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Someone who reads a lot on m.a. will think that they know alot on the topic if they read a lot. Someone who has trained a lot, will realize that the more they train... the less they really know.

I posted on your other thread yesterday... Try emailing Marcus on the tokon site- I know that someone posted it earlier. https://www.tokon.com He usually answers pretty quickly and I'm sure that he'll help you with your questions about what size you need. I've bought a monarch tokon gi through him and I've been very happy with the quality. He was really helpful with my questions. All the best...

http://www.tokon.com send Marcus an email at this web site. He's usually pretty good at answering quickly and I'm sure that he'll help with your questions. I've bought gi's from him- they're really comfortable and good quality. I hope this helps.

Kathrine

cold water wash (sometimes warm), tide, never put it in the dryer (hang to dry) Kathrine

for Kamikaze, make sure that you are going to this web site http://www.kamikazekaiten.com there are some knock-off kamikaze out there that are poor quality. The real ones are good quality- I have a Monarch. Kathrine

http://www.bushido-rostock.de/Katabilder/Katabilder/index.htm I'm not sure if this site has been posted here yet...

I was always told that I didn't kiai loud enough- especially the first few years of my training. I recently went back after a few years absence from "class" training (trained on my own during that time) and boy did it feel good when I kiai'd for the first time back....

Hi, Everybody gets nervous, it's perfectly normal. Listen closely to the instructions that you are given, remember to breathe and try to enjoy yourself ! all the best! Kathrine

http://www.kamikazekaiten.com/shop/ I was going to send a pm but I don't have enough posts. Use this url to get to Kamikaze. Marcus is very nice- he was a great help to me, send me a pm if you would like..... Kathrine

maybe this should be a new topic, but how common (or uncommon) is the gauntlet kumite- type of shodan grading. No, it isn't news to me that this is done, I'm just wondering if it is the norm, the majority or the exception for a shodan grading... K.Lahtinen

I've never washed any of my belts. My gi is clean before each class and I will hang up my belt after class to make sure that it dries, cause it does get quite damp in class. If my belt starts to frey (sp?) I would sew it, but have never washed it.

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