GracieMag.com reported on 8/9/2011 that IBJJF director Marcelo Araujo sent an email to the magazine clarifying the new gi rule changes that are planned to go into effect in 2012. The new rule would require, in some IBJJF tournaments, black belts to have two gis with them (1 blue and 1 white) in order to lessen referee errors in discerning between two opponents during a given match.
In a post on 7/25/2011, GracieMag reported: