A term for the clothes worn by Aikidoists and other martial arts. The Aikido jacket is heavier than the Karate jacket and pants. Judo and Aikido practitoners, have heavier jackets. Judo and Aikido are two grappeling and throwing martial arts, so Karate and Tae Kwon Do jackets are ripped easy if used in Judo or Aikido. Sometimes worn with a hakama by Aikidoists.