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Tokaido 12 oz. Arashi Uniform | 
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| Brand: Tokaido
Category: Sports
Buy New: $99.99 (On sale from $119.99)
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 215119
Media: Misc.
MPN: 0495
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| Features:
| • | Made from 12 ounces 100% brushed cotton. | | • | Feature 8 rows of stitching on cuffs and jacket hem. | | • | Available in White. | | • | Sizes 3 to 7 (available in 1/2 sizes). |
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Product Description
Tokaido 12 oz. Arashi Uniform This uniform has a full cut with standard length jacket and drawstring waist pants.
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| Customer Reviews:
The Made-in-Japan are amazing, the made-in-China not so hot November 9, 2008
Joseph C. McDaniel (Arizona)
As you can tell from the other review of this gi, there is a vast divide between the quality of the made in Japan Tokaido gis, which are legendary AND deserve to be. The made in China Tokaido gis are not so hot. They tend to disintegrate over a fairly short period of time. And they aren't enough cheaper to make the decision to go with them a good economic decision.
Made in Japan Tokaido karate gis are one of three premium quality (and premium priced) karate gis.
The trinity of high-end karate gi brands are Tokaido, Hirota, and Shureido.
Made in Japan Tokaido karate gis are made from a Japanese-made no. 10 canvas that's dyed a very light blue.
These gis last forever, and they are beautifully made. My 1968 Tokaido gi has been the object of profound textile abuse ranging from bleaching to industrial dryers set on "nuke". I can still wear it, no problem.
Made in Japan Tokaido traditional cut gis are the gis you'll see in the Best Karate series of books by Sensei Nakayama.
These days, Tokaido, like many gi manufacturers, make a "kumite" cut gi, with shorter arms and legs and a looser fit body, and some people like those better.
Tokaido gis generally run a little on the small size (gi sizes and dimensions differ between brands), so if you hit in the middle of a size chart category, go with the larger size.
The only drawback of a Tokaido gi is the price. On the other hand, you really ought not buy a Tokaido as your first gi. Initially, go with either a cheapie student gi, or get a good quality middle range gi (you can get a middleweight Meijin brand karate gi on the internet for about fifty bucks, and it's a very good gi, with a cut and cloth quality similar to a Tokaido traditional; Ki International also sells a gi for about fifty dollars).
And after you know you'll be sticking with karate for a while, THEN you buy a Tokaido gi, and it'll last you a long, long time (make SURE it's a Tokaido gi made in Japan; two of my buddies bought Tokaidos made in China, and I got to watch them self-destruct over a period of a few months).
BEWARE!: NOT authentic made-in-Japan Tokaido uniform August 9, 2004
L. Liu
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I found the sizing to be quite different from the real Tokaido uniforms. Also, quality was noticeably lacking. A bit cheaper than the real ones. But I think people should be made aware of the fact that this is not a real made-in-Japan top-of-the-line Tokaido product. Not bad for a training uniform. But I wouldn't want to be seen at a grading, seminar or tournament with one of these...
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