So the other day I was working outside. Believe it or not we have some grass here in beautiful Las Vegas, Nevada. So after a scorpion check (just kidding) I went into basic rolls and breakfalls and then commenced to get into some serious stick and blade work. I was wearing my black uniform and guess what? When I was done and it was laundered there were no grass stains, etc. The uniform looked just like new! On another day I was rolling at a friends schools here in Las Vegas. It was just he and I in the morning before classes. For those people who do not roll (ie. submission grappling) regularly when you are rolling anytime but particularly when wearing a uniform you get little nicks and cuts. Even after your skin adjusts to rolling you still get them from time to time. During our session I got a few nicks and cuts on my fingers and later when doing some grappling with strikes his nose literally exploded in blood over both our uniforms. My uniform was black, his was white. Now one reason in IRT that I have always gone with black uniforms whether the typically heavy canvas Karate style or a Black Judo Gi is because when they get dirty you either get it off or you just don’t see the dirt because it blends in with the black. In this case my uniform cleaned up easily and looked like new. My friends brand new white Atama Kimono (GI) however was pretty bloody and it took him awhile to get all the blood out and then you could still see a bit. This is a hard lesson to learn but through the years white just does not hold up to the constant stains. Just one more reason why black is beautiful!
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Very nice post. Hahaha “His nose exploded with blood”
That happens to all of us that practice the martial sciences on a true path!
Not that I have any experience this, but tell you fiend to use peroxide, it does a rather good job at getting blood out. 😉
Hey Tim,
Shout plus washing in cold water does well too. My experience though with white Gi’s when rolling is that after a few months they can look nasty if you are not really careful. Particulalry if you regularly train with a bleeder. (someone who bleeds a lot and rather easily from all the little nicks and cuts)