Piranha Gear Karate Uniform (Extra Heavyweight), 4/5 sleeves, White

by Piranha Gear

Product Features

• Super return or exchange policy - no restocking fees EVEN IF YOU WASHED IT! Only one like that in the industry!|
• eal choice for advanced students and instructors
• Extra heavy weight, soft brushed 14 oz (!) cotton
• 8 rows of stitching for hems and jacket
• Reinforced in high stress areas of jacket AND pants

Product Description

The sizing on this uniform may not be what you're expecting. PLEASE be sure to check our size charts to make sure you're going to get a good fit as we want to save you the trouble of doing an exchange. (though we DO have the best exchange policy in the industry!)

This is a bleached white extra heavy weight "instructors" karate gi. It's made of long-strand 14 oz 100% brushed cotton canvas so it's much softer than traditional heavy canvas uniforms (we got tired of washing our uniforms for a year to get them to soften up - if you LIKE getting rubbed raw from a new canvas uniform, this is not the one to get).

This Piranha Gear brand gi includes pants with a traditional drawstring waist, reinforced groin, and heavy stitching throughout to ensure durability. The pants, jacket and sleeves all have 8 rows of stitching at the hem. It is truly a "top-of-the-line" uniform.

We were tired of the drawstrings calling it quits before the uniform. So these drawstrings and jacket ties are made of the same heavy material as the uniform (but quadruple folded) so they won't tear after the first year. We also have a nylon lining put inside the drawstring "tunnel" of the pants. That makes tightening them much easier - especially when they get sweaty.

The jacket has shorter "work-out" or "tournament" length sleeves (4/5 length) rather than full length "formal" sleeves - specifically for comfort and convenience. That means the sleeves will ride a couple inches above your wrist rather than cover it.

These uniforms do tend to run a little large, so if you're not sure about the fit, we recommend that you get the smaller size.

This is NOT intended for beginning students and we'd suggest you consider a light weight gi before investing in one of these. It does NOT come with a belt because, honestly, you probably already have one if you're ordering this...

Product Details

• Item Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000UGYKGE
• Item model number: 76-5-605 Wt
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #39,760 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excelent product - Better service, January 24, 2009

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Thomas A. Deboeser (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Piranha Gear Karate Uniform (Extra Heavyweight), 4/5 sleeves, White (Misc.)

This is a very well designed Gi. The cut is great for fighting/sparring ( kumite ), it allows for better range of movement. I not big fan of drawstring type pants, but the design on these is well thought out. It pulls evenly without discomfort.
The material is top notch, as is the stitching. The package arrives packed with care, and included with the gi are care directions - typed in booklet form. Not just a piece of paper clumsily cut with scissors, in other words these people care about their product.

That leads me to best part of this product - the customer service. You tell Piranha cares about what they've created and sell. But more than that, their response to email and the handling of returns is excellent. I ordered a size below what I normally order, because I thought a smaller size would give me the shorter arms and legs I was looking for. And my body probably fits a 3 1/2, best. When I discovered the size 3 was too small Piranha accepted my return, but wanted to know more about my sizing... so they could improve on their product ( I don't think they need to change anything though ).

For the price I don't think you can find a better gi. And with fantastic customer service, and a product made in the USA it can't be beat.
I shop with many small company's because of my hobbies, and it's a hard life running a small business. Hopefully Piranha's hard work will pay off.

5 stars!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Karate Uniform Review, January 25, 2010

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Daniel Beckman "Ohio Kayak" (Cincinnati, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Piranha Gear Karate Uniform (Extra Heavyweight), 4/5 sleeves, White (Misc.)

Very well made. This is definitely a heavy weight uniform, so it is a little stiff, but makes a great sound with kicks and punches.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Uniform, August 2, 2009

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Mark C. H. Waters (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Piranha Gear Karate Uniform (Extra Heavyweight), 4/5 sleeves, White (Misc.)

Item was delivered with speed and was well taken care of. Uniform is a great deal and works very well. I have been training for 20 years now and will absolutely recommend this item to others.

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