u/HealthyHunt6285

I've seen loads of "home training judo drills" whether that be 200 shadow uchi komis of your favourite throw, or banded uchi komis, or footwork/movement drills etc. but I've always wondered if these actually end up translating to your actual skill when the time comes to throw another person?

Obviously when possible it's better to train with a real training partner, but if you are not able to, are you just wasting your time by doing home drills?

What did you realise about a certain technique that sort of made it "click" for you and changed the way you see and do it?

I feel like I've heard stories here and there about someone saying "after I started looking at *insert throw here* THIS way my success rate finally started going up." so it would be interesting to hear if anyone else has had this moment with certain throws?

My main gi up until this point has been an adidas j500(180), but unfortunately the sleeves have been too short for quite some time even though the rest of the gi fits nicely.

I've decided to order an Ippongear basic 2 gi since adidas and ippongear are the only two "premium" brands available in my region and the measurement chart shows that the sleeves on this gi are longer than on the adidas.

Does anyone have any experience with this gi? What is the quality like, and how much shrinkage should I expect?