White Belt · First Principles → Grips (Gi)
An extreme close-up tour of the basic gi grips — pant grip, C-grip, pocket grip, and collar grip. Correct versions get a big green check mark on screen; one wrong pant-leg grip is shown and marked with a red X.
A hand in a white gi sleeve grips the bottom of a black pant leg, fingers curled into the cuff of the pants. A large green check mark appears over the grip — this is the correct version.
The same black pant leg, gripped differently: the hand comes in open, thumb out and fingers curved like the letter C, cupping under the bottom of the pant leg instead of closing into a fist.
Right after the C-grip, the clip shows another closed grip bunching the pant leg — and a large red X appears over it. The video itself is flagging this one as wrong.
At the hip of the black pants (blue belt visible above), the hand slides in flat, fingers together and thumb out, into the pants pocket, then curls into a fist inside the pocket. Green check marks confirm this version.
The position moves to the ground, with the partner in a white gi down on the mat. The gripping hand works up the white gi and closes on the collar/lapel by the neck, fist curled into the fabric. A green check mark closes the clip.
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