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Re:Launch HN: SheerlyGenius (YC W18) – Indestructible Tights... by annywhey on Wednesday February 14, 2018 @11:43PM (#16381955)
One more athletics market: martial arts. If you train judo/jiujitsu, your existing uniform is a heavy cotton or cotton/poly weave that is built to last through the abuse of training partners gripping and yanking it every which way - and the existing stuff works, but it's bulky to carry and hard to wash. A modernized uniform that can retain the same strength at a lighter weight would be of practical interest.
Re:Launch HN: SheerlyGenius (YC W18) – Indestructible Tights... by matte_black on Thursday February 15, 2018 @03:44AM (#16382657)
Do you train jiujitsu? I don’t really see existing uniforms being replaced with something lighter and potentially much thinner.
Re:Launch HN: SheerlyGenius (YC W18) – Indestructible Tights... by controversy187 on Thursday February 15, 2018 @08:53AM (#16383948)
A much closer application in Jiu Jitsu would be replacing the rash guard that many people wear under their gi, or in nogi. Or replacing a surfer's rash guard, for that matter. Tons of applications for this.
Re:Launch HN: SheerlyGenius (YC W18) – Indestructible Tights... by nottorp on Thursday February 15, 2018 @09:00AM (#16383984)
But this is stretchy, which would be mostly an annoyance in training.
Re:Launch HN: SheerlyGenius (YC W18) – Indestructible Tights... by sushid on Thursday February 15, 2018 @02:33PM (#16386807)
I used to practice taekwondo but I just don't see this material being used to replace a standard uniform.