, those scrambles can be mitigated with underhooks or a good understanding of defensive BJJ (See Priit) That said, that is a good counter point.
@@DoctorLogic-gt1qu I started out no-gi (2004-2008) and did it for four years before joining a gi school. I also trained at 10th Planet for three years as a Purple Belt. Now I do it about two times a month and the rest is gi three times a week. - I miss it. I have an entire game that I really can't use as much due to the restrictions of the gi.
@@mouthguardcomic That's great that you can train that much. I just don't have the time or the desire to train that much anymore. I would if it was totally on my time schedule but that's not the way it is. lol I just don't want to quit completely so I get in there once a week and roll hard. I think no-gi is a bit more realistic and that's what i started in so i would rather do that. I am more into the choke and strangle game and no-gi seems to be better for that game, at least for me.
@@DoctorLogic-gt1qu I am glad that you still train. I have noticed that many of the guys that I have witnessed become black belts (in BJJ) barely train or stop training altogether unless they own a school. I have wondered if I will think differently after I achieve the rank and how I will respond. I tell myself that I train this way because I love it, but we will see, lol.
This eloquent and precise answer to this video is greatly appreciated. In a time where everybody has long winded opinions, you sir have mastered concise banter.
I agree with your points, Nogi is easier to do more rounds, lots easier on wrist and neck and no accidental trapping of toes and fingers in Gi. I find the nogi grips more fun anyway and it's a more deflective game. Gi does draw me into death grip mode.
I've always felt the same way about being smaller. I'm one of the smaller guys at my academy and my coach would tell me it would be easier to focus on gi because I can slow the bigger guys down. I was like "but they can hold me easier too"
Don't be jealous because you don't have what he has. Only jealous people are doing such thing by posting other people speech problems because they have speech problems to speak in public.
Look at the state of our country, IDC about "his communication" skills at this point. I care that they are purposely driving our country into the ground. Listen to both sides? One side doesn't comprehend common sense. C'mon smh.
Can't blame Kamala she is trying a new telepathic method, and it is not working as well as she wishes. He is not being proactive, this is the reason his government is not working.
I'm not. He is still top 5 quarterback. I'm tired of the packers front office wishy washy. Commit to him for two more years like they said. We will always be in contention.
@@joshuajanis we’re not in contention no more does days r over we’re never going to win another Super Bowl with Aaron the time is now to trade him n move on
Meeting in the middle of logic and emotion can be very difficult when both parties are very emotional. Any thoughts on how to find that middle ground when large feelings arise between the two?
I see a lot of different coaches and seminars. For better or worse when a student asks me a question I say it depends! I follow up with "what is our goal in the movement" and "can your body comfortably do this" and maybe "do these movements play into your current movements. Parroting what our coaches told us or what we do and assume its right for an individual is not best practice IMO
Thanks for sharing this. I really appreciate the work you do on getting the mechanics of chokes right, so we don't have to hurt each other and actually become able to put people to sleep. I've watched your seminars on the guillotine and D'Arce, where you explain how these strangles work by pushing the head down into your forerarm or biceps (you call it 'kinking the hose'). Is it the same principle when you have the V-configuration as in the RNC?
Thank you for the kind words! Yes, compression not extension on almost all strangles. With the RNC it is easier to be precise if your strangle arm is set right.
