I noticed that every practitioner has patches of their academy as well as possible sponsors, or companies/affiliations they want to affiliate themselves with. My first competition is in December and I‘d like to show my my school (Go Rams! 8-0). However I don‘t want my patch to be embroidered. The patch itself cannot have borders and needs to be flat. I guess it needs to be printed on a rough canvas material to stitch onto my gi?I‘ve browsed websites but most require bulk orders and aren‘t exactly what I‘m looking for. Is there anyway I can get a personalized patch for myself in the NYC area?
Make sure that wearing the patch is approved by the school you train in so check with your teacher and the affiliation you are planning to represent. The patches you see on people's gi are not just some random patches you get to pick. Wearing the patches is a 2 way street you showing your affiliation and representing the school where you compete and them wanting to be represented by you. For example if your school does not like UFC it would be improper to go compete in the UFC wearing that patch and representing your school. Try an iron on transfer. You can actually make them on your computer. Get Iron on transfers at a sewing or craft store, print it out MIRROR IMAGE from your computer, iron on a piece of cloth to sew onto your gi or directly onto your gi. I would not use canvas. Simple piece of cotton blend cloth (cotton/polyester) will do nicely.
It's a great school. My friends and I got in their and I know some people going there now. It has two campuses, one in Lincoln Center, Manhattan and then there's the Rose Hill campus in the Bronx. If your looking for more of the campus feel you'll probably end up at the Rose Hill campus. The neighborhood isn't the best, but it's right next to the NY Botanical Garden and the Bronx Zoo. The school has an excellent reputation amongst those around the nation. A lot of businesses in NY hire Fordham grads. It also has a great law school if you are interested in that and takes a lot of its law students from it's undergrad programs.
