The only things left that I acquired from my first dojo are my plain black mediumweight gi, my belts. my red sparring gear, my karate study guide, and my trophies and medals from competing in a few tournaments back then.
What happened with the stuff? My oldest son sometimes wear my old black gi (as they are now his size) when practicing at home. My belts apparently got wet (from a house flood in the basement 8 years ago) and shrunk/twisted up. I still use my same old sparring gear with my current dojo. Surprisedly, they're still in fairly good shape considering they were bought 18 years ago and had seen quite a bit of action through the years. My study guide is tattered and missing some pages of how some techniques were done. It still shows the dates when I tested and the signatures of my previous instructors passing me off. My tournament awards are somewhere in a box in storage.
- Ceicei