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Originally posted by ian
Why is the left lapel over the right? I've not heard that before. Is it so right handed people find it harder to put a choke on you (with your gi)?
Ian
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It is a long tradition in Japan--even one that my Japanese wife (who is not involved in any way with any martial art) recognizes. I was taught that it was an easy way to mark the dead on the battlefield, but I don't know how that would have really happened....BTW, it's often fun to look at catalogs for dogi and laugh at the "dead" models!
--jimbo