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    I hate to admit this... But this week I've only used one gi...

    The inside of my trousers is turning slightly black...

    Stan
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    Originally posted by StanLee
    I hate to admit this... But this week I've only used one gi...
    One what?

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    Yes Tony,

    Just the one... the gi smell worse than a full line up in a kendo dojo.

    I don't mean to do this deliberatly, but I just didn't get the chance to wash it and my other gi still needs to be washed.

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    Stan, quick! Say Dogi before it gets messy!

    It took us a couple of horse's heads through the post before i conformed...

    ^_~
    Rev. Matt Boxall AKA Dr. Stupid

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    Default DOGI

    Dogi dogi dogi.
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    Talking Gi-Whizz

    OK, had this as a 'sad' alert...

    Can you beat this ?! Some days I wake up and wonder what Gi/Hakama I should be wearing... my wardrobe, is seriously packed out..

    Kendo = 2 white sets (gi & hakama), 1 'everyday' set, one "posh" set for grading/taikai (competitions.
    Still Kendo = 2 blue sets, as above, same reasons
    Iaido = 1 Black 'everyday' set. One gi with my dojo on, one gi with Great Britain on (all in katakana).
    Iaido = 1 White Gi - oh and posh white hakama (as per above in Kendo) to 'share'.
    Jodo = 1 Kendo-type gi - posh. Posh blue hakama, as per Kendo above.
    Naginata = 2 white Nag gi + black hakama

    Plus 2 Gi & hakama sets, for 'other stuff'

    ps. by the word "posh", I mean, I don't trash it out, in 'everyday' dojo practice. I don't necessarily mean 'expensive' (generally they're not, as I bought it all on various visits to Japan)

    is this a record ?! is this sad ?! or should I take out shares in a Gi & Hakama maker/manufacturer ?!

    Happy Dressing up Guys !
    Rachel Hahn-Morris

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    2 heavy for Aikido practice
    1 light, basicly a karate Dogi, though I am using it as a substitute Aikido Dogi in cases of need.
    1 TKD suit, I am not using it anymore.
    Amir Krause

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    Originally posted by StanLee
    Yes Tony,

    Just the one... the gi smell worse than a full line up in a kendo dojo.

    I don't mean to do this deliberatly, but I just didn't get the chance to wash it and my other gi still needs to be washed.

    Stan
    I don't understand, Stan. What's a "gi" when it's at home?
    A uniform is called a dogi, and the belt is called an obi. See previous posts ad nauseum on this subject.

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    Originally posted by Kimpatsu

    See previous posts ad nauseum on this subject.
    Tony has a triumphant return......

    Wielding his Do-gi before him.....
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    Exclamation Pun Alert!

    Originally posted by Steve Williams
    Tony has a triumphant return......
    Wielding his Do-gi before him.....
    Does that make me a do-gidder?
    (Why is there no icon for "groan"?)

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    Originally posted by Kimpatsu

    I don't understand, Stan. What's a "gi" when it's at home?
    A uniform is called a dogi, and the belt is called an obi. See previous posts ad nauseum on this subject.
    Can it sometimes be a keiko-gi? I've heard aikidoka call it thus, and my colleague says that 'keiko' means 'practice' or something like that.
    David Dunn
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    Gassho, David.
    Yes, "keikogi" (lit., "training wear") is also possible, but if you practice a do, then "dogi" is more likely.
    "Keiko" does indeed mean training, as in "kangeiko" (note the euphonic change, again!), which means "winter training" (lit., "cold training").
    I'm willing to bet, however, that the mispronounced "gi" stems from "dogi" and not "keikogi", because people have misparsed "ju-dogi" and "karate-dogi" as "judo-gi" and "karatedo-gi" respectively. (This is an educated guess on my part, but it fits the facts.)
    HTH.
    Kesshu.

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    Tony,

    Gi gi gi gi gi gi gi gi gi.

    Stan
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    Haha!

    i don't know, i think 'gi' is a loan word from japanese so i think you can call it that, just like when japanese sorten english words.

    The Japanese use loan words like 'telebi' for television and so on. You don't think it would be right to correct a japanese person everytime they said that.

    'gi' is not a japanese word, but people know what you mean when you say it. I think it's a western word for a japanese martial arts uniform.

    ooooh, i'm going to get flamed

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    Default Burn Burn Burn in a ring of fire

    Matt, do I smell burning?

    Hang on it's me!!!

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