it's all in the name.

In this illustrious world of jiu jitsu that we practitioners live in, theres all but one thing we love to do, well in my case; I love to buy gis. I've only been in the sport for 3.5 years on and off (which I've been solidly training since oct.) I'm a two stripe white belt and had over 30+ GIs, no lie, in fact, at gym I train, they call me "Nic the gi". As far as my blog name of "the real nic jitsu" I  don't have credentials but a bronze at naga two years back, I'm sure there are a lot better Nics in jiu jitsu. But who cares so forth..

I grew up in the 80's with the awesome action actors such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jean-Claude Van Damme and Rocky Balboa. That where on TV one way or another. One movie that struck me was BLOODSPORT, and also KICKBOXER. I wanted to get into Muay Thai (kickboxing originating in Thailand with the legal use of knees and elbows) so bad. There was a local gym here, Matial Arts Training Acadamy ran by Mark Olsen. I did a very, very short stint in all but maybe a year or less. It was very fun, I just hated sparring , I didn't like getting hit. So MMA for me, was not an option. Do not get me wrong I love kickboxing, I took some private summer sunday classes with Victor Young, whom is a very talented all around martial artist, and that is where I had asked him for the blessing of training in the gi. And he said go for it! (he currently does jiu jitsu now) 

My first jiu jitsu class was April 20, 2011. I was wearing my red vulkan gi, and there was a purple belt (now a brown belt) guy named Derek that jokingly (not joking) said he hated the red Gi's and decimates ones who wore them, I learned quick he really didn't like the red gis. Derek is the purple belt in front of me.

Gi's I've owned and sold throughout , if you have any questions on them please feel free to ask.

Competidor brand gi-

Vador (black on black)

R2G2 (white with blue contrast stitching)

Mean Tech (navy blue with green) 

Tatami brand gi-

Estilo 3.0 (black with red contrast stitching)

Storm kimonos- 

Storm typhoon (white)

Storm T2 (black)

Scramble gi-

Athlete (blue)

Athlete (white)

Do or Die-

Hyperfly (blue)

Hyperfly (black)

CTRL industries-

Rook II (black) 

Vulkan gi-

Vulkan pro light (red)

Ronin gi-

Ronin samurai 

Shoyoroll-

D-Lux batch #19 (white with blue contrast) 

The Ring batch #12 (black with purple contrast) 

Rio Koi batch #12 (white with green contrast) 

Cement batch #23 (navy with cool grey contrast) 

Competitor batch #17 (white with red stitching)

KINGZ kimonos-

KINGZ 420 ripstop V2 (black) 

KINGZ 420 ripstop V2 (blue) 

 

Hayabusa gi-

Hayabusa pro jiu jitsu gi (black with gold contrast) 

Gis I own that are in my current rotation.

KINGZ kimonos 

KINGZ 450 comp V3 (silver)

KINGZ 450 comp V3 (navy)

KINGZ 420 light V3 (white) 

KINGZ 420 light V2 (blue)

KINGZ 420 light V2 (black) 

X-Guard Gi

Carlton (khaki with brown contrast) 

Moya brand

Standard issue (white with olive contrast) 

Gis I own but are not in current rotation.

Shoyoroll gi-

Shoyoroll comp standard XIV (black with yellow contrast)

Moya brand kimonos 

Kasual Drift (blue with brown contrast)

Sapphire Kola (blue with white contrast) 

X-Guard brand kimonos 

Pinoy pride II (blue with yellow contrast) 

Sentinel R1 (olive drab with black contrast stitching) 

Grind (mahogany brown with white contrast)

Webslinger (navy with red contrast)