>>233515
Oh I've heard this argument before lol. I can't really say I disagree, but I still suck too much to start piping up with takes like that.
I've been in a couple IRL fights and nobody ever bothered with any kind of grips like what is routine shit in gi. Could it happen? Sure. Odds don't seem too good though.
My main concern is being able to get offense going in a grappling sport. With my 2x a year 6 weeks off schedule, my offense disappears into the shadow realm by the time I am back and I have to start from scratch. I get compliments from higher belts on top pressure, getting underhooks in, athleticism and constant movement, but my grips are trash, grip breaking is trash and my offensive gameplan consists mostly of "????????" and "idk lol".
It seems like a "simplified" but more realistic, more athletic, less grips based system would really help. Not totally solve the problem, but minimize it a lot at least.
tl;dr I want to get to the point where I can just straight up agree with you, fuck the gi.