May 9, 201214 yr Reason #10... The traditional black kenpo gi is very slimming.#9... Keeps muscles from going cold during less active time periods.#8.. When training alone at night, non-martial artists coming in to do cardio will be less disturbed by the guy swinging a machete around in the next room.#7.... Traditional street cred.#6... Less dripping sweat on the mats.#5.. MMA or Kempo gloves (you know what Master Ken would say) make deploying a training knife from a pocket too much of an ordeal, but drawing from an obi requires the same amount of time and roughly the same movement as the blades I typically carry, allowing for more realistic situational drilling.#4... No more digging in the laundry searching for gym clothes. (I'm a lazy housekeeper.)#3... Putting a gi on is psychologically like the guy in Over the Top turning his hat around.#2 Never having to verbally say "No, we do not train UFC." again.and the #1 reason for training in a gi... When it gets old and frays I can go to Cons as Akuma. My fists bleed death. -Akuma
May 9, 201214 yr LOL, awesome. http://kyokushinchick.blogspot.com/ "If you can fatally judo-chop a bull, you can sit however you want." -MasterPain, on why Mas Oyama had Kyokushin karateka sit in seiza with their clenched fists on their thighs.
May 9, 201214 yr Haha - love it! "We did not inherit this earth from our parents. We are borrowing it from our children."
May 11, 201214 yr OSU!!! but I prefer the White Gi!!! "Challenge is a Dragon with a Gift in its mouth....Tame the Dragon and the Gift is Yours....." Noela Evans (author)
May 11, 201214 yr #3... Putting a gi on is psychologically like the guy in Over the Top turning his hat around."Its like a switch...like a truck."Love it! https://www.haysgym.com http://www.sunyis.com/ https://www.aikidoofnorthwestkansas.com
May 12, 201214 yr Author Haha, actually apart from #1, I was serious, and then only because there are no Anime conventions anywhere near me.Vantheman, I will change to Muay Thai shorts if we start attracting point fighters and bo-twirlers. My fists bleed death. -Akuma
May 14, 201214 yr Haha, actually apart from #1, I was serious, and then only because there are no Anime conventions anywhere near me.Vantheman, I will change to Muay Thai shorts if we start attracting point fighters and bo-twirlers.We just can't find a happy medium can we. Every high school kid that asks me if i train MMA makes me launch into a speach about how we practice "combative self defense principles".
May 14, 201214 yr Author Haha, actually apart from #1, I was serious, and then only because there are no Anime conventions anywhere near me.Vantheman, I will change to Muay Thai shorts if we start attracting point fighters and bo-twirlers.We just can't find a happy medium can we. Every high school kid that asks me if i train MMA makes me launch into a speach about how we practice "combative self defense principles".Remember to direct the less jerky ones to a reputable MMA gym. My fists bleed death. -Akuma
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