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Josh Oakley

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I wear a MAP 13.8 ounce brushed-cotton uniform. It's cheaper than the 16 ounce gis and still serviceable. I have 3 so I can rotate them through and they've lasted a few years with no problems. Time to dye one of them, though.
 

tko4u

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My instructor is Very strict about uniforms. We wear uniforms at all times during training. It is traditional. I actually have a chung do kwan uniform I wear during summer( its lighter) and then a formal uniform for the winter (my avatar uniform)
 

wrc619

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I have a lightweight black gi, from the local sporting good's store. We are allowed to wear the club shirt or a red t-shirt under the jacket, or wear only the jacket. Unfortunately for the ladies, they must always wear t-shirts for modesty sake. I am considering getting a heavier gi because mine now resembles pajamas.
 

Kacey

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I have a lightweight black gi, from the local sporting good's store. We are allowed to wear the club shirt or a red t-shirt under the jacket, or wear only the jacket. Unfortunately for the ladies, they must always wear t-shirts for modesty sake. I am considering getting a heavier gi because mine now resembles pajamas.

I overheat wearing a t-shirt under my dobok top - so I sewed some velcro into it where it crosses when closed. No more modesty problem.
 

SFC JeffJ

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I overheat wearing a t-shirt under my dobok top - so I sewed some velcro into it where it crosses when closed. No more modesty problem.
Great Idea Kacey, I'll pass that on to my wife.
 

billybybose

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We use lightwieght pro force black gi.Sensei sells them at his cost which was $15.00.
 

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I overheat wearing a t-shirt under my dobok top - so I sewed some velcro into it where it crosses when closed. No more modesty problem.

Clever :)
 

Kreth

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I've only worn a lightweight dogi once. We were working on a sacrifice throw called tomoe nage. My training partner managed to rip the dogi top right off my back.
 

kwaichang

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Ugh! C.K.-they were the bad guys in the KK movies.

Meanwhile, a Judo gi was and still is the heaviest gi I know of, it even rivals "canvas" type gi's. There are a lot of reasons for wearing one but the most obvious one is .. you're practicing judo. :)

And while practicing in normal clothes, be it camo pants, jeans, etc., might have its advantages down the road, your clothing bill will def go up. :)
 

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I come from a very traditional Korean school and I required to wear my uniform at all time, plus we aren't allowed to wear it outside of the school, even to step outside to retrieve something, very disrespectful. I thinks its because we have strict dress code but wearing cargo pants and bluejeans mortifies me. We had a guest come to our class one night and he wore a Japanese flag patch from his previous school and we spent all night trying to rip it off during throwing him. I hear kickboxing just wears shorts and tshirts sounds like some need to do that art.
 

zDom

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I come from a very traditional Korean school and I required to wear my uniform at all time, plus we aren't allowed to wear it outside of the school, even to step outside to retrieve something, very disrespectful. I thinks its because we have strict dress code but wearing cargo pants and bluejeans mortifies me. We had a guest come to our class one night and he wore a Japanese flag patch from his previous school and we spent all night trying to rip it off during throwing him. I hear kickboxing just wears shorts and tshirts sounds like some need to do that art.

You sound like you would feel right at home in our dojang, sir :)
 

Cirdan

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My first gi was a fairly light medium quality one. After one year of using it I swear I must have used a kilometer of thread to stich up the frequent tears. In one class finally both arms came resulting in the cobra kai look. Been using heavier gis since then.
 

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