JonathanR

Hi, The uniform styles in Japan all have 3-letter abbreviations. You can see them on their website, here: http://www.toukaido.jp If you don't have Google translate the page for you, the section on uniforms is the first blue menu option on the left. If you compare them with the European equivalents, there are only a few that match on the German site (https://www.tokaido.de) - for example, their 'KATA YUKADO' suit is the 'TSA' uniform on the Japanese site. The difference is that suit is €202 in my size from Germany, but available in Japan for the equivalent of €140...

I located the Tōkaido shop in Shimbashi on a trip to Tōkyō last week, so went to get myself a karategi. The shop is tiny, but the staff are very helpful & a lady helped me select a suitable gi for kumite. The top-of-the-line suits are all a cotton/rayon mix, so when I explained I wanted a 100% cotton suit, she got me out what they describe as their 'beginner's suit' (the style is called KTW, in 11oz canvas), which was ¥11,340 - or 96USD/63GBP. Embroidery was included, but I opted just to have the Tōkaido badge only sewn onto the gi. This style (I think) is available in America, but nothing like it is available in Europe, that I have found.