Dobok
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The do bohk is the uniform worn by practitioners of Korean martial arts. "Do" means "Way of life" and "Bohk" means robe or training clothes. The do bohk comes in many colors, though white and black are the most common. The do bohk is fashioned after the Japanese gi, but often the pants are wider and longer. Due to this, Korean practitioners often wear a do bohk modeled after the Korean han bohk. The do bohk of taekwondo-practitioners are usually v-necks, tailored after the design of the han bohk. It is also is quite common for do bohks to have the reverse in a different color than the rest of the do bohk.
Around the do bohk a dee (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 that also use other colours.
Practitioners of sword-arts like kumdo usually wear wider pants, called chima baji (치마바지). Which literally means "skirt-pants".
