tarabos
2nd Black Belt
saw a similar thread on kenponet and figured i'd get some input on it here. is it a tradition at all to anyone anymore...was it ever? i to be honest don't know exactly what the deal is behind it. sure, i've heard plenty of stories...but that's all they are to me...stories. i've heard everything from how it shows who is the instructor and who is the student, how it was just worn to solve the problem of dirty white gis, or even that it just sets kenpoists apart (or used to) from other arts and maybe even makes them look a little more intimidating. maybe someone here has the real lowdown (Mr. C? Dr. C?), maybe there's no real lowdown to really have...
additionally, what is your schools stance or "tradition" when it comes to the black and white gis? i see many schools these days with everyone wearing a black gi no matter what rank they are.
my school, for example, has everyone wear a white gi up until blue belt. you were then allowed to wear black pants and a white tope and you usually upgraded to a heavier, higher quality gi. then when you reached brown you were permitted to wear all black or of course all white or the combo.
we have never allowed the wearing of any other color of gi either. i know the red top/black bottom combo seems to be popular with some schools. another more extreme combo (while technically still a completely black gi) is to wear a faded black top (gray) and dark black pants lately.
myself, i prefer to wear a totally black gi most of the time. every once and a while i will go back to white just for a change, but it seems more traditional and more respetful to EPAK to wear a black gi if you are an instructor to me.
true...it's no big deal in the long run and there are many here that would prefer to wear no gi at all...but i'm in both a bored and curious mood today, and if there is/was a true tradition in EPAK once, i'd like to know about it.
additionally, what is your schools stance or "tradition" when it comes to the black and white gis? i see many schools these days with everyone wearing a black gi no matter what rank they are.
my school, for example, has everyone wear a white gi up until blue belt. you were then allowed to wear black pants and a white tope and you usually upgraded to a heavier, higher quality gi. then when you reached brown you were permitted to wear all black or of course all white or the combo.
we have never allowed the wearing of any other color of gi either. i know the red top/black bottom combo seems to be popular with some schools. another more extreme combo (while technically still a completely black gi) is to wear a faded black top (gray) and dark black pants lately.
myself, i prefer to wear a totally black gi most of the time. every once and a while i will go back to white just for a change, but it seems more traditional and more respetful to EPAK to wear a black gi if you are an instructor to me.
true...it's no big deal in the long run and there are many here that would prefer to wear no gi at all...but i'm in both a bored and curious mood today, and if there is/was a true tradition in EPAK once, i'd like to know about it.