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Coco
Orange Belt
Joined: 27 Jul 2003
Posts: 210
Location: Miami, FL
Styles: Shito Ryu, BJJ
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 12:56 pm Post subject: Is this normal? |
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Well, right now, im wearing a white karate gi and a green belt. When I sweat alot, many times I come home, and after I take out my belt and my uniform, I check over my gi to see if there are any stains, and many times, there is the huge colored outline of my belt, green and all... Is this normal? |
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CloudDragon
Purple Belt
Joined: 23 Aug 2003
Posts: 579
Location: Missouri, USA
Styles: Karate, Jujitsu, Kenpo, Taekwondo, Kendo
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 5:05 pm Post subject: |
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Yep, if you haven't washed your belt it will do that. Try to wash it on the gentle cycle with regular detergent and let it drip dry and the belt shouln't run any more. Most folks don't need to do this, but for those who perspire freely it is the way to go. _________________ A Black Belt is just a white belt that don't know when to quit! |
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Coco
Orange Belt
Joined: 27 Jul 2003
Posts: 210
Location: Miami, FL
Styles: Shito Ryu, BJJ
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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I heard if you wash/wet your belt itll un-dye? Hh and it also says do not wash on the little thingie. |
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ramymensa
Black Belt
Joined: 12 Aug 2002
Posts: 1450
Location: New Jersey
Styles: Shotokan
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Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 1:38 am Post subject: |
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WASH THE BELT! And the problem is because the coloures are not best quality. Had belts that wouldn't leave stains and only one that left a trace Wash the thing and DRESS UP FOR HOME AFTER FINISHING THE TRAINING. Stop wearing the karategi on the streets. You remember what happened before, not to mention I find it of a very bad taste. I don't wear my pijama on the streets and a karategi is very similar
And as for the belt ... change it. Try to find one that doesn't stain the gi. I guess they're a bit expensive ... but they can be found. I had some belts with silk covering. They never left marks. _________________ World Shotokan Karate |
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aefibird
Black Belt
Joined: 26 Oct 2003
Posts: 4416
Location: UK
Styles: Past and present: 2 styles of Karate, TKD, Aikido, Wing Chun, some Tai Chi
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Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2004 8:30 am Post subject: |
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If you wash your belt gently the dye shouldn't run the next time you wear it.
If you wash it fairly regularly it will stop it becoming sweaty and smelly too.
Handwash it if you're unshure of whether to shove it in the washing machine or not. _________________ "Was it really worth it? Only time and death may ever tell..." The Beautiful South - The Rose of My Cologne
Sheffield Steelers! |
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Shorinryu Sensei
Black Belt
Joined: 13 Jun 2002
Posts: 2045
Location: Kalispell, Montana
Styles: Shorinryu Matsumura Kenpo (Seito/Orthodox) Karate and Kobudo
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Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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Interesting. The only belts I've ever seen bleed their colors are ones that were origionally another color...like white...and dyed to a new color. I and my students have used Century MA's belts for quite a few years and have never had a problem with colors fleeding, and we never wash out belts...EVER! |
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solar_kid
Orange Belt
Joined: 25 Apr 2004
Posts: 152
Location: Denver, Colorado
Styles: Shotokan
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Posted: Tue Aug 10, 2004 11:04 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, I never have had a problem with my belt color coming off on my gi, but I always wash the belt before wearing it. It may help take off any excess dye, but I also find that the belt stays tied better too. The new belts tend to be too stiff. |
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Goju 4 Life
Orange Belt
Joined: 17 Aug 2004
Posts: 113
Location: Chicago
Styles: Shodan-Nisei Goju Ryu, Shorin Ryu
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Posted: Tue Aug 17, 2004 8:03 pm Post subject: |
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Um. We never ever ever wash our belt either. To us your belt is sacred the only thing you can do to alter that I can think of is take off the manufacturer's label. but you dou whatevr you do _________________ If i had to choose between karate and everything else, I would choose karate so i could beat up whoever made me make the decision and have everything else |
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ramymensa
Black Belt
Joined: 12 Aug 2002
Posts: 1450
Location: New Jersey
Styles: Shotokan
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 2:01 am Post subject: |
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Here we go again We are separated in our beliefs regarding washing or not the belt. I chose to wash mine. In our dojo (a sport hall) some others train in basketball and vollyball. Imagine the floor So I go home with a grey gi and grey belt (it would show better when wearing a lighter colour ). After some weeks my belt would be just miserable. I hope Funakoshi would forgive me for my sins, but I had to clean the coloured rag ... because it didn't look like a belt anymore. Not to mention the "traces" left on my gi. So I chose to wash it. For me the belt is just another accessory. It's not holy. Is my rank and that's all _________________ World Shotokan Karate |
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aes
Green Belt
Joined: 24 Sep 2002
Posts: 374
Location: Southern Ontario, Canada
Styles: Okinawan Shorin-ryu Karate
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 10:19 am Post subject: |
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I have never seen colour transferred from a belt to a white gi. IMO the belt did not get the dye set properly when it was made. _________________ 43 Years old
Blue Belt (7th Kyu) Shorin-ryu
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