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DarthPenguin
Brown Belt

Joined: 03 Dec 2021
Posts: 726
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Styles: Shotokan, Judo, BJJ
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Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2023 2:27 am Post subject: |
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Personally i prefer a plain white Gi tbh.
Have used black gi's for striking styles in the past and i just found that they faded really quickly and needed replaced more often as they quickly looked a little silly (in my opinion anyway).
Heavier grappling type gi's seem to hold the colour better though. I have a blue one that i like a lot but i have an odd personal rule that i cannot wear a black gi to bjj until i am a minimum of a purple belt. Not a school rule but for some reason i just think the coloured gi's look better on more senior students! |
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Nidan Melbourne
KF Sempai

Joined: 21 Aug 2013
Posts: 2350
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Styles: Goju-Ryu, BJJ, Balintawak Arnis
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 2:01 am Post subject: |
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DarthPenguin wrote: |
Personally i prefer a plain white Gi tbh.
Have used black gi's for striking styles in the past and i just found that they faded really quickly and needed replaced more often as they quickly looked a little silly (in my opinion anyway).
Heavier grappling type gi's seem to hold the colour better though. I have a blue one that i like a lot but i have an odd personal rule that i cannot wear a black gi to bjj until i am a minimum of a purple belt. Not a school rule but for some reason i just think the coloured gi's look better on more senior students! |
I don't mind the look of the Faded Black Gi. All it makes me think is that you have trained for a fair while in it it came like that. |
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DarthPenguin
Brown Belt

Joined: 03 Dec 2021
Posts: 726
Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Styles: Shotokan, Judo, BJJ
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 3:25 am Post subject: |
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Nidan Melbourne wrote: |
DarthPenguin wrote: |
Personally i prefer a plain white Gi tbh.
Have used black gi's for striking styles in the past and i just found that they faded really quickly and needed replaced more often as they quickly looked a little silly (in my opinion anyway).
Heavier grappling type gi's seem to hold the colour better though. I have a blue one that i like a lot but i have an odd personal rule that i cannot wear a black gi to bjj until i am a minimum of a purple belt. Not a school rule but for some reason i just think the coloured gi's look better on more senior students! |
I don't mind the look of the Faded Black Gi. All it makes me think is that you have trained for a fair while in it it came like that. |
Yeah fair point. It's one of these things that is purely personal taste i think, no real right or wrong answer to that one |
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Zaine
Black Belt

Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Posts: 2247
Location: Dallas, TX
Styles: Matsumura-Seito, Shobayashi-Ryu, Shudokan, Long Fist, American Street Karate, Southern Mantis, HEMA
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 8:45 am Post subject: |
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I disagree. There is a right answer. You see, you can now get gis with a print on the inside of the jacket. Which means that you can get your face printed on the inside of your gi jacket. This is the correct option. _________________ Martial arts training is 30% classroom training, 70% solo training.
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DarthPenguin
Brown Belt

Joined: 03 Dec 2021
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Location: Glasgow, Scotland
Styles: Shotokan, Judo, BJJ
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 10:02 am Post subject: |
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Zaine wrote: |
I disagree. There is a right answer. You see, you can now get gis with a print on the inside of the jacket. Which means that you can get your face printed on the inside of your gi jacket. This is the correct option. |
For some reason i am thinking this would make a great part of a chuck norris joke : something like have his face with "Go Train" printed inside the gi and you never do anything else again other than train!
Just think how seriously good you would have to be though to carry off a gi with your own face printed inside it at training! |
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Zaine
Black Belt

Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Posts: 2247
Location: Dallas, TX
Styles: Matsumura-Seito, Shobayashi-Ryu, Shudokan, Long Fist, American Street Karate, Southern Mantis, HEMA
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2023 10:34 am Post subject: |
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It would certainly be a good distraction tool during sparring. I can just imagine people asking after a fight "Is that... your face in your gi?" _________________ Martial arts training is 30% classroom training, 70% solo training.
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei


Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 30005
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, GRACIE, Police Krav Maga, SPEAR
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Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2023 12:07 am Post subject: |
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Zaine wrote: |
I disagree. There is a right answer. You see, you can now get gis with a print on the inside of the jacket. Which means that you can get your face printed on the inside of your gi jacket. This is the correct option. |
This just seems weird! _________________ www.haysgym.com
http://www.sunyis.com/
www.aikidoofnorthwestkansas.com |
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sensei8
KF Sensei


Joined: 23 Feb 2008
Posts: 16250
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Styles: Shindokan Saitou-ryu [Shuri-te/Okinawa-te based]
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Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2023 9:43 am Post subject: |
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Inside of the jacket? Is that kind of like a tag so you can tell that that jacket is yours?? At the most I'd put my initials in the inside of the collar with a Sharpie. Yeah, does seems weird. I wouldn't want my face to on my jacket inside or outside for any reason, but to each their own.
 _________________ **Proof is on the floor!!! |
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Zaine
Black Belt

Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Posts: 2247
Location: Dallas, TX
Styles: Matsumura-Seito, Shobayashi-Ryu, Shudokan, Long Fist, American Street Karate, Southern Mantis, HEMA
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Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2023 10:48 am Post subject: |
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Most people use them to put murals in. You can put anything you want and it's just a subtle bit of flair for a gi jacket. I'm just weird so I immediately wondered about putting a face in.  _________________ Martial arts training is 30% classroom training, 70% solo training.
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei


Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 30005
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, GRACIE, Police Krav Maga, SPEAR
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 7:53 pm Post subject: |
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Zaine wrote: |
Most people use them to put murals in. You can put anything you want and it's just a subtle bit of flair for a gi jacket. I'm just weird so I immediately wondered about putting a face in.  |
I can't stop picturing it in my head...as I'm getting submitted over and over again.... _________________ www.haysgym.com
http://www.sunyis.com/
www.aikidoofnorthwestkansas.com |
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