Jocko Willink puts it pretty well... Gi will absolutely help your defense since it’s not as easy to slip out. No Gi will ridiculously help your offense since you have less to get a hold of
ANY good training, gi or no gi is beneficial. If you've got an instructor that tells you either is pointless maybe you need to seek a different instructor.
Chewjitsu we do 3 nights a week Gi 1 night a week no Gi. (Mon -gi Tues- Gi wed- no gi. Thursday gi). I’m only 1 month in. It’s hard to learn both at once but I’m so new that I’m not realizing the benefits yet. In a year I’m sure I’ll be very happy that I go to both
I started with No GI totally love it since day one. I went into the Gi classes just to get a better understanding & learn more thecniques; at the beginning wasn't the same fun than No Gi but truly helped to my evolution. Now I absolutely love both
Chewy you’re philosophies about jiujitsu translate effortlessly into life and how we should all try and live it. thank you for sharing your thoughts so eloquently. the world needs more people like you in it.
Man this is the best video I’ve ever heard about this. I do both myself always have from the start (my gym encourages both gi and nogi training and everybody usually agrees that both is best when it comes up) but this video hit the nail right on the head. You sure do have a gift for explaining things.
For me I do nogi/MMA 5 days a week and gi once a week. Coming from an MMA background, the gi is so much fun, its a hobby to me where I dont have to worry about medals or belts, I just come into learn. Since starting gi, my nogi passing as gotten A LOT better too while my subs and movement from nogi still apply well in gi. Just train homies
I started training Muay Thai and BJJ a few months ago. Muay Thai is the main focus with 3 to 5 sessions per week. I have been adding in 2 or 3 BJJ classes (gi and no gi) but there is an obvious limit to my time and I don't want to over train to the point of injury. So.....I'm likely going to add 1 or 2 no gi classes to my Muay Thai. If I back off on the Muay Thai a bit later on, then I'll add some gi classes. Definitely need a sense of balance regardless of what you're doing. Also, if you enjoy gi, do more gi. If you enjoy no gi, do more no gi. 😀
People have told me that wearing gi is like fighting with weights on. It makes you stronger for the real fight. I love your explanation it’s the most logical grounded look at it I’ve heard.
you misunderstand his point, with the gi there is much more grips and just much more friction with movements. In my experience i have to work harder with the gi to get a position as people can just get annoying grips to prevent certain positions. With no gi u can slip into positions much more easily.
Thank you so much chewy.. I'm a white belt training in Gracie Jiu-Jitsu.. I love it.. I have trained with Master Joyler Gracie.. what an honor that's been.. I really love ur channel.. thank u so much for sharing ur knowledge and wisdom.. it's a great help for me and other levels of training 🙏
Gi and no Gi are very different. I did no Gi before I started Gi. The Gi is more difficult than No Gi because the Gi provides handles that people use to control you. But that works both ways. I wrote this comment and after I submitted it Chewy said the exact same thing lol.
Training both changed my game. Opened me up to new approaches and techniques. I feel complete and unrestrained in my BJJ. Gi or NoGi I’m ready to roll.
About the leg locks, I think John Danaher (on JRE podcast) was saying that leg locks were discouraged because they were only used when you were left with no other option during a roll. In other words, a leg lock was sort of like a "bitch move". If all systems failed and you couldn't tap the person out then the leg lock was like an emergency escape but not your everyday go to move. That's why people just stayed away from leg locks back then.
I definitely can appreciate your opinion on this because I started in the Gracie no gi program and everybody just laughed when I asked what the difference between gi and no gi was. They told me if I want to roll around in pajamas to go do it on somebody else's time. 4 years later my bjj gym closed and most of the ones around me were gi gyms one of my old training partners had me come out and try class. I hated the first one because everyone smashed me using my gi against me. But I was so intrigued by itthen I went and ordered a gi when I got home that night and paid up front for 6 months so I knew I wouldn't quit until I gave it a fair shake. I don't do no gi anymore except for every once in awhile we'll take our gi top and roll for fun.
Hi chew I've been training for almost 8 months and really find your videos helpful I'm and use your advice every class. But this weekend I was. In my 3rd Competition I won my first match but in the second match I had a guy in my guard and we were hand fighting and my shoulder popped out of its socket pretty badly... I'm 6'3 and 80kg kinda built like chad and my opponent was a lot more of your size with bigger arms than me... I want to keep training when I heal my shoulder in a few weeks although I'm worried it could happen again with a similar style opponent ... do you have any advice for someone with weak shoulders .....? and do you have tips for hand fighting against a stronger opponent? (If you want to see the video I can send you it lol it's not pretty)
Work out. Stretch, and I mean really stretch. Don't go crazy with heavy weights, strength train by doing slightly more intense conditioning. I'm 5'8 140 and I'll just say I can hold my own. Godspeed.
hey, i LOVE the gi, the grips you get from it are of course very nice and THAT'S why I HAAAATE the gi!!!!!!!! because without it i don't have those sweet sweet grips, i'm grabbing in air so now i'm obsessed with learning how to NOT rely on any WEAPON when grappling
I'm a white belt so my experience is trash but I majored in math. I like to see jujitsu as planes, balance in weight shifts and game theory. We try to exploit each others joints mechanical weakness in range and power in order to non verbally say, I win. A win in this brief contest of non verbal communication isn't subjective. we know at the end of the roll who is the better practitioner of their own game theory of BJJ :) I'm ranting... I love the videos your and I'm sure my perspective will change. I've only been doing BJJ for a little under a month.
an open minded person might get benefits and incorporate lessons in almost any aspect of martial arts they try. it is entirely in her hands to benefit from it or not
I REALLY think everyone should train both. The ratio is up to you. Mine is 2:1 two days with gi one day no gi, and I actually think that's a little too much no gi training. A friend of mine trains 3:1 they do last week of the month no gi But really, it's visible how people improve faster when they do both.
Weird, I'm two classes in and I just thought doing both was normal. Monday nights is GI Tuesday nights is no GI Those are the only night classes available so its like if you want two days a week you just do both.. Puked twice my first class, only made it half way through, on my second class one week later I finished the class and I dident throw up 👍 I'm super excited to get like my first full combo in a roll lmao I was getting mauled by a blue the other day and I could not stop laughing while he wrapped me up it was fucking hillarious, so fun
Yo I puked my first time too, I personally been gi and no gi classes and what I like about the gi is it straight up took my strength and size advantage away and it focuses on technique. I personally recommend doing both whenever possible you're going to learn more techniques and how could that be a bad thing lol
Both, Gi and No Gi are fun, both are a very important to learn, because gives you differents uses of your enviroment. Anyway, Who cares, both are BJJ, aren't they?
Hi! Im pretty new here, gonna try out bjj for the first time this thursday and im super exited since it looks like so much fun! I do, however, wonder about the difference between "gi" and "no gi"? Like are there any big differences or just the clothes you wear?
its just what you wear....but that IS the big difference, its all about the grips, in no gi you cant grab the clothes because they effectively aren't there. with the gi you can grab the collar/lapel/sleeves/pant legs which helps you manipulate your opponent. for example grabbing the sleeve is a lot stronger than just having hold of your opponents wrist. also in the gi you have a lot of chokes using your opponents collar etc. the gi also allows the use of different positions because of the grips which aren't really possible or effective in no gi. this also makes no gi kind of faster paced and a little bit more wrestling. the grips in gi tend to slow things down a little bit
I always feel Gi will have you thinking more since it can easily leed to you're demise id you're not conscious about what weopons can be used against you at what rime etc.
Chewey, Here's an idea for a video: "If you cannot take a fall on concrete...are you ready for a street fight?" Check out this combat judo video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6bvQ-UooOiQ.html
Hey chewy, I am a new white belt and recently just got my first stripe. I've been training for about two months and just yesterday I made a 2stripe blue belt tap. I used an advanced move and don't feel like I used muscle. This is confusing to me because I don't know if the belt system isn't always effective or if I'm just that good? Please help, thank you
FERNANDO CALDERON No Gi for sure. Gi won't help much for mma, you will spend more time learning grip fighting when you could learn more pure mma applicable jiu jitsu instead. I would recommend training at 10th planet if your looking for mma jiu jitsu
I'm in a similar boat as you, about 4 months in to BJJ. I only used the gi for the last month and I've found it to be really good . The gi gives you options for gi chokes which are easier for me than non-gi chokes. It's still hard for me to get into an armbar or triangle, but I find I can get sleeve or lapel chokes a lot easier. Basically it's more fun and you'll be more likely to enjoy and stick with it if you've got some extra tools
Hey Chewy, after a Core training. My Coach ask me if I was going to stick around for no Gi. I couldn't at that time. But I would next week. Mind you I'm only a 4stripe white belt. And not at that level yet!!! What is your thought about this or anyone else has any input.
Gi looks cool so I did it. I feel like a traditional martial artist and it feels like armour. No gi I'm so slippery I can shrimp out of situations easier tho.
Can my NoGi training help my Gi training? I'm always asking myself why I'm much better in NoGi than in Gi. Pass my guard in NoGi is much hard than on Gi training. I dont know why
No you’re wrong. The amount of colours are very limited when painting a certain given image. You have to know precisely which color to blend to get the perfect shadow shade for instance. Bob Ross is not just calling out odd color names like phthalate blue to make you buy more specialized tubes of paint. Unless you’re inventing a new style of martial arts/acrylic style, you’re better off following convention.
Dont train gi if you're a mma fighter, it makes no sense to spend energy learning all these gi techniques, you have enough things to learn in mma already, gi is waste of time
Gi is my samurai/jedi robes. I like it. Thats all the reason I need, but there are tons more. A no gi person can train against a gi and just dont grab the gi. The gi gives more options. You don't have to take them though.
2+2 is doing sums and not a really good example for math. in my experience (math student) and talking to a buddy of mine who is currently doing his PhD in math, BJJ is a lot like math. it is about problem solving, about repetitions, about attention to small details, about being stuck in a problem and the problem says "nope, not gonna happen". I totaly get your idea but I think calling BJJ an art is a worse comparison than calling it math :D
Well art has more freedom. Math is safer because there are definite answers in geometry, trigonometry, algebra, calculus, and simple mathematics. Art is way more varied and there is no right way to do art.
In my experience in bjj gi so far been doing it for almost 3 months 5 times a week and today I went to no gi for the first time and I whoop everyone’s asss
you mentioned a thermogenic fat burner increasing your core temp making you very hot and sweaty about a min into video. just wondering if it was a standard run of mill supp or it kinda sounds like ( knowing you wrestled and cut weight etc) it may be *coughDNPcough* ... THANKS FOR RESPONDING LOVE THE CHANNEL!
40+ guy here. The key I've found is to find a training partner that will look after you. Someone you trust to keep you safe. When I train with my trusted friend, we are able to have an intense time but still safe.
here's the ELEPHANT in the room: THE GIIII IS A WEEEEAPOOOON!!!!!!!! A WEAPON!!!!!! WEAPON!!!!! that's right!!!! last i looked, we weren't BORN with a god damn bathrobe!!!!!!!!!! now, if we wanna get good without weapons we don't use weapons, we don't wanna rely on weapons
Unless your attacker in real life is attacking you in Spandex a la the 1980's, I think Gi training gives you a better sense of what it is to fend off someone wearing clothing.
It all depends on your goals, for example I have 0 time and energy to allocate to training with the Gi, between lifting, striking, and no Gi training I can’t justify putting time in something Im never going to use.
WAIT????!!!!! wait just a minute...are you saying there's no objective truth in this???? the gi is a weapon, if you rely on it for grips odds are (unless you're a suuuper talent) you gonna have problems knowing hot to tie up and grip without that weapon, that's the objective truth here
As a cop Gi grips translate really well grappling with people on the street, gripping a shirt or especially a hoody and gripping their jeans works just like a Gi. I think you should train both though
I prefer no gi but it is just as strange as pajama fighting. No gi guys like to find the slipperiest tightest clothes they can find. Especially the smaller guys. The gi is a lot of fun but I was shocked at how hot I got in it the first time I rolled. I too found that there are things I got away with in no gi that does not translate in the pajamas. I think the gi is probably really good for people to start in because it is slower and allows you to think things through. No gi is usually very fast paced and newer people with no grappling experience tend to either freeze up or spaz out because everything happens so quickly.
100% disagree. For one, don’t insult it with “pajamas”. I started no gi, with no wrestling experience and did great. I transitioned to gi because it difficult and takes more technique.
Gi training is traditional and can be considered obsolete. Why? Because think how the japanese used to dress back then. Since we wear tighter clothes nowadays, no gi is adviseable. Imho do both.
LOL I train both but even a world championship gi match is usually snails pace with little action. There really isn't an argument that gi is a slower sport. Kind of the whole point of the gi is to slow things down and make you concentrate on technique.
for me that doesn't have any talent to talk aboUt for grappling it was CATASTROPHIC to rely on that damn bathrobe!!!! without it i was "GRABBING IN AAAAIR!!!!!
you know a ton more about grappling than i do chewie and you probably have a ton more talent, but what you say here is just bullshit, can you imagine going to elite wrestling guys and tell them they should grapple in a bathrobe to get better???? it's silly
