I was talking to a gent one day at a tourney and i noticed the coat that he had on. It had different club patches all over it. I asked him why, and he told me that he collected patches from every school that he has either delt with or was friends with. I was thinking on this the other night and was wondering if anyone else on here does that. Its seems kinda odd but some school have some great looking patches. Also i was thinkin that a it would be interesting if some people posted them in the photos. I DUNNO, JUST A CRAZY THOUGHT FROM A CRAZY PERSON!!
I have 4. I have a Tang Soo Do one. The International Martial arts Association (my old school's assn, www.imahq.net ) I have my new school's patch and the WTF one. But I don't really collect them.
T-Shirts I have a fairly large collection of martial arts club T-Shirts - mostly JKD & related systems. I even scanned about 20 of them in once as a sort of record - I had the idea opf an online gallery but never got around to it. This is what we have as the front logo on our club shirt. The seconds pic shows 4 of us wearing them after a session last year (Mine's the vest)
Here's the back of our club shirt.... and heres one you can't buy - it's the Instructor's T-Shirt from my Sifu's club - this one is paid for in sweat, blood & hard work
Cool, WOW i didnt know that someone else was thinkin about that as well. I have a collection of Tourney shirts but i was thinkin about getting patches from different school. Hummmmm I like the shirts by the way
I collect patches and shirts from schools I train at. Recently got the Bujinkan TaiKai shirt although I am missing the event.
Slightly different topic but definitely related... Does anybody know of a good company that makes the patches from a design that we give them? Also looking to get some phrases written in Japanese - any ideas where we could find that sort of service?
Most custom emblem companies are a bit pricy, but I liked Stadri's work and 1-2-3 Stitch I think the name is. Of course my info isn't much good overseas unless you want to pay for International shipping lol Rob
Are you trying to get written what I think you`re trying to get written, Silv? "A census taker once tried to test me, I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice UKESOL"
I could well be!! I suppose that depends what you think I am looking to get written! I'd probably still save money rather than getting it done in the UK LOL. If nobody can suggest a decent place in UK then I could be getting in touch with you Waya. What about the rest of the UK based crowd? Have any of you got patches/flashes/badges designed and made? If so can you please let me know the details. I think that it is about time that my club had its own badge rather than just using the uni crest.