Every year, the dojo produces a limited edition t-shirt design for the NYC Karatedō International Championship Tournament. This year's design features a key concept in karatedō.
It's here!
The official design for the 2025 NYC Karatedō International Championship Tournament T-shirt has been released. This is the second year that the t-shirt design is co-sponsored by both Goju Karate and the NYC Karatedō International Championship, and was developed by the Dojo.
Every year, the dojo designs and produces a limited edition t-shirt that is only available to competitors and tournament officials and volunteers. The design is never re-printed, and never re-used, and is only available to competitors.
Tournament t-shirts are never offered for sale.
Ren Ma
This year's design honors the concept of ren ma, constant improvement, as its main motif. It celebrates the commitment that all competitors at the tournament showed to improving themselves and refining their karatedō.
The kanji for the t-shirt was specially rendered in ink, and then scanned and colored with a bold red gradient. In addition to the striking kanji, the high-quality shirt also features the tag line "Better, Always."
Also new for this year is a special emblem patch on the left shoulder, with an outline of the Empire State Building with an overlay for 2025 and a "competitor" designation.
Availability
2025 T-Shirt orders will be available for pickup at the Front Desk at the dojo beginning Monday, December 1st.
READ MORE: The 2024 Tameshiwari Tournament
Goju Karate
The shirt has gone into production, and all competitors in the 2024 edition of the Tameshiwari Tournament will receive their t-shirt on the day of the event, November 2nd, 2024.
And for those who didn't compete this year, one copy of the t-shirt will be on display – be sure to check it out later in November, where it'll be displayed right next to designs from previous years!
