Gi Care - How to Wash and the Secret to Smelling Fresh - Eternal Warrior BJJ

It’s imperative your gi is washed after every use and your belt weekly. Hygiene is paramount in any mat sport to prevent the spread of infections. Wash your gi, preferable only with other gis, on cold. Any detergent is fine. Hang up to air dry. In a pinch, you can dry your gi on extra low in the dryer, but this may shrink them, which might not be bad if your gi is oversized. For maximum freshness, put white vinegar in the bleach and softener compartments. This will knock out the funk while allowing the detergent to not only clean better, but the fresh smell of the detergent to take hold and last. If the clothes have soured, use Biokleen Bac-Out Natural Stain Remover instead of white vinegar to knock out the smell. Links for that and the white vinegar are in the description (I receive no kickback with those links).

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Mathers Jiu-Jitsu, the premier location for training in Northwest Arkansas. The academy is operated by Professor Tony Mathers and is the only International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Federation (IBJJF) registered school and instructor in Northwest Arkansas.

Offering classes for
Lil' Cubs (ages 3-4)
Youth (ages 5-12)
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu (ages 13+)
Mixed Martial Arts (ages 13+)

[DIUBrandon]

I shrunk my gi by accident in the dryer and came here good thing it was a lil big its perfect now.

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[stevenburke]

How much BioKleen would you add to a load of several gis?

[kidinpurpleoveralls]

Is it okay to do JUST the gi in the washer? Or should I put other clothes?

[simonfuller]

Doesn’t the vinegar make you smell sour?

[goodfortune]

I am all of a sudden the person with bad hygiene. I never used to be before joining the military. My gym doesn't have showers and I don't usually have time between work and getting there on time. I smell worse when I'm bleeding from my vag. The men will complain to the coach bitterly. They come across as Beta males who can't suck it up training with a military females. It's a gym people f***ing sweat, suck it up! The military won't offer us jiujitsu training on base because as an entity it thinks we will all purposely get injured in jiujitsu to try and claim disability. So I have no choice but to train with civilians. I feel like other military people won't complain as much because they're coming from the same place & we'll all just be smelly & covered with haz mat.