Camo Belt

[PhotonGuy7]

It gets even worse. There's such a thing as a camouflage gi. I try not to go in for uniform snobbery but...seriously...dude...

Those are great if you want to give your dojo a more military atmosphere.

 

[Prince_Alarming107]

Which is precisely why I won't wear one. I've never served in the military and I do not have the right to wear that stuff.

 

[PhotonGuy7]

I've worn a pink belt before for breast cancer month. I'd wear just about anything for a cause I believe in or that matters to me (breast cancer, for example, hits VERY close to home).

For everyday wear, though? I'll wear my school gi and my rank if I train at my home school, a non-branded gi and my rank if I train elsewhere and an appropriate belt if for some reason I'm invited to give a class somewhere again (for example, I'd wear my Can-Ryu belt if I'm teaching Can-Ryu techniques).

Camo anything seems... Pointless. I'm not offended at it, I'm just baffled.

There's this fellow who runs these Karate seminars and in the seminars everybody wears a pink belt regardless of what ranks and belt(s) you've got.

 

[Prince_Alarming107]

There's this fellow who runs these Karate seminars and in the seminars everybody wears a pink belt regardless of what ranks and belt(s) you've got.

That, I can get with, as a self-described filthy queer

 

[Stuarto67]

Which is precisely why I won't wear one. I've never served in the military and I do not have the right to wear that stuff.

I respect that answer. If you're wearing camo pattern, whether it's BDU, DCU, or Multicam, it implies that you are military or military affiliated. I did serve in the military and find it silly that someone would use those in a dojo for belt ranks. It doesn't make sense to me.

 

[Prince_Alarming107]

I respect that answer. If you're wearing camo pattern, whether it's BDU, DCU, or Multicam, it implies that you are military or military affiliated. I did serve in the military and find it silly that someone would use those in a dojo for belt ranks. It doesn't make sense to me.

Yeah, I mean I dislike playing soldier as a pursuit- I have some idea what it actually involves from talking to friends that have served and if these people think that doing karate 2-3 times a week bears any comparison they are fooling themselves.

 

[Stuarto67]

Yeah, I mean I dislike playing soldier as a pursuit- I have some idea what it actually involves from talking to friends that have served and if these people think that doing karate 2-3 times a week bears any comparison they are fooling themselves.

Indeed, there is no comparison. Though MA takes dedication and discipline, the military is a whole other level. It is not a job, it is your entire life. There is no life achievement that I could reach that could top my time in the service.

 

[Hanshi]

My military experience was far enough back that there was no camo and everything was forever OD (olive-drab). When I had my dojo we were pretty lenient as far as gi were concerned. I always suggested to students that either black or white are preferred. But both blue and red would show up occasionally. I did ask that no one wear a "flag gi" however.

 

[Stuarto67]

My military experience was far enough back that there was no camo and everything was forever OD (olive-drab). When I had my dojo we were pretty lenient as far as gi were concerned. I always suggested to students that either black or white are preferred. But both blue and red would show up occasionally. I did ask that no one wear a "flag gi" however.

Olive drab is going back to Vietnam War time period. I don't think camo patterns (BDU) started to show up until the 80s, though I could be off there. DCU was in use around Desert Storm period. I train in Kenpo so we wear black gi's.

 

[PhotonGuy7]

Which is precisely why I won't wear one. I've never served in the military and I do not have the right to wear that stuff.

There's nothing wrong with wearing Camo colored clothes (including Karate uniforms) if you haven't served. The problem is when people who haven't served claim that they have and try to get veterans discounts which they have no right to get.

 

[PhotonGuy7]

I respect that answer. If you're wearing camo pattern, whether it's BDU, DCU, or Multicam, it implies that you are military or military affiliated. I did serve in the military and find it silly that someone would use those in a dojo for belt ranks. It doesn't make sense to me.

Wearing camo patterns doesn't mean you served, people wear such stuff when they play paintball or air soft. The problem is when people use fake badges and claim to be veterans when they aren't and try to get discounts that are reserved only for veterans.

 

[PhotonGuy7]

Yeah, I mean I dislike playing soldier as a pursuit- I have some idea what it actually involves from talking to friends that have served and if these people think that doing karate 2-3 times a week bears any comparison they are fooling themselves.

There isn't any comparison as it's not the same thing. Karate teaches you how to fight with your hands and feet without weapons (hence the name Karate which translates as "empty hand") whereas in the military you learn to fight with weapons such as rifles, totally different.

 

[PhotonGuy7]

Indeed, there is no comparison. Though MA takes dedication and discipline, the military is a whole other level. It is not a job, it is your entire life. There is no life achievement that I could reach that could top my time in the service.

So what did you do during your time in the service? My dad was in the Air Force but he just had a desk job, nothing all that exciting.

 

[opr1945105]

When I was in the Air Force I helped train SAC B52 air crews how to hit their targets with bombs. Some of us had the sage green fatigues. However, I was issued olive drab ones. But I did inherit some of the sage green ones when older guys retired. I quite liked them personally.

• United States:
  The US army began wearing unofficial camouflage uniforms in Vietnam in the mid-1960s. It was not until 1981 that the US Army adopted a standard camouflage pattern, the Woodland Camouflage Battle Dress Uniform (BDU), for the entire force. Google Search

While I do not have any camo anything my friends who hunt have camo hunting gear. Some of it is even camo in blaze orange.

 

[Stuarto67]

So what did you do during your time in the service? My dad was in the Air Force but he just had a desk job, nothing all that exciting.

I was an Army MP. Served during OEF in Afghanistan from 07-08.

 

[PhotonGuy7]

I was an Army MP. Served during OEF in Afghanistan from 07-08.

Well thank you for your service, I once wanted to join the Navy but I've got some red/green color blindness which would've disqualified me for what I wanted to do.

 

[opr1945105]

My buddy that I enlisted with found out in his induction physical that he had red/green color blindness. He never knew that he wasn't seeing colors that he couln't see. The put him in the Air Police for 4 years.

 

[Stuarto67]

Well thank you for your service, I once wanted to join the Navy but I've got some red/green color blindness which would've disqualified me for what I wanted to do.

Thank you, yes they can be strict on certain things. I was initially denied by the Coast Guard for having childhood asthma. The army however had no problem taking me. Strange but true!