No i am serious
Also spinning kicks work
Donāt wash your belt.
And yes, spinning kicks work.
Your uniform is supposed to be washed, pressed, and kept tidy at all times. Your belt however, is NEVER to be washed. Washing your belt would wash away all the sweat & blood youāve poured into it, and would also symbolically wash away all the experience youāve put into it. The most basic etiquette Japanese arts have about belts is that you never wash it, and you never place your belt on the ground. Itās fine if youāre wearing it and it touches the ground, but deliberately putting a belt on the ground is viewed as disrespectful. You put/toss things you donāt care about on the ground. Tossing your belt on the ground is viewed as an insult to your art.
Fuck you. I am not wanting to get staph or cellulitis or ring worm
Wash your belt and your gi
In fairness, I can understand dab00g from a grappling perspective. Having a sweat stained belt is fine, if youāre not emulating hot sweaty man sex every session.
When you have extended contact with another personās gi or belt, I get the need to wash, though.
That shit is so unlikely itās virtually impossible. As long as the uniform is washed, the belt is absolutely not a health hazard. Iāve trained with people who have had the same belt for decades, and in my 14+ years of training, this has NEVER happened to me, or anyone I have ever trained with. Hell, Iāve never even heard of such a preposterous theory.
lmfaooo ive seen ring worm pop up in multiple gyms. just cause youāve never seen it doesnt mean it doesnt happen elsewhere.
It is dumb not to wash it. You donāt get lucky
Also wash your gloves, wraps, and kickpads
And try to clean your mouth guard
Just clean your gear if you donāt want jock itch
Your gi should be washed and hang dried after every training session. WTF is wrong with yāall.
Oh god this is dumb cleaning your clothes does not take away anything. A belt is just a belt. Fuck off with that mumbo jumbo.
Also you probably do some shitty karate like the other guys who are saying grappling is pointless.
itās probably a Karate tradition specifically. You only have to worry about that stuff if your training on mats
The dirty belt myth originated in Judo and Karate.
The whole losing-your-ki bullshit isā¦bullshit, obviously. Judo and Karate donāt deal with ki in the first place.
Itās just tradition, to remind you of all the hard work youāve put in.
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Her belt is faded, losing black color because it is at least 10 years old. Doesnāt have to do with washing or not washing
Myth.
Washing your belt will make it fade faster anyway, due to all the agitation and constant soaking/loosening of the fibres.
Tbh, thereās nothing more embarrassing to me than red stains on a white gi or dobok due to belt ink.
Karate uses Ki, Judo does not. As someone that uses Ki in Kendo and practiced at a Japanese Traditional Judo dojo, some people have mentioned not washing belt/gi/gear but no one follows itā¦EVERā¦periodā¦
In Japan Iāve heard this before since washing your belt is suppose to be a representation of your hard work and sweat which in turn equates to your Spirit (ki/chi).
Thing is, for oneā¦ no one wants to do randori with someone who smells. Secondly, you should be washing your Judo Gi after every class and Hakama for those types of martial arts once in a while.
Secondly, if you ever look at any strong Shodan or higher they always look CRISP since looking strong and having the correct posture/etiquette is a FAR more important aspect within a Japanese Dojo. If your gear smells in a Japanese Dojoā¦ thatās actually one of the worst things you can POSSIBLY do. Its hands down one of the most embarrassing thingsā¦ I know since this unfortunately happened to me. I was told āyou train to muchā, you need to buy extra gear via my Sensei and trust me it was not a nice conversationā¦Maybe one of my most embarrassing situations ever doing Budo
Please point out where I said that grappling is pointless. Donāt bother, because I never did.
You donāt know the first thing about me, where Iāve trained, or who Iāve trained with.
Thereās more to martial arts than learning how to kick, punch, or grapple. If you canāt see the value in studying the history behind your respective art(s), itās lineage, itās traditions (and why theyāre there), the philosophy behind it, and how to apply it in the modern world (by studying your local laws governing self-defense for example), you may as well be training with your eyes closed. If you really consider all that to be mumbo-jumbo, then I feel sorry for you.
If thereās ringworm or staph popping up in gyms, itās not because people are not washing their belts. As someone stated earlier, itās more likely that the gym itself is not being properly cleaned. The floor mats/pads, equipment, gloves, punching bags etc., need to be properly cleaned on a regular basis. Itās the same reason staph is so prevalent in hospitals. One strip of fabric on an otherwise clean uniform is not going to give you ringworms. Come on, man.
Yeah you the dude coming in with that stank gi/belt
lol they clean the gymsā¦it dont mean shit if people keep comin in with germ infested clothing. a belt isnt made up of a strip of fabricā¦its weaved together where germs can live comfortably. its like you dont even science bro. a gym can fuckin douce the place in bleach but if niggas keep showin up with raggedy gross clothing its all for not.