Folding uniform
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AMP-RYU
Black Belt
My students must have a nice clean straight uniform everyday for class! I have had students before come to class with a completely wrinkled dirty uniform and I make the parents buy a new one, kind of like a fine! Believe me they have no problem buying a new one and it teaches the student to respect their uniform and the parents make sure its clean the next time!:asian:
How do you make them buy a new one? Surely a word in the parents ear is enough or even not letting the child train.
And a bit more money from the new suit bought?
AMP-RYU
Black Belt
not much usually wholesale. just the point
I actually do fold my uniform after class, often. It was a habit I picked up from a karate instructor friend who never had a gym bag. He folded his after every class & carried out. That way he didn't look like a slob with a wet uniform & no gym bag.
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Dao
Green Belt
I found on youtube this is the closest the way I way do it. It kind of looks like a diaper when you're done hehe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P33ZguHaN8k&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P33ZguHaN8k&feature=related
kenpofighter
Green Belt
I always fold my gi in half so when I hold it at the top it hangs down, then I fold it over. Then I like to roll mine up. One of my old instructors taught me this. It does seem not to wrinkle has bad.
There are different approaches to folding your uniform -- including putting it on hanger. But you should fold it somehow, rather than simply shoving it into a bag. It'll keep it looking neater, it'll help the uniform last longer, and it simply shows a certain level of respect for what you're doing.
Folding uniforms after use to show respect, yes, folding uniform to be tidy, yes, folding uniform after use so you can wear it again, no! no!
If you work hard training and sweat surely it's not a good idea to wear the uniform again without it being washed!
If you work hard training and sweat surely it's not a good idea to wear the uniform again without it being washed!
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Dao
Green Belt
Yup the way I do it is wrap the belt around when finished it actually looks nice even if I'm going to wash it soon. It really doesn't take long only a few minutes.
I usually hang my dobuk up with my pants folded and placed on the hanger. When traveling or visiting a federation studio its either hung up or folded with my belt tied around it, and btw its ironed with creases in the seams and down the pant legs. This gives the dobuk a nice neat crisp look.
I have several uniforms and my instructor always laugh when I order new black T shirts with school logos on them, and black pants. Though I train and get them sweaty, the black fades after multiple washings.
To me it sets the example to the lower belts, and to be honest I see the effects of this on others. For example I have my name in Korean embroidered on dobuk top underneath my instructors patch, which GM Kwon wrote himself, and now just about all the dan and gup levels have KGN write their names and most of the dans have it embroidered as well.
A little pride in your uniform can go a long way.
I have several uniforms and my instructor always laugh when I order new black T shirts with school logos on them, and black pants. Though I train and get them sweaty, the black fades after multiple washings.
To me it sets the example to the lower belts, and to be honest I see the effects of this on others. For example I have my name in Korean embroidered on dobuk top underneath my instructors patch, which GM Kwon wrote himself, and now just about all the dan and gup levels have KGN write their names and most of the dans have it embroidered as well.
A little pride in your uniform can go a long way.
