Ghosted-Barra
Orange Belt
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I was just wondering how many people here train in a summer gi like a vulkan or pearl, to switch to a gameness plat or a HCK for a tourney?
just out of curiousity, why would you?
Because sometimes if you train in gis like the HCK or Platinum you can develop bad habits because of their ridiculous collars. You can get away with bad technique and not get choked simply because of the collar. If you train in a Pearl or something with a terribly flimsy collar, you'll learn good defense, and switching to the heavy gi/collar for a tourney will give you added protection on top of your solid defense.
Personal experience is that with the HCK and Gameness kimonos its not that much tougher to choke them with.. and the choke is actualy WORSE when it does sink in becaue of the stiffness of the collar.
Gi's dont win matches.
Dont expect it to make any difference at all.
Ive fought in different kinds of gi's - it really doesnt matter. A collar is not going to save you.
Only reason i would swap out is for a slightly lighter gi if i was right on the edge of a weight class and was trying to make weight.