The Junsei Ryu Dress Code
Junsei Ryu Student
Dress Code:
All students studying within the Junsei Ryu Bujutsu Renmei are expected to adhere to the following
dress code. Students who study more than one aspect of Junsei Ryu Bujutsu should also purchase the correct Keikogi combinations
relevant the each individual art.
Jujutsu– All White Keikogi
Kempo – White Jacket,
Black Trousers
Kobujutsu– White Jacket, Black Hakama
Kenjutsu– Black Jacket, Black Hakama
Instructor Dress Code:
Instrucor grades within Junsei Ryu are given a number of options that make up their Dress Code.
Jujutsu Option 1–
All White Keikogi
Jujutsu
Option 2 – Black Jacket & White Trousers
Jujutsu Option 3 – Black Jacket & Black trousers
Kempo
Option 1 – White Jacket, Black Trousers
Kempo Option 2 – Black Jacket & Black Trousers
Kempo
Option 3– Black Jacket & Black Hakama
Kobujutsu Option 1– White Jacket, Black Hakama
Kobujutsu
Option 2– White Jacket, Black Hakama & Black Haori
Kobujutsu Option 3– Black Jacket, Black
Hakama & Black Haori
Kenjutsu Option 1– Black Jacket, Black Hakama
Kenjutsu Option 2– Black Jacket, Black
Hakama & Black Haori
What Makes Is A Keikogi (Dogi):
The standard Keikogi design is formed from a combination of no more than three parts; the most common combinations being
as follows:
Uwagi 表着 (Outer Clothing) or 上着
(Country Clothing) The Uwagi is the jacket portion of the modern Keikogi.
Zubon ズボン (Trousers
/ Pants / Breeches) The trouser like portion of the modern Keikogi. In earlier times the term Zubon was also used as an alternative
reading for Hakama.
Obi 帯 (Sash) The fabric sash that is wrapped around the wearers Uwagi and
tied shut.
Some martial arts styles and systems substitute the Zubon ズボン
for Hakama. Such and exchange is common practice in Aikido, Iaido, Iaijutsu, Kendo, Kenjutsu and Kobujutsu as well as
the majority of Koryu Bujutsu schools.
The Keikogi Parts In Detail:The
Obi: 帯 (Sash) The term Obi is used in reference to the myriad of wrap
around sashes worn as part of Japanese national dress. The two main Obi types worn within Junsei Ryu are the Budo Obi and
the Kaku Obi.
Budo Obi: 武道帯 (Martial Arts Sash)
The Budo Obi is normally made up from several layers of thick cotton stitched together and dyed in a distinctive
colour according to the grade of the wearer. The length of the Budo Obi varies in accordance with the size of the wearer but
averages at around 5cm wide. Many martial arts school do not teach any formal methods of tying the Obi, but the generally
accepted correct method of tying the Budo Obi is by using the Koma-Musubi 駒結び (Horse
Knot / Foal Knot) A diamond shaped knot tied that when tied correctly lies flat against the stomach of the wearer.
Kaku-Obi 角帯 (Stiff Sash) The Kaku-Obi is a much longer and wider wider
form of formal Obi, traditionally worn my men wearing traditional Kimono with Hakama. The Kaku Obi is much thinner than the
modern Budo-Obi but when wrapped around the wearer its 13foot length offers good support the the lower back of the wearer.
History
Of The Martial Arts Uniform:
Kano Jigoro 嘉納 治五郎 (1860 - 1938) was a lifelong
Jujutsuka (Student Of Jujutsu) and is celebrated as the founder of a school of Jujutsu now known as “Judo” 柔道
which is undoubtedly the most widely trained style of Jujutsu practiced anywhere in the world. Around the year 1907 Kano Jigoro
created and publicly introduced Japans first specific martial arts uniform, which he called a “Dogi” 道着
(Clothing For The Practice Of The Way). This Dogi was in effect created to be an emulation of an increasingly western approach
to everyday clothing, but with the advantage that it was designed to far outlast day-to-day clothing in a Dojo environment.
Prior to the creation of the Dogi, martial artists had
either trained in their day-to-day wear, or stripped down to a Fundoshi 褌 or loosely tied Kimono 着物
and Fundoshi combination in order to train. Contrary to popular belief, the majority of martial arts practitioners did not
immediately take to this new style of “Martial Art Clothing” preferring to stand by their tried and tested methods
of dressing. It was after some 13 years that the famed Karate master Gichin Funakoshi 船越 義珍 (founder
of Shotokan karate) came to teach at the Kodokan Dojo and chose to wear a Judo Dogi. In the months that followed Funakoshi
would not only adapt the Judo Dogi for use within Karate, but he would also adapt the Judo Kyudan ranking system.
Exactly where
and how Kano came up with the design of the Dogi is the subject of much deliberation. However the early designs of Dogi were
of an almost identical construction and to a common style of work-wear called a Samue 作務衣 which was favoured
by many Zen Buddhist monks and country folk.
