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Offline AndyDavis

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New Gi needed - Advice please
« on: January 18, 2010, 12:10:59 PM »
It's time to get a new Gi. The Kamae International suit seems ok but it's in a European cut not Japanese cut. There is a Giko heavyweight suit in a Japanese cut but it seems very long in the jacket and i'm not that tall (5,10ish) so I don't want it to look like a dress! Advice please.
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Re: New Gi needed - Advice please
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2010, 01:15:21 PM »
Big guy like you - Kamakazi Kaiten Europa. Fantastic quality and lasts for ages. Very popular with the larger gentleman 8-)
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Re: New Gi needed - Advice please
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2010, 01:32:39 PM »
Quote from: Huw on January 18, 2010, 01:15:21 PM
Big guy like you - Kamakazi Kaiten Europa. Fantastic quality and lasts for ages. Very popular with the larger gentleman 8-)

I second that.
Mine's a Kaiten Sovereign from Kamae.. I take size 6 / 190
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Re: New Gi needed - Advice please
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2010, 02:02:19 PM »
Sovereign is quite a bit more expensive if memory serves - but it does have a longer jacket - best suited to those who don't have "Buns-o-Steel" like I have  :lol:

Europe is a very good "middleweight" Gi - I train regularly in the two I own and also a cheaper and heavier weight America which is also good but took some breaking in to soften it up.

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Re: New Gi needed - Advice please
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2010, 02:25:00 PM »
Quote from: JimmyTheHoover on January 18, 2010, 02:02:19 PM
I train regularly in the two I own  ....

Must be cold if you wear two gi's in the dojo ;-)
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Re: New Gi needed - Advice please
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2010, 02:33:02 PM »
Quote from: Huw on January 18, 2010, 02:25:00 PM
Quote from: JimmyTheHoover on January 18, 2010, 02:02:19 PM
I train regularly in the two I own  ....

Must be cold if you wear two gi's in the dojo ;-)

As you know Huw - we're not made as tough as you Seki up here  :D

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Re: New Gi needed - Advice please
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2010, 09:39:51 PM »
Many thanks for the advice!
I have gone for a Kaiten Kamikaze Emperor. It says on the site it is generously cut so hopefully I can do away with the 'open shirt' 70s porn star look (mustache and plumbing tools optional) which I seem to always have by the end of training nights. 8)

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Re: New Gi needed - Advice please
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2010, 11:06:57 PM »
Quote from: AndyDavis on January 18, 2010, 09:39:51 PM
hopefully I can do away with the 'open shirt' 70s porn star look (mustache and plumbing tools optional) which I seem to always have by the end of training nights. 8)

:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: New Gi needed - Advice please
« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2010, 11:36:45 PM »
As I said, very popular with the larger gentleman  8)
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