Icetuete Posted August 20, 2003 Posted August 20, 2003 yeah, good point... but if i'd switch to the other dojo, i probably show that i wanna learn their way. besides, i of course would buy a new dobok if the instructors wishes me to do so or if he'd be insulted by me wearing the dobok and the signs of another dojang. apart from the dobok, i anyway respect the instructors, no matter what i am wearing, outside the dojo for instance.
Sens55 Posted August 20, 2003 Posted August 20, 2003 I'm glad that's not an issue for us. Our instructor doesn't care. As long at the dobuk/gi fits and is clean, he doesn't care. In fact, he bought the school from another instructor who couldn't make it go. There are shelves full of dobuks and he loans them to new students when they come in to see if they like it. If they do, and they stick with it they can keep it or order another one, and it can be a gi or a dobuk. Of course, these dobuks have the name of the FORMER school on them. Our classes are quite colorful. We have some that wear just the traditional Korean dobuks in white with black V neck, others wear black ones, some wear gis that are black, white, red, blue or gold (yes GOLD) and sometimes a combination of the above (i.e. black top, white bottoms). Some also wear Hapkido gi tops in varying colors. His attitude is, the name on the back doesn't matter in our dojang, it's only when we go to tournaments. Otherwise, wear what works. He actually claims that's part of the "Moo Duk Kwan" tradition. He normally wears the super heavy canvas black gi, even in the summer.
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