No gi rules - grabbing clothes

[Foppa21]

For those that do no gi tournaments, do they typically allow grabbing of shorts and shirts etc?

And what do you guys prefer or think it should be?

 

[TJS]

most do not allow it but If I remember NAGA Allows you to grab anything they wear even in No-gi.

I got mad because at one no gi I was at It wasant allowed and the guy kept holding my shorts standing. If you wana grab clothes enter the gi division.

 

[Bmonk**]

In the first tournament I entered, grabbing clothes would get you disqualified after a warning from the ref.

In the tournament I was in yesterday, one of the guys who reffed my match actually ALLOWED the other guy to grab my rash guard. I think that was just bad reffing.

I also saw a match where one guy was ahead on points, so he held onto his opponents shorts. He kept getting points deducted for that, and then he lost.

Personally, I think they should penalize anyone who grabs clothes in no-gi.

 

[VanDamme]

NAGA will actually allow you to grab anything your opponent is wearing, which I think is ridiculous if someone is wearing a rash guard and fight shorts. People are trying to fight no gi without being completely naked here. (I would take the exception to someone who wears a gi or pants in a no gi division though)

 

[Colby18***]

Yeah personally I'd be a little pissed. I remeber a guy in our class trying to do gi chokes on us wiht our shirts..ripping them all to shit. A little pissed the least to say, not that they were good shirts. If you want to grab clothing, go with the Gi is my way of htinking.

 

[Jimmy Cerra]

Personally, I have no problem with NAGA or any tournament allowing you to grab clothing. Since regular grappling clothing is looser than a gi the advantage isn't that great. If you are worried about it, just go without. Although, I don't fight shirtless because I'm usually too modest. Here's something I wondered: can you use the other person's shirt to gi-choke them in NAGA even if you are competing no-gi?

 

[scorcho]

Wow, I think it is bad form to grab a guys rashguard, but that is just me.

 

[TapSD]

Yea..1 warning at most tourneys..DQed after that

 

[dutchmasterj3]

should be no grabbing. worst is when people grab your rash guard and stretch it

 

[Laminar]

I think that no gi is a style developed to train the fighter in an ability to adapt his game to a situation where clothing grips are not available. Anyone of us can grab a gi or a t-shirt, but no gi prepares us for the day when the shirt is not available to hold.

And personally, if you grab and tear my $30 rash guard, you had better be damn sure you are better than me becuase I am going to make you submit real quick and it will hurt.

 

[mrblack]

I personally do no gi and i don't grab clothes but i agree with above poster in that if we're rolling and you start wrecking my clothes i'm going to take full mouth and hurt you.

 

[flyingknee16]

i fucking hate it when people grab clothes in no gi. there is a reason that no gi is called no gi . . . and why if you want to play grabbing cloth all day, you should play the gi game.

 

[LCDforMe]

I think no gi means to me that you shouldn't be grabbing any of the clothing.

 

[ClubberLange]

What about your own clothes?
Say you have someone in your gurad, and you have an overhook over one of their arms. Can I grab my own shorts to secure the overhook?

 

[Hamit Aktas]

Not allowed. Shouldn't be allowed.

 

[Soid]

NAGA doesn't allow it anymore. What I found myself doing though was accidently grapping some guys rashguard by mistake on his arm. Fucking cheap underarmor, shit was loose as fuck. I kept letting go everytime I got a fucked up grip.

 

[Cynic]

Usually not allowed. Sounds ridiculous to me that you would be allowed to grab clothes in a No-gi match.

 

[phenomfan1529]

it wasnt allowed at the tourney that i entered