No gi Judo

[Zapatista]

Are there schools that teach Judo without the gi? I ask this, because I've seen Judoka in Pride FC and to a lesser extent UFC that do Judo but of course nobody is wearing a gi so I'm just wondering if there was schools that actually taught that or if they just learned by themselves and taught themselves.

Also, I know this depends on the place, but would the average Judo dojo train people with no gi if they asked, or would there have to be a seperate school? And finally, are there no-gi Judo competitions? I know there are gi and no gi Jujitsu competitions so I'm just curious to see if Judo has the same.

Sorry if this has been asked before but I used the search feature and about 66 pages came up and I just looked through the first 5 or so before giving up.

Thanks for your time. Any constructive feedback would be most appreciated.

[Ego Assassin]

Judo can be used without a gi but I believe most schools teach strictly in a Gi. I train at a Mixed Martial Arts School where they teach BJJ and JUDO with and without the GI.

[ravenzoom]

Chances for you to find a Judo dojo that uses no gi are very slim. However, don't believe because you practice Judo with a gi that you can't use it against somebody on the street who's only wearing a t-shirt

[Zapatista]

Chances for you to find a Judo dojo that uses no gi are very slim. However, don't believe because you practice Judo with a gi that you can't use it against somebody on the street who's only wearing a t-shirt

I realize that it can be applied to a person with "normal" clothing on, but it wouldn't work against somebody who was topless without training for it. But that is getting ahead of myself, I need to learn the art before I can go into MMA competitions.

[TJS]

It will be hard to find..There are a few schools like Hayastan that will teach it.

[MATX1]

I have never seen Judo being played without the gi so I don't think it'll be easy to find. Good luck though.

[weaponless]

Your best bet is to find a MMA type school where their focus is capitalizing on the MMA craze. Tons of these places have popped up recently, hoping to be the next "Pat Militech fighting systems" school. I know that there are a lot of these places local to me in and around Toronto/Mississauga area (Canada) that have an MMA approach to them teaching Muay Thai and gi/no gi BJJ and Judo. It seems that alot of people these days are more interested in becoming MMA fighters than career Martial artists, and to alot of people these days the UFC is what Martial Arts are all about. And these "training centres" seek to capitalize on this fad. Of course most of the time, you'll be lucky if you even have a jiu-jitsu brown belt teaching, many are being taught by even lower belts as there just aren't that many BJJ black belts to go around. But these places are single-minded in their pursuit to make you a cage fighter and to give you that generic MMA fighting style that has developed where everyone has to learn the same stuff to compete. Go to one of these places if you want to do no gi Judo and you'll find what you want. You'll be throwing gi-less opponents in no time and throwing around terms like guard and mount in no time. Of course you won't be getting a traditional judo experience but you'll learn many of judos more popular techniques with or without a gi; of course this will all be thrown in with BJJ rolling and Thai boxing, and if you're ever in a self-defense situation where it is reasonable to be rolling around without fear of being stomped by your opponents friends, or where you have oodles of time to lay against a fence in a standing clinch, you'll be quite proficient. If you ask me, I personally wouldn't be taught by someone that isn't even Shodan, or someone with a jack of all trades mentality, but for the UFC, that seems to be the way to do it. You'll have a good well-rounded training for MMA and a decent repotoire that could be used for self-defense...maybe. Profficiency in a Martial art is not obtained overnight, nor can you train in 2 or 3 different ones and expect the level of profficiency of someone that only trained in one, but you'll have a decent bag of tricks and if your goal is to hear Joe Rogan yell out:

"KIMURA, KIMURA, KIMURA!", then head on over to one of these places and have a purple belt instruct you in a mish mash of gi-less techniques, because in the street in a self-defense situation, your opponent will more likely be wearing a collared shirt or something that would allow you to use gi techniques, than be shirtless. If you want to be a UFC fighter or MMA fighter, go for it, more power to you and good luck, hope to see you in the ring/cage.... if not......

How many times have you seen a crazed mugger go at someone wearing skin tight "tap-out" shorts with nothing else on?

[Tengu22]

When I did Judo, maybe once a month we would go no Gi, just to add a bit of flavor to the class. It really does help you learn to rely on technique more then strength, because you have nothing to just throw someone down by. Not to mention it is a lot easier to slip out of throws/submissions. I think it should be done more then is, just adds another dimension to your training.

[Adonis]

Karo Pariysan does really good with No-gi Judo. Any one know what school he tranis out of or instructs at if he does at all teach it?

[CQC]

Hey weaponless, you live somewhat near me, that's cool.

As for the question at hand, I currently train in Japanese Jiu-jitsu and we practice a lot of Judo like throws with and without a gi.

We do train a lot for the street and use various realistic self-defense scenarios, so maybe that's a quality you should look into, as opposed to something more sport oriented.

However, if you're actually looking to compete primarly in a sport, you're clearly going to look for a club geared towards that. Like was meantioned, maybe you should look into some sort of mixed martial arts club if you're into that. Just make sure that it's the real deal.

Hope this helps!