On 03/07/2017 12:31 PM, Night Mist wrote:

I would consider the fabric usually used in making a gi to be a bit light for shopping or laundry bags unless it were doubled.

I don't think I have ever had a karate or judo GI that was light weight
material. I have a Judo gi that the pants a quite heavy weight canvas,
and the top is does not appear to be a denim or canvas, but it is a
double-weave of some kind and is fairly heavyweight material.

In another class I was in, the instructor required (it could have been
"recommended," but I am pretty sure it was required) that the uniforms
were at least 12oz, or perhaps even 16oz denim ("premium" uniforms).

A few years ago I was in a Japanese sword class, and I made a hakama for
that class, and I used a farly heavy weight denim for those, much
heavier than any commercial hakama I have ever seen.

I am not sure what the weight of the material of the partially made
pants I have is, or even how to find out, but I am pretty sure I never
would have made a karate uniform out of anything less than medium weight
(= 12oz) denim.

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