Tactical considerations looser vs. tighter judogi
Have any of you built an informed view about whether it is preferable from a tactical perspective to have more slack in your jacket vs. a tighter fit? I was going to buy another slim fit gi, as they always look a lot better-fitting on me, but started to think about how I do my judo and whether maybe going looser would make more sense.
In the past, I always went with a more fitted jacket, thinking that this would be harder to grip, easier for me to deny a grip, and easier for me to break a grip. But I realize that I no longer think a lot about any of these things. My judo has evolved (hopefully) to where I think more like: get my hands where I want them to be and then shift my body around to find the right "fusion" with my opponent's body so that I'm putting the right pressure on him and allowing my own body to move in the ways I want it to to throw him. I now actually work to minimize the "grip-fighting" part of it to get to the rest of it.
My thought was that if I'm more concerned with being able to shift into the right position after I get my hands on and then being able to move freely so that I can slide or wiggle into throwing position, would some slack be better? I'm also thinking that if I can start twisting in a "vacuum", is it kind of like having a head start in my nage waza? By the time the slack runs out, I'm already moving with momentum ... more powerful and whip-lashy and also maybe less telegraphing of what is coming at my opponent?