Elite Sports

Elite Sports: Best Gi in the game

Someone check the lost and found, because I just found the best bang-for-your-buck gi on the market—and it’s been hiding over at Elite Sports this whole time.

Check it out here: https://www.elitesports.com/collections/brazilian-jiu-jitsu-bjj-gis

Elite Performance

Listen, not every gi needs to come with a designer label and a $200 price tag. Sometimes, you just need a scrappy, ready-for-war, no-frills beast that shows up to train hard and doesn’t whine about the price. That’s what Elite Sports delivers. This isn’t your professor’s custom-tailored, hand-stitched-in-Brazil vanity gi. This is a blue-collar gi for people who want to scrap.

Straight out of the package, the Elite gi feels like it means business. Lightweight, but not paper-thin. Durable, but not stiff like cardboard. It’s got that just-right pearl weave texture that lets you move like water while still giving your training partner hell when they try to break grips. Throw in some reinforced stitching and ripstop pants, and you’ve got yourself a gi that eats mat time for breakfast.

And for under 60 bucks? You’re practically stealing it. That’s a gym fee and a post-roll protein shake. This thing shows up with a free white belt, and it’s IBJJF legal, too, so whether you’re white belt daydreaming or black belt hunting, you’re cleared for battle.

Does it have that fancy embroidery or gold trim that screams “sponsor me”? No. It’s not trying to impress anyone. It’s here to work. This gi is the blue-collar grinder in a division full of flashy showboats. Think less “met gala,” more “meat grinder.”

Don’t worry about the haters

Sure, you’ll find critics—some say the fit runs a little long in the sleeves, or the collar isn’t stiff enough for their grip game. Whatever. You think Buckley worried about what shoes the old heads were wearing when he was spinning their jaws sideways? Nah. He showed up, beat them up, and clocked out. That’s what this gi does.

Elite Sports didn’t reinvent the gi. They just made one that works, holds up, and doesn’t make your wallet tap. Simple. Effective. Dangerous in the right hands.

Just how it should be.

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Blaine Henry
Your friendly neighborhood fight fan. I watch way too many fights and my wife lets me know it.