When the guys at
Faixa Rua offered me a chance to review their Leve gi, I immediately took them up on their offer. I have been on the hunt for the perfect gi for the entirety of my grappling career, but the usual wisdom of "buy a few brands and find the one whose cut fits you best" never sat well with me. Buy a few brands of gis? Really? I should spend a few hundred dollars and hope that I stumble into a gi that fits me just right? No thanks. I will stick to my gym supplied Gameness gis that fit me okay and are affordable. I would rather buy a product that I am familiar with than blow some hard earned royalties on a gi that may or may not fit me after a few washes.
I had tried that approach before. I bought a gi that looked nice but came from a small manufacturer. The first time I wore it, it felt great. After another wash, it still fit well. But on the third wash the pants morphed into capris and the top looked like one of Bill's t-shirts from
Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. And that's when I gave up on exploring the gi world.
