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jmd161
Orange Belt
Joined: 11 Jan 2003
Posts: 105
Location: Brooklyn,NY
Styles: Hak Fu Mun (Black Tiger) Swai Jiao
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Try this link they have everything and even make custom uniforms.
[url]superiormartialarts.com[/url]
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hobbitbob
Purple Belt
Joined: 15 Jun 2002
Posts: 545
Location: Denver
Styles: 3d dan Shotokan, 2d dan Wado Ryu, 1st dan Taekwondo, 1st dan Aikido
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I have become quite the convert to the Meijin brand Dogi. The tails are long (like Anshin) and they run around 99.00 without embroidery.
IS Anshin still in Business? A student of mine was trying to order a Dogi from them earlier this month and was unable to cantact them.
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NidanWarrior
Yellow Belt
Joined: 07 Jan 2003
Posts: 29
Location: Kansas City
Styles: Okinawan Kenpo, Kobujitsu, Jujitsu
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I like the Juka brand gi's from Dragon International. I have one (Jukado) from them that I love. The top is longer than traditional cuts and is made for cross training in karate and jujitsu/judo with more stitching on the lapel and is sewn differntly on the shoulders (there is no seam like regular gi to get torn off while grapling). Check 'em out. I'm sure you'll like 'em. They are all brushed-cotton canvas.
If you are getting a gi that will be your primary gi, spend the extra bucks 9up to $120 US and get one that will last many years.
Dragon International: www.juka.com
Aslo try: www.kamikazeusa.com
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chh
Orange Belt
Joined: 23 Jan 2002
Posts: 227
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I just bought a Satori gi (http://www.satori-gi.com), 12 oz cotton traditional cut. It was 109 dollars (that's for the smallest size they have, price goes up with size) and the jacket is supposed to be mid-thigh but it's a little longer than that on me. I like that it comes with 3/4 length sleeves & pants so you don't have to get them hemmed up. I haven't actually trained in it yet, it's cut to allow for shrinkage so you have to wash/dry it several times before it will fit and I keep forgetting to take it out of the washer  |
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Pacificshore
Black Belt
Joined: 26 Mar 2002
Posts: 1694
Location: West Coast
Styles: Chinese Kenpo/Kara-Ho Kempo
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Chh,
I see you decided on the Satori Gi  Nothing beats a custom made gi  Not bad prices either, I paid $130.00 for mine which is alot cheaper than many of the Japanese brand gis  So far mine has held up well during training and multiple washes  Perhaps the best $$ I've spent on a uniform thus far  |
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chh
Orange Belt
Joined: 23 Jan 2002
Posts: 227
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| Yeah, thanks largely to your review I didn't get a custom size as they believed the canned size 3 would fit me well. Funny, one of the reasons I got it was that I wanted the longer jacket, but I guess I'm so used to the short jackets it looks positively bizarre in the mirror. I feel like I'm wearing a giant smock. Will be training in it tonight, I suspect I'll be so happy that I can lift my arms without my jacket pulling out of my belt I'll forget how weird it seems. |
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Mr. Clark
Yellow Belt
Joined: 25 Jan 2003
Posts: 33
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Styles: Muay Thai, BJJ, Boxing, Wrestling
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You guys really need to start practicing with no gi. Wearing a gi is unrealistic for street fighting and vale tudo.
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Kirves
Black Belt
Joined: 09 Jan 2003
Posts: 1182
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| You guys really need to start practicing with no gi. Wearing a gi is unrealistic for street |
Maybe so down there in the Southern Asia. Up here in the north of Scandinavia we live at the chilly tundra level and wear coats year round. You can easily apply any gi methods to a leather jacket. |
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monkeygirl
KF VIP
Joined: 22 Feb 2002
Posts: 3674
Location: Middle-of-Nowhere, Pennsylvania
Styles: Tae Kwon Do
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I suppose it depends on which style you practice. I think that most styles have it pretty well worked out though; most styles that wear a gi are not inhibited by them, and styles that don't wear a gi feel it suits them just fine. Personally, my gi is very similar to what I wear normally, depending on the season. In the summer we can just wear t-shirts, no gi jacket (we wear shirts with the school logo to keep it all uniform), and all the rest of the year we wear a jacket as well.
Whether or not a gi is realistic for its style/on the street, could be an interesting topic. Perhaps a new thread could be started on this, with some good supporting evidence to back your points.
However, try to remember that the original point of this thread is to learn what gi brands would be best for IdiotSavant.
He needs a gi and probably has no control over whether or not he gets to wear one, so let's try to keep this on topic  .
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KickChick
Black Belt
Joined: 02 Aug 2001
Posts: 3282
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| monkeygirl wrote: |
| Whether or not a gi is realistic for its style/on the street, could be an interesting topic. Perhaps a new thread could be started on this, with some good supporting evidence to back your points |
http://www.karateforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=647 |
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on the post.
