Keikogi (稽古着 or 稽古衣) or dōgi (道着) is a uniform for training, used in martial arts derived from Japan, or budō. (keiko means practice, gi means dress or clothes).
The prototype for the modern keikogi emerged in the late 19th century.
The keikogi was developed by judo founder Kanō Jigorō.[1]
Judogi is the formal Japanese name for the traditional uniform used for judo practice and competition.
Japanese martial arts historian Dave Lowry speculates Kano derived the uniform's design from the uniforms of Japanese firefighter's heavy hemp jackets called "hanten."[2]
By 1920, the keikogi as it exists today was worn by Kano's students for judo practice.
The Kodokan (judo headquarters) has a photo taken in 1920 that shows Kano wearing a modern keikogi.[3]
Until the 1920s, Okinawan karate
practice was usually performed in everyday clothes. Given the social
climate between the Japanese and Okinawans during this time, karate was
seen as brutish compared to Japanese martial arts which had their roots
in samurai culture, such as jujutsu. To help market karate to the Japanese, Gichin Funakoshi -- the founder of Shotokan karate and the instructor responsible for importing karate to mainland Japan—adopted a uniform style similar to Kano's design.[4]
Over time, Karate practitioners modified the keikogi for karate by
lightening the weave of the fabric and adding strings to the inside of
the jacket that are tied to keep the jacket neatly closed. The jacket is
also held closed by the belt or obi.
Judo (柔道 jūdō, meaning "gentle way") is a modern martial art, combat and Olympic sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano.
Kodokan (講道館 Kōdōkan), or the Kodokan Institute, is the headquarters of the worldwide judo community. Literally, kō means "to lecture", dō means "way," and kan is "a public building" together translating as "a place for the study of the way." The Kodokan was founded in 1882 by Kanō Jigorō, the founder of judo, and is now an eight-story building in Tokyo.
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