Karate Keikogi vs Tang Soo Do Gi

[Willard814]

What is the difference between a traditional Karate Gi and a Tang Soo Do Gi I'm thinking of taking Tang Soo Do in addition to Shotokan Karate-do classes and I wanted to know if I could wear my Ronin middle weight Gi for Tang Soo Do class?

[mindsedgeblade]

I doubt you could tell the difference, or enough to attribute it to anything besides personal taste. It's little things like length of the arms compared to length of the torso.

[JohnASE]

Most Tang Soo Do schools use "traditional" karate uniforms for doboks (Korean gi) at lower ranks. At higher ranks, they often use special TSD uniforms with colored trim, but even these are sometimes just custom trimmed karate gi. If you had a tournament cut uniform with shorter sleeves and pants, you might stand out, but you should be fine with a Ronin medium weight.