First off, CONGRATULATIONS to both New Girl AND Susan for winning January’s comment contest. It wasn’t terribly hard, either! Only 6 comments each! Georgette won the prize for top referrer, with 97 folks finding their way to me via her site. Thank you!
New Girl, Susan, Georgette – please check your inbox. I will give instructions on how you can redeem your prize! A free issue of Groundworks Magazine! Thank you again SO MUCH to Groundworks for sponsoring January’s commenting contest!
Right now starts February’s comment contest.
February’s Prize: OK Kimonos Spats!
This month we are sponsored by OK Kimonos, home of the returnable kids gis, and origin of the cutest tigers in the world. They kindly donated a pair of Tora spats as a prize for this month’s contest! Tora spats are hands down my favorite spats to wear to nogi because of the wonderful fit. They retail $59 for adults, or $40 for kids, but you can win a pair HERE!
I love my tiger spats!
How Can I Win a Free Pair of Tora Spats?
Easy! Just comment to win! The person at the end of the month who has commented the most will win a free pair of spats. As the goal is contributing to a discussion based community, comments amounting to Facebook “likes” or Google Plus +1’s will not be counted toward the totals. In the case of a tie, I will look at the quality of comments and choose based on that.
Heck, if you had left 7 comments in January, you would have won outright!
Win by Contributing to a Fantastic BJJ Discussion Space!
You guys make this site great, and this contest helps make it even better.
- To enter the comment contest: comment directly on blog posts on jiujiubjj.com or reply to comments.
- Any article on jiujiubjj.com with comments enabled is eligible for this contest.
- Comments should further the conversation as opposed to being a +1 or “like”.
- Suggestion: Subscribe to articles you respond to so you can read replies!
- The person with the highest number of “content” comments will receive a free pair of Tora Spats, generously donated by Ok Kimonos!
- The deadline is midnight February 28, 2014, Seoul time. 10:00 am EST for the US folks.
My hope is that February will have an even better turn out than January. If you’ve not commented before, please make sure to read the comment policy (the golden rule is: play nice!). If you’re delurking, your first comment(s) will be in the moderation queue and I will have to manually approve them. Once you’ve been approved, your comments are auto-approved. Enjoy, discuss, and good luck!
Jiu Jiu’s Question: Did you find that January’s contest encouraged you to get more involved? What topics might you be interested in seeing or discussing in February?
Hi! Just a quick question on the spats, will the winner be able to choose a size?
Absolutely!! ^_^ They range from kids’ sizes to big adult sizes. And now you’re officially entered!
That’s greats! I have been hesitant about trying out spats. I definitely can’t pull off Spats only, so I’d be paying 40+ for long under wear pretty much.
But it would be long underwear that makes you feel like a super hero! It may not protect you from bullets but it does help with mat burn lol
We’re adding “Bullet Defense +10” to our next release. ^_^
I hear those spats are super nice. And the owner is really, really ridiculously good looking.
Dang I heard that too. Certainly a rumor 🙂 I also heard he’s really, really ridiculously funny.
to clarify .. rumor about the owner, not about the spats which I’m sure are spectacular. I love paws on my butt.
Haha I get the most reactions from those paw prints, including comments like “Does that mean touch or don’t touch?”
I also heard that he is some kind of Jedi of Happiness ;p
It’s always great to support an owner/company who is so active in the Bjj community.
Wait, there’s another owner of OK kimonos?
;-p
I tried to win those spats in a bjj video vault New Year’s contest, but didn’t win! Maybe this time…I would love to wear paws on my butt 🙂
Excellent! I’ll look forward to your thoughtful comments on articles!!
Thanks again for entering that giveaway Peggy!!!
Those are so cute (cause that’s all that matters right? ;))!
I love spats and would love to a pair of these guys!
Heck yeah! Fashion matters!!
If you look good, you feel good. And when you feel good you roll…good. (Bad grammar is bad lol)
It’s going to go so well with my ok kimono gi!
Oh turns out I have a wordpress account lol. Chris = SumoChris lol
Those spats are awesome…I got some for my 7 yr old daughter who s nickname is “tiny tiger”…
That’s an awesome nickname! Did they get the nickname because they like to wear the spats, or the other way around?
Eva had her nickname b/c she LOVES tigers..and she is super feisty on the mats. We actually found OK kimonos/spats by searching for gear with tigers… lol.
I love spats…I have an awesome pair by DaFirma Kimono Company… they have very nice gi and nogi gear tailored to women. I bought I would hate them and it took awhile to finally roll in them, but found they help on the knees, movement and transitions are easier, and keeps gross man sweat from getting all over me. (Also why I use long sleeved rash guards as well…DaFirma makes those as well that fit perfectly, unlike most men’s brands…just sayin)
Thanks for that info, I’m keeping a list of names of companies that do female friendly BJJ stuff… as in stuff that fits the female figure.
Hi Snowgoose, My GF is starting bjj with me and she has been looking for companies that are female friendly! Mind sharing some of those companies with us? She has been rolling in her under armor spats and a super baggy gi. Thanks!
My wife is also new and looking for female friendly gear. She’s a bit bustier and always has problems with the fit of tops.
I have heard great things about DaFirma kimonos from both male and female teammates. I didn’t know they made spats too though, thanks for the head up!
Oh yeah…one more comment… When I got my daughters spats, they came in a cute little box wrapped up in orange paper with a nice, personalized note written n the inside of the box. Nice when companies are still small and can make everyone feel special.
I have to admit I am a HUGE fan of how Brendan runs OK Kimonos. I got a random postcard from him saying Thanks. Seriously love the personal touches.
^^ Brendan has been great to work with! He not only keeps people updated on their orders but he also goes the extra mile to make sure they are happy with it.
Ooh, I love the look of these! I’ve got a black OK Kimonos tiger gi on pre-order at the moment, I was going to wait until that arrived before ordering some stuff for no-gi classes, but I’ll take the opportunity to try and win one 🙂
The nice touches from OK Kimonos are cool – I got a lovely postcard from the “happiness jedi” in the new year. It’s nice to deal with a company that takes the time to do that sort of thing.
Great idea for a promotion. It allows those who actually read your blog to win!
Yep, and keeps the focus on it being a discussion focused blog! ^_^ I’m sneaky that way.
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I already have a pair of these and adore them – although I have found the paw print on my bottom are a little see through – but that just be me. Either case it’s easily fixed with appropriate undies lol!
I don’t know if I can pull off tiger paws on my butt. I’m afraid to have a gym full of people high fiving (is fiving even a word) my butt all day.
It’s Black history month. How do we get more minorities involved in BJJ?
Fantastic contest! Would love to add these to my spats collection.
I would love a pair of spats! I am recovering from a car accident from around Christmas time. I am pretty bummed out because I haven’t been able to train since the accident. It would make me really happy if I got a pair and would cheer me up.
Excellent! I hope to see you reply often, then. There’s no lottery – to win, you just have to leave the most comments! But please leave thoughtful comments that help further the conversation!
Do the replies have to be in different posts our can they all be under one post? Does this count as a reply? =)
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