The dobok is the uniform worn by practitioners of Korean martial arts. "Do" means "Way of life" and "Bok" means robe or training clothes. The dobok comes in many colors, though white and black are the most common. The dobok is fashioned after the Japanese gi, but often the pants are wider and longer. Due to this, Korean practitioners often wear a dobok modeled after the Korean hanbok. The dobok of taekwondo-practitioners are usually v-necks, tail...
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The dobok is the uniform worn by practitioners of Korean martial arts. "Do" means "Way of life" and "Bok" means robe or training clothes. The dobok comes in many colors, though white and black are the most common. The dobok is fashioned after the Japanese gi, but often the pants are wider and longer. Due to this, Korean practitioners often wear a dobok modeled after the Korean hanbok. The dobok of taekwondo-practitioners are usually v-necks, tailored after the design of the hanbok. It is also is quite common for doboks to have the reverse in a different color than the rest of the dobok.
Around the dobok a tti(belt) is worn, the color of this belt is the grade of the student. Colored belts are for geup-holders while the black belts are usually worn by dan-holders.
The order of the belt colours differs from school to school. Most commonly the first belt one gets to wear is a white colored belt. Other colours one frequently sees are yellow, green, blue, red and black. There are schools...
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