Gi and No Gi Training in Modern BJJ/Grappling
Sometimes people ask me what I think about Gi versus No Gi training. Well that is a great question for many reasons, but I think they key is understanding the difference between sport and self defense. Though modern grappling and BJJ is used by a large number of people as a sport, we must realize that wrestling, grappling, BJJ and JJJ should first and foremost be considered martial arts and self defense training. The sport aspects have historically been used by individuals in times past to hone their skills off of the battlefield. Never forget that. To hone COMBAT skills in a non-lethal, competitive environment.
To specifically answer the question is very simple for me, if you plan on continuing in a certain sport i.e wrestling or BJJ then continue to practice what is necessary to succeed in those sports. However, from a purely self-defense/martial arts point of view, statistically speaking, the large majority of people we may have a confrontation with in our lives will be wearing clothes. It would behoove us then to spend time learning to manipulate clothing in martial situations to provide us a higher success rating in critical situations.
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