Uniforms and belts
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The colour of a gi (martial arts uniform) often depends on the tradition and rules of the specific martial art or organization. A white gi is an all-time favourite, but black, blue and other colours are also worn. Pacific Sports offers high-quality white, black, and blue gi for martial artists practicing taekwondo, karate, judo, or BJJ, from all over the world. Pacific Sports also offers only a gi jacket or a gi pant, so that you don’t have to buy the entire gi, if you want to just replace the jacket or the pants. Belts are offered separately in all colours as per your choice.
With intensive practice of punches, clinches and throws, the Gi jacket wears off faster than the Gi pants, and similarly, with extensive practice of kicks, the Gi pants wear away earlier than the Gi jacket. At such times, you need only a Gi jacket or a Gi pant instead of a new Gi. At Pacific Sports you can buy a Gi jacket or the Gi pant without buying a Gi. However, you need a new Gi for demonstrations, competitions, or grading. Pacific Sports offers high-quality Gi jackets, Gi pants, and a complete Gi for practitioners of Taekwondo, Karate, Judo, BJJ, and Jiu-Jitsu, from all around the world.
A gi (martial arts uniform) consists of a jacket, pants, and belt. The belt is generally purchased separately. Both men and women practice martial arts and both wear a gi. For men, usually nothing is worn under the jacket, and regular briefs are worn under the pants. However, in winter, men may wear compression tops and compression shorts under a gi. For women, usually a sports bra plus a rash guard/ compression top is worn under the jacket, and regular briefs plus a compression short/ spats are worn under the pants. Pacific Sports offers high quality gi, rash guards, compression tops, compression shorts, and compression pants to wear under a gi for practicing Taekwondo, Karate, Jiu Jitsu/ BJJ/ Judo, for martial artists, both men and women, from all around the world.
If you are passionate about martial arts, you know how much your comfort and performance can be benefited by the GI (uniform) you wear.
A dobok is a martial arts uniform worn by practitioners of the Korean martial art known as Taekwondo. The term “dobok” is comprised of two words where “do” means “way”, and “bok” means “clothing”. Therefore, dobok may be considered as “clothing for the way” or the attire worn by practitioners who walk on the way or path of the martial art of Taekwondo. The dobok, also known as a Gi in other martial arts like Karate, Judo, and BJJ, consists of a jacket and a pant, with the belt usually purchased separately. Pacific Sports offers functional and durable doboks, along with all coloured belts as well as premium black belts. The dobok pairs excellently with Taekwondo shoes. The high-quality of Pacific Sports dobok, belts, and Taekwondo shoes, make them the first choice of amateurs and professionals alike, all over the world.
Just like any other clothing, you should know how to maintain your martial art uniform (gi). When you wear a well-maintained gi, you will feel extremely confident, fit and capable of taking your martial art training to the next level. Pacific Sports offers high-quality gi for Taekwondo, Karate, Jiu-Jitsu, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Judo, which are super comfortable, long-lasting and very easy to maintain.
A gi comes in three main cuts, namely Japanese, Kata, or European. All of them are a gi having an uwagi (jacket), a shitabaki (pants), and an obi (belt). The cuts are differentiated by the jacket and the pants, while the belt is the same for all the cuts.
Wearing an attire that is suitable for a given task, increases the performance of that task. If you have just joined a martial arts class, then wearing a lightweight 8oz cotton white gi can motivate you immensely. If you have enrolled for an ITF Taekwon-Do class, then you should go for an 8oz Cotton V-neck white gi which has ITF logo in front and “Taekwon-Do” print on the back. Wearing a gi with the suitable weight, while practicing martial arts increases your dedication and this results in your throwing powerful punches and blazing fast kicks. As you progress and receive higher colored belts, you can go along with 12oz, 14oz, 16oz and 18oz gi.
In the past few years several studies have been done on the topic of how colour of a uniform can affect an athlete’s performance in sports. Some studies argue that a white coloured uniform is disadvantageous in competitions; while some studies state that a superiority effect is achieved if the uniform is red; whereas other studies opine that aggression is increased if the uniform colour is black.
Common weaves of a gi. What is a gi? A traditional martial arts uniform that is used to practice Japanese martial arts and its derivative forms, is known as a “keikogi” (keiko, roughly translated as “practice”, and gi, roughly translated as “dress or clothes”). A keikogi is also known as a keikoi, or a dÅgi.
Every martial art has its own uniform. For example, Taekwondo has a dobok, and Karate has a dogi. Traditionally, the colour of the front cross-over jacket and the pants is white, while the belts are coloured, which signifies the skill level attained by the wearer.
Karate pants are always made with a gusseted crotch. It’s an essential feature of martial art pants. All martial art pants are designed this way to give you more flexibility when training, specifically for kicking and stretching.
When you are looking for your first martial art uniform you need to understand how the sizing of martial arts uniforms works. You need to know you’re buying a uniform that gives you the room to move comfortably in your style of martial art, so you can carry out every stretch, kick or jump that you need to without feeling restricted – or hearing that dreaded ripping sound! At the same time, you also want to know if the uniform is going to shrink and if so by how much.
In these days of buying online, it’s impossible to feel the weight of the fabric before buying your uniform. That’s why it’s a good idea to understand what is meant by lightweight, medium weight and heavy weight and 10oz, 12oz, etc. The ounce (oz) weight describes the thickness of the fabric, so the higher the number, the thicker the fabric.
For most people, deciding the best fabric for their karate uniform can be confusing There are several types of fabric and several weights within each type
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