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Afro.Fighter.
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Joined: 23 Feb 2003
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Location: Tennessee
Styles: Wado Ryu Karate Do
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 Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 12:04 pm Post subject: De-Stiffenization(Just invented that word lol) of new belts |
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I was wondering if anyone had any good ideas or tried methods on a way to quickly take the stiffness out of a new belt that doesen't cause it to fade or anything like that.
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ninjanurse
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Posts: 6154
Location: Upstate NY
Styles: TKD;Shotokan;JuJitsu;Tai Ji
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Wear it a lot.
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WhiteBelt
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Joined: 26 Dec 2002
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| Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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Roll it up one way and then the other? Tie it into a knot, and then different knots? 
My belts were never stiff.  |
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Afro.Fighter.
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Joined: 23 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 1:33 pm Post subject: |
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Lol, Thanks. I think 
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ZeRo
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| Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 1:59 pm Post subject: |
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| make your way along the length of the belt screwing it up as you go. after you screw it up flatten it out again. most belts will only need one go at this but if you have to do it twice. |
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KickChick
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| Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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Here are two tips to de-stiffenize new belts. (I like that word  )
Throw it in dryer (dry) for 15 minutes with a "bunch" of fabric softener sheets.
Or throw it over top of an open door and take each end and pull it back and forth then turn it over and keep doing until it gets de-stiffened  |
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WhiteBelt
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Joined: 26 Dec 2002
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| Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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| Make sure the edges of said door are not too 'sharp'. No sense in ruining that brand new belt. |
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omnifinite
Purple Belt
Joined: 09 Apr 2002
Posts: 524
Location: Northern VA
Styles: Hapkido | Kempo | Jujitsu
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| Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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I roll it up back and forth when I get a new one, but I don't do a whole lot to it. I see loosening it up by wearing it as part of the process.
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AndrewGreen
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Joined: 20 Aug 2002
Posts: 905
Location: Winnipeg, Canada
Styles: Crazy Penguin Ninjitsu
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Wash it.
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LeaF
Black Belt
Joined: 31 Jul 2002
Posts: 1012
Location: North of the 49
Styles: Goju Ryu Karate-do and Okinawan Kobudo
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| Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2003 4:25 pm Post subject: |
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why would you ever want to do such a thing.? I love the feeling of a brand new crisp belt. Unfortunatly after a week or two of work it wecomes quite loose again
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