Is Gi or No Gi BJJ Best for Self Defense?

Gary Berger — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 19:21:26 +0000

Today we’ve got a question from Edgar, who asked me “Which option is better for real self-defense cases, Gi or No Gi BJJ?”

While reading the comments, many people swayed hard to one side or the other.

The Gi people said their version of BJJ was the best, while the No Gi Jiu-Jitsu players said their side was more practical.

One team says you’ll never fight naked people, and the other says you can’t rely on the grips of the Gi in real life.

There’s a ton of dogma around it and I’ll illustrate to you guys what I think about this with a particular hypothetical situation.

Hopefully, you found this video helpful.

Thanks for watching.

– Chewy
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Common Feud in BJJ is THE Age-Old Martial Arts Argument

Gary Berger — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 19:00:05 +0000

Today’s question comes from a Brown Belt in BJJ, named Aaron, who also comes from a Wrestling background, and apparently has injury plagued hands.

With that in mind, he says his favorite way to train BJJ is No-Gi.

Recently however, he decided that he wanted to pursue more Gi training, going up to his coach, letting him know about his injuries, and was looking for some grip fighting tips from his coach.

After the talk with his coach, Aaron says that his coach threw in a little dig. Saying:

“By the way, the Gi is more technical than No-Gi…”

Apparently, this led into a whole rant, and may have triggered Aaron a bit, who believes that both No-Gi and Gi are technical, just different.

He asks if I believe his instructor actually made a good point or not? and if I think that Gi is more technical than No-Gi Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu?

Here’s what I think…