Color's of Gi's?

[still learning]

Hello, Do you wish you could choose the colors you want? What would you choose?

In our schools the Professor allows only one color (black) and only one school patch. The idea is everyone is the same, (except for belts).

But if you could choose? the colors or anything? What is your dream? ..also for Demo's? Elvis had his own made for him? .......Aloha

 

[MJS]

I prefer solid black or black bottoms/white top. In the majority of schools that Ive seen, students under purple would wear solid white. Purple to Brown solid white or solid black. BB's could wear any combo. of what I listed.

Mike

 

[green meanie]

I'm fortunate that it's more-or-less up to me what we wear and I've opted to not make a big deal about it. I've studied a lot of different things over the years and had to get a different uniform each time. Now I just grab whatever's clean.

 

[Brandon Fisher]

All white is preference to me. I am thinking possibly a different color for weapons classes when I open the dojo. When I do that it will probably be black.

 

[karatekid1975]

I like the TSD BB uniforms (or at least the ones in my old dojang). White traditional top with black trim, and black pants. To me, it looked sharp, specially if you had it pressed for a special occasion (tourny, seminar, ect).

But as a color belt, I perfer all white. If I also had a choice on what patches and such to where .... none at all. Just plain white uniforms.

 

[Tarot]

Our school we have black pants and for that I'm so grateful! I really disliked wearing white pants because they were thin and I had to wear something extra under them, like biker shorts, in order to feel comfortable. Now with black pants I don't have to worry about it! I also think black looks much sharper than white.

 

[Henderson]

Ikkyu and below = all white.
Shodan and above = white top / black pants

 

[BrandiJo]

all white is required, but i liked the white top and black bottoms that i was able to wear before i moved

 

[OnlyAnEgg]

We have the option of wearing a gi to class or not. If we do, it must be white with the appropriate belt. Black belts may wear a black gi, if they wish.

I would love to wear a red gi. Bloody looking, deep crimson.

 

[SFC JeffJ]

Where I study, it's all white untill you get to ikkyu. When you get your brown belt, pretty much whatever color you can find, except red.

Jeff

 

[green meanie]

Where I study, it's all white untill you get to ikkyu. When you get your brown belt, pretty much whatever color you can find, except red. Jeff

Be glad you can't wear red... after awhile it turns pink.

 

[Henderson]

Be glad you can't wear red... after awhile it turns pink.

Gene LaBelle doesn't seem to mind. Of course, who's gonna tell him it looks silly? :whip:

 

[still learning]

Hello, Army green top with black bottoms..? mabye camoflage? ...Aloha

 

[IcemanSK]

Being WTF TKD, the below 1st Dan wear a white v-neck uniform, 1st Dan & above wear white v-neck w/ black trim & black pants (in my organization). There are variations on the uniforms for upper ranks, but I won't go into details.

Personally, I have a bent toward all black heavy uniforms.

 

[green meanie]

Gene LaBelle doesn't seem to mind. Of course, who's gonna tell him it looks silly? :whip:

No doubt. Gene LeBell... :asian:

 

[Henderson]

No doubt. Gene LeBell... :asian:

Oops...my spelling sucks today.

 

[bignick]

My judo instructor allows any color of uniform, as long as it's white..

 

[beau_safken]

All black. Frog top coat with normal gi pants. It matches the philosophy of masking movements and helps to keep everyone looking nice. And it has the wonderful plus of hiding blood stains.

 

[TigerWoman]

White for lower belts but women can wear colored pants, red, blue or black. Black belts can wear white, all black, all blue, all red or mixture of any. One day I wore a red top and white pants, first one to do that. I like all black the best and as I have four uniforms that's what I wear now except for tournaments and then I wear the traditional white. TW

 

[Grenadier]

I've preferred all-white or all-black. Each of my schools has been that way, only allowing either all-white, all-black, or both all-white and all-black.

The idea behind the use of the uniform in each of those schools, was to promote (as expected) uniformity, and that going beyond those basic colors could disrupt that uniformity.

As for other colors, if a different school wants to use different colors, I really don't have any problem with that, as long as they aren't using hot pink, fluorescent orange, neon green, etc. Even if they do use those oddball colors, it's not my business to tell them how to run theirs.