What do you wear in Karate? - Fred Mergen

http://mergenmma.info/category/blog-video/ One of the most distinctive attributes of Karate and the martial arts are the specialized uniforms that are worn during classes. Uniform styles and make will greatly depend on the school and the art being practiced.

What kind of karate uniforms do you wear?

It all depends if you're doing mixed martial arts you don't wear a karate uniform you just wear shorts and a T shirt. Traditional martial arts you will wear a karate gi.It's spelled gi, japanese uniform.

This is my karate top, I got my karate pants on and I have my karate belt holding the whole uniform together.

It all depends on what style you're taking, if you're taking Brazilian Jiu Jitsu or Judo I know their gi's are a lot thicker because they do a lot of throws and grabbing of the gi. In American Kenpo they're nice and thick, it's a little thick because we do a lot of contact and then you have karate uniforms that are really thin like a T shirt.

It all depends on what style you train in to see the size and the type of uniform you're wearing. This karate uniform is black. In our school, in American Kenpo from white belt to green belt you wear a while uniform and once you become a brown belt you can wear a black uniform which designates the beginners of the higher ranks.

And then again it depends on the karate school you go to. Some karate school lets you wear all white or all black and I know in Taekwondo they wear a V neck uniform so it's like a slip on top. Ours is a cross over so it actually has to be crossed over and tied on.

And then again the different sizes depends on the style of martial arts you're taking. If you're doing Judo or Jiu Jitsu it's going to be a thicker gi because there is a lot of grabbing and a lot of throwing and a lot of choking. If you're doing a karate gi it's going to be a little lighter. If you're doing Taekwondo it's going to be really light because you're doing a lot of jumping around and kicking.

So again it all depends on what kind of karate you're taking to see what size uniform you're wearing or what style of uniform you're wearing.