[mistafighta]

Hey guys, I am new to posting to the forum, but have been browsing around a lot on sherdog. Just wanted to say hi.

I own bunch of different BJJ and Judo gis, (Mizuno, addidas, MKimono, HCK), and I heard a lot of good things about Gameness platinum, so I order the gi. Everyone was raving about its quality on this forum. But I was little bit concerned about its quality.

First of all, this gi is the "authentic" gameness, from Ed Clay, which is made in pakistan. Its not the "fake" gameness made in brazil.

The gi looked great when I first got it. The cotton was bit stretchy, but I did not mind that.

The problem was the wash. It said in the collar to wash in gentle cycle, so I did. I used VERY LITTLE detergent in washing the gi. I washed the gi two times to let the dye out of the gi.

After the wash, it seemed like gi was breaking apart. When I took it out of the washer, there were bunch of cotton threads being undone, making little cotton balls here and there, and even some of the stitchings were showing. When I was hang drying, I picked out all the cotton pieces and cut off all the threads that were showing.

This was a big concern for me for two reasons- 1. It questioned how long the gi was going to last. If a single wash could do this much damage, (on gentle cycle), it seems as though after 20 or so washes, the whole gi would come apart.
2. If the stitching is undone with a single wash, it may make it prone to tear during practice.

On a minor note, I found it a bit irratating that the blue dye was transferred a bit on the gameness logos. Not a big deal, but anyone know any good tricks to get this out?

I am going to go roll in it today, and let you guys know what I think.


I have NEVER had a problem with gis like this previously. Is this normal for the gameness gi, or did I just recieve a faulty one?

Thanks!