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Buying the Right Martial Arts Clothing

Buying martial arts clothing can be a confusing thing. What combinations of properties does one require, in order to make one’s fighting as good as possible while still retaining qualities of protection and ventilation? And what about uses? Some martial arts gear is designed for training, other stuff for actual fighting. Then, of course, there are the million fold disciplines to take into account. No-one is going to get very far, for instance, trying to kick box in a judo gi. Selection is everything – it’s crucial to training success and it’s absolutely indispensable for good fighting.

The first thing to consider, then, when looking at martial arts clothing, is: what style of martial arts is the clothing for? Certain disciplines or styles of fighting carry with them mandatory bits of uniform – without which, to all intents and purposes, a practitioner isn’t even doing the sport in question. Simply put: if a person isn’t wearing a gi in the ring, he or she is not “doing” judo, no matter how good his or her moves may be.

So. Shorts for kick boxing – those baggy silk ones, for preference. The Muay Thai kick boxer wears loose silky shorts for three main reasons. One, to allow total freedom of movement. In the case of Muay Thai, kicks tend to be extreme, fast and plentiful. The right martial arts clothing, then, for Muay Thai, will allow rapid movement and quick transition of weight from foot to foot. The bagginess of the shorts means legs can be rotated and telescoped quickly without chafing or restraint. The silky material means that the feet and hands of opponents will slide and slip away from the thigh, rather than striking it hard. That’s imperative for such a quick, kick heavy sport – injury to the thigh means no more high kicking. Finally, the Muay Thai short, through both fit and material, allows the wearer to stay cool despite extreme physical exertion.

Martial arts clothing for less aggressive or impact heavy disciplines can be very, very different. The Judo gi, for example, is designed to afford hand holds. A person cannot “do” judo unless they are able to grasp fistfuls of their opponents’ clothing – that’s how many holds and throws are accomplished. So a person can’t fight successfully in competition Judo unless he or she, and his or her opponent, are both attired in the familiar white fabric.

Training clothes for martial arts are very different from fighting clothes. Training is designed to strengthen the body, quicken the reflexes and hone skills – whereas fighting is all about testing those skills to the limit. In order to hone skills one must be able to get them wrong safely. Martial arts clothing for training is designed to allow the wearer to make those mistakes without getting injured to the point of no return. In other words, martial arts training clothing permits plenty of movement, but is protective enough that blows and falls may land without curtailing a career.

That’s only a tiny overview. Depending on discipline and level of proficiency, the array of martial arts clothing is daunting, to say the least. Talk to sensai; get online, do some research. That way you’ll be sure you’re buying the right kit.

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