HOW TO WASH YOURMARTIAL ARTS UNIFORM

CLEMENT NIKACHI

PROPER REPRESENTATION OF ONE'SSELF IS AN IMPORTANT PART OFYOUR MARTIAL ARTS TRAINING.

IT MAY BE HARD TO KEEP YOURKARATE CLOTHES CLEAN, BUT HEREARE A FEW TIPS TO HELP CLEANING

YOUR UNIFORMS A L ITTLE B ITEASIER :

W H A T K I N D O FM A T E R I A L I S Y O U R

U N I F O R M ?

MOST UNIFORMS ARE E ITHER 100%PERCENT COTTON OR A MIXTURE OF

A COTTON/POLYESTER BLEND.

UNIFORMS COME IN THREE WEIGHTS:

LIGHTWEIGHTMIDDLEWEIGHTHEAVYWEIGHT

LIGHTWEIGHT UNIFORMS ARECONSIDERED "STUDENT WEIGHT"

MIDDLEWEIGHT UNIFORMS ARECONSIDERED "ADVANCED STUDENT

WEIGHT"

HEAVYWEIGHT UNIFORMS ARECONSIDERED " INSTRUCTOR WEIGHT"

AND ARE MORE OFTEN THAN NOTMADE OF 100% COTTON.

P R E S O A K

PRESOAKING YOUR UNIFORM WILLHELP TO ENSURE YOU GET ALL OF

DIRT OUT AND BE AS CLEAN ASPOSSIBLE .

P R E S O A K I N G S T E P S :

STEP 1 : F ILL A LARGE BUCKET ORSINK WITH WARM WATER (MAKE

SURE THE WATER IS W A R M N O T H O T ) .

STEP 2 : ADD ONE CUP OF LAUNDRYDETERGENT AND ONE CUP OF BAKING

SODA.

ADDING THE BAKING SODA WILLHELP TO COUNTERACT ANY ODOR.

STEP 3 : SOAK THE UNIFORMOVERNIGHT.

STEP 4 : HANG UNIFORM TO AIR DRY.

D O N O T P U T U N I F O R M S I N T H ED R Y E R !

THE HEAT FROM THE DRYER CANCAUSE SHRINKAGE AND ALLOW

STAINS TO SET IN .

STEP 5 : IRON YOUR UNIFORM.

MAKE SURE TO USE THE PROPERSETTING (COTTON) . BE SURE TO IRONTHE LEGS FLAT AND THE TOP IN THE

SHAPE OF A "T "