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Old 05-08-2003, 12:46 AM   #8
Chuck.Gordon
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Colors: If we want to talk tradition, heck, back in the real old days, the bushi pretty much trained in whatever they wore to work. Not much diff from soldiers trianing in boots and BDUs.

The training uniform was developed fairly recently, and has undergone lots of changes.

'Traditionally' the budo training uniform was a dark keikogi with a hakama. Could be almost any color, but dark blue was apparently most common amongst folks who went in for the uniform thing.

Kano Jigoro, as I understand it, pretty much single-handedly developed the modern judogi -- an altered keikogi and western-style exercise pants.

The white dogi/dark hakama thing is pretty recent, really.

However, all that said, I echo the advice someone gave to wear what your teacher says to wear.

Chuck

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