The rise of many famous Mixed Martial Arts associations like the UFC, Strike Force has made a lot of people aware of the importance of learning the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.
In the beginning, MMA was popularized by the legendary Royce Gracie.
He overcame his challengers through ground techniques and submitting his opponent.
The original concept of the UFC was a style vs.
style.
In each fight Royce was wearing a BJJ Gi.
By this he conveyed to the world the importance of the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Gi for the Mixed Martial Arts.
In recent times, the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu has risen to be the most learned and significant martial art in the Mixed Martial Arts.
In reality it has been found out that those who do not understand the idea of ground fighting have a tendency of not to doing as well in the competitions.
A lot of people believe that you do not need the Gi to train since MMA competitions do not have any martial arts uniform.
The idea of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is to be able to defend yourself and defeat or subdue any opponent even if they are bigger than you.
To understand how, practicing in the BJJ Gi is very essential for any fighter who wants to know how to fight on the ground.
One of the most important and undeniable reasons to train in the BJJ Gi is to work on your grip strength which is extremely vital in competition.
Training with the Gi is harder because there are more submissions and escaping is also more difficult because your opponent can use your Gi to control you.
The more options a person has during training with a Gi the more you employ strategy of during a fight.
It also teaches the student to copy the feeling of the perfect technique practiced with a Gi when not using the Gi.
It will definitely improve the competitors Jiu-Jitsu game.
By taking a look at all of the greatest BJJ, No Gi and MMA fighters, you will find they almost all train in a Gi.