The Story of My First BJJ Gi
To tell you the story of my first BJJ gi, I need to tell you the story of how I got into BJJ…
Jiu Jitsu Or MMA: The Hard Decision
For the first two years of grappling, I did exclusively nogi training. It wasn’t until I had moved to the Chicago area after college that I ever even entertained the idea of using the gi. Heck, the only place that I had ever even seen one was on Royce Gracie.
My first day training with UFC fighter Miguel Torres in 2006, I was given the choice to train in jiu-jitsu or mma. At the time, the bjj class was an older gentleman and two women going over armbars from the guard. MMA, on the other hand, was fifteen guys sparring with no equipment save shorts and four-ounce gloves. Needless to say, there wasn’t much of a choice.
I never even considered putting on a gi for those first 6 months.
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