Quote Originally Posted by IronWeasel View Post
I guess that's why we wear the nice silky sashes instead of those coarse karate belts.
Yeah, Cotton chafes spelling? the boys below karate guys like to smash theirs so they can dull the pain and fight right away like maybe whack the Makiwara for a few. In Kung fu at most temples we like to place ours in the fine silken sash and gradually beat them...