Tore My Gi Pants… AGAIN!!!
Yes, the title of this blog post says it all. I managed to tear a huge whole in the rear end of my new Century gi pants while I performed a Ganseki Otoshi during our guest instructor class with Andy Dobie Sensei of Jitsu Canda. It’s not like they’re cheap pants either. They’re the 10-oz cotton pants, so the material is reasonably robust. As you can see from our goofy class photo, the tear in my pants was big enough for me to fit my face through it. The hole was huge!
If you’re thinking of a number of hilarious jokes that could be made at my expense, I’ve probably already made them or heard them. “Guess my new workouts having been doing much good after all.” “I’m always exploring new ways to get our students’ attention.” Etc. Etc.
If this was the first time this had happened, it wouldn’t be so bad. This wasn’t quite as embarrassing as the last time it happened as I dropped into a horse stance while I was teaching at a black belt class, which was also being filmed. Below is a pic of the pair of pants I split during that class.
I suspect the reason why this has happened twice now is that I’m wearing pants that are sized for men and that while the length and waist are the right size, perhaps there is not enough room around the hips to accommodate a woman’s hips which tend to be a bit fuller. Has anyone out there tried the 10oz cotton pants for women that Century makes? They’re expensive for pants, but it might be worth a try to end unintentional flashings. Let me know if they’re worth the investment.
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Ganseki Oh-tooshy.
Terrible. Hilarious but terrible.
One suggestion might be to get a Gi (or at least just the pants) that’s specifically designed for Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. They are much heavier, and designed to be grabbed and pulled on. There’s a significant difference in the strength of the pants for my Japanese Jiu-Jitsu Gi, and my brazilian ones. There are several mfrs who make women’s cut BJJ Gis, the only issue might be finding one that isn’t covered in logos.
I wish they didn’t cover them with logos. I know the BJJ gis can be great quality, but they are just littered with logos and it’s difficult to remove them without damaging the material. Thanks for the suggestion though. I’ll keep an eye out.
That’s no good that you tore your pants. Did you find a solution?
Not yet. I see you posted a link to some BJJ gi pants. If you’d be willing to send me a pair, I’d be happy to review them on my blog.
Perhaps you focused your ki on the wrong place? Embarassing moments happen to all of us (if you keep training long enough) so it’s really no big deal and can provide quite alot of amusement to the others. Hope you find a solution to you vestimentary problem.
Another explanation might be that you generated so much energy with that throw you opened up a wormhole to another dimension, right there in the center of your gi pants… That, coupled with Murphy’s law (everything that can go wrong will go wrong, and at the worst possible time), would seem like a reasonable explanation to this rather embarassing phenomenon wouldn’t you say?
Btw: do you have a nickname yet? If not I’d suggest something along the lines of Lori – black hole – O’Connel. Sorry, couldn’t stop myself, plus there’s no fear for retribution seeing I live thousands of miles away;).