BJJ Gi Survey Results

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On June 16th I posted a survey on this blog entitled "The Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Gi Survey." It was based off of the survey that was done by Aesopian in 2009 which you can see here.

The intent of this survey was to expand on the current knowledge base we have about Brazilian Jiu Jitsu gis.

The top of the survey read:

"The results of the anonymous responses to this survey will be published when sufficient data has been gathered (1000+ responses).

I will spread this survey so that the participants will be varied and truly random - in this way, I hope to get an accurate representation of the current state of BJJ gis.

Please only take this survey once to ensure accurate data."

In order to get people to take the survey, I posted threads titled "The New BJJ Gi Survey" on the following websites:

Mixedmartialarts.com's Atama BJJ Forum
Sherdog.net's Gear & Equipment Discussion Forum
NHB Gear's Jiu Jitsu Gear Forum
Jiu Jitsu Forum's Jiu Jitsu Discussion Forum
CageWarriors.com's Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Forum
BJJboard.com's Gear, Equipment, Products Forum
Bullshido.net's Aesopian BJJ Advanced Grappling Forum

I made this post initially for all the threads:

"Hey,

In order to expand on the current knowledge base we have on Brazilian Jiu Jitsu gis, I've composed this survey. It is based off of the survey written by Aesopian, but more directed and comprehensive in the area of BJJ Gi Brands and sizing. I hope the results of this survey will expand the knowledge base of BJJ practitioners and Gi producers so that better products can be developed for the BJJ community.

The survey should take about 5 minutes to complete:

http://anderslamjiujitsu.blogspot.com/2010/06/brazilian-jiu-jitsu-gi-survey.html

Thanks Guys :)"

The most controversial aspect of the survey were the brands listed and the lack of an "other" option. The way I chose the 48 brands which I listed was this: I searched the web and found all the retail websites I could that were distributors for BJJ gis. I found 28 such websites. I made a spreadsheet that kept track of the brands each website listed for sale. When I had completed this spreadsheet that showed all the brands sold between these 28 websites, I felt I had a list which reflected all the major BJJ gi companies. In retrospect, I should have included an "other" option for the brands questions so that everyone could have felt their opinion to be fairly represented. However, it is highly unlikely that I missed a popular brand that a significant number of respondents would have owned.

After 33 days of bumping the threads, I received the 1000th response.

The raw results of the survey can be seen here: BJJ Gi Survey Raw Results

I managed to reach the person who did the statistical analysis to make the "Overall Gi Ranking" for the Aesopian survey. I hope to have the final "Overall Gi Ranking" for this survey posted soon.

These graphs describe the raw data: