Walking

[RawHuman]

I was just wondering, is it a disrespect of honor to walk home from the dojo/to the dojo in my GI ? :S

yes, a stupid question

[SlowHands]

I don't think there is any disrespect in walking from home to the dojo. If anything I would wear something over your gi, like an over sized sweatshirt, and make sure the belt is hidden from view at the very least. It would be disrespectful, say you decided to go to the mall in them as that can be seen as showing off.

We have a number of students who live near where we practice and walk from home. They typically have a jacket or a sweater over their gi and go straight to the dojo and back home.

I know some people on the forum may disagree with what I'm about to say, but from what I've learned a gi is two things -

1) they're your school's uniform, and thus should be treated with respect

2) they aren't a holy relic, as really...they are "gym" clothes for your martial arts in class.

[JAKEHE3078]

I do not really disrespectful, but I would feel like an idiot.

[Chuck]

You should at least take off the belt when walking home in your Gi.

[Shotokan-kez]

I don't see it as disrespectful. Although i do agree that maybe you should wear something over the top and maybe not wear your belt until arriving at the dojo. My only reason for this is for safetys sake.

[bushido_man96]

What you need to be concerned about is if it will draw the wrong kind of attention to you in the areas you travel. If it does, then you should maybe wear a sweat suit over it or something.

[sensei8]

At least put your obi into a bag or something so that it's out of sight. No matter, your Gi by itself will draw enough attention to it, therefore, the less you draw attention to yourself the better!

What if you don't have a bag or something to carry it in? I don't know, improvise. After all, a martial artist must improvise and adapt.

[Killer Miller]

I would never wear the belt or gi top when away from the dojo. However, I loved wearing the gi pants only because they were so comfortable to wear.

Not disrespectful as long as you being respectful while wearing it - not showing off or acting like a tough guy, etc... We had some places where I would teach or trained where there was no locker-room or reasonably sanitary place to change at - in these cases we would wear our gis to and from training.

Bottom line is, if you are respectul and not making a spectacle out of yourself, don't worry about it.

- Killer -

[RawHuman]

Well thank you guys for all the info, i'm very thankfull