Essimo IJF Gold Judo Suit

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• Manufacturer — Essimo B.V.'s own store (EUR) - Essimo IJF Gold Judogi White (SKU IJF8W), in its "IJF Approved" range: "meets the latest IJF and EJU regulations"; "Optical IJF RED label on trousers and jacket"; "Material: 750 grams fabric: 80% cotton / 20% polyester"; preshrunk, "with the size corresponding to your body length"; a Regular model that "adheres to standard IJF specifications" and a Slim Fit model with "a smaller waist"; sizes 150 to 210. Its strength and popularity claims are not used.
• Other source — essimo.co.uk, the UK purchase route in GBP (a web shop owned by Ultimat Defence Limited, Wigan; not named by Essimo B.V.) - "Essimo IJF Gold Judo Suit White" ("2026" appears only in the listing's URL slug): "approved by the IJF and the EJU and can be worn in any national and international tournament" (the seller's wording, matching Essimo's own); polyester/cotton, preshrunk, order the size that matches your body length; Regular and Slim; sizes 155 to 200 and 210. That this listing is the same edition as Essimo's IJF8W page is not confirmed.
• Other source — essimo.co.uk terms and conditions: the site is "owned by Ultimat Defence Limited", 387 Wigan Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan WN4 0AR (Companies House: ULTIMAT DEFENCE LIMITED, 07208550, incorporated 30 March 2010, same address). Essimo B.V.'s own website (about us, contact, affiliation pages) names no UK distributor, so the shop is not recorded as authorised.
• Technical documentation — IJF Official Supplier List (undated page, read 2026-10-22). "Master IJF Judogi Supplier": Taishan; "IJF Premium Judogi Supplier": Double D Adidas; "IJF Official Judogi Supplier" includes "Essimo BV" (Den Helder, The Netherlands; web essimo-judo.com) and "Fighting Films Store Ltd" (Unit 6 Rose Green Industrial Park, Bristol; web fightingfilms.com). The list names suppliers and IJF-approved laboratories, never judogi models.
• Technical documentation — IJF Sport and Organisation Rules, "Version: 14 August 2026". Appendix C (IJF Judogi Rules): C1.1 national federations are responsible for athletes wearing approved IJF judogi at IJF official events; jacket and trousers the same brand; reversible judogi not allowed; a belt other than black must be flexible and is exempt from the IJF label; C1.1.5 the IJF label is checked with a UV lamp, the supplier's logo must be on jacket, trousers and belt, sleeves must cover the wrist bone, the skirt must cover the buttocks, and protections (knee, elbow, shin pads) may not have the slightest metallic or rigid element; C1.2 each jacket and trousers must have an unforgeable red or green optical label (belts blue, red or green); C1.9 white or blue within set colour references; C1.10 skirt at least 20cm below the belt for the -73kg group (women -48 to -70kg, men -60 to -73kg) and 25cm for the +73kg group (women -78 and +78kg, men -81 to +100kg), trousers ending no more than 5cm above the ankle bone, belt 4-5mm thick with 20-30cm from the knot; C1.11 and C1.13 female athletes must wear a short-sleeved, round-necked white T-shirt. No mention of mouthguards anywhere in the document (text searched 2026-10-22).
• Technical documentation — IJF Judogi Manufacturing Regulation, "Version March 2026", effective 1 April 2015. 2.1: approved judogi must bear the official tamper-proof label with an optical code (red or green border; blue permitted for belts). 2.2: only manufacturers with a current IJF contract and a certificate of conformity from an IJF-approved laboratory may obtain the label. 3.1: the fabric "should not be too thick, too stiff or too slippery"; cotton or a cotton blend with more than 70% cotton; synthetic fibres increase strength and reduce weight but make the fabric less sweat-absorbent; fabric weight between 650 g/m² and 750 g/m² after washing and drying a new jacket, ±5% tolerance. 3.2: the jacket's upper part must be sashiko ("rice grain") weave.
• Technical documentation — British Judo Association, Amendments to the IJF Contest Rules, "Version: Effective 06/07/2026" (listed "As of 6th July 2026" on British Judo's Contest Rules page, 2026-10-22). With the IJF Contest Rules they form the rules at all BJA licensed events; unless a level is named they apply at all levels. 5.1: white and blue judogi only in competition; the athlete called first never wears blue; organisers may specify on the entry form whether blue is mandatory or optional; with a blue judogi both wear grade belts, where both wear white the first wears a white belt and the second a blue belt; the referee in charge may allow other belt colours, generally only at Level 1 or 2 events or Dan gradings; at Level 1 any colour of judogi, jacket and trousers the same solid colour. 5.2: sleeves reach the wrist joint at most and 5cm above it at least. 5.3: grade badges on the skirt below the belt, max 10x10cm. 5.4: a non-compliant judogi must be changed within 6 minutes or the contest is lost by kiken-gachi. 5.5: soft shin pads without hard stiffeners; an underfoot band allowed; no instep pad. 5.6: a T-shirt or rash guard may be worn by anyone and must be worn in female categories; plain white, round neck, sleeves up to 5cm above the wrist joint, no advertising beyond a maker's label of at most 3x15cm, and it "should be worn tucked into the judogi trousers". No mouthguard rule, and no requirement for IJF-labelled judogi, was found in the text.
• Technical documentation — British Judo Contest Rules, "BJA Version: 23/03/2026", based on the IJF SOR of 21/01/2026; British Judo's adoption of the IJF Refereeing Rules for all British Judo events, read with the Amendments. Appendix 2 (Judogi, generally Level 4): a judogi is a jacket and trousers worn with a belt; no red and white belt; skirt to cover the buttocks; belt 4-5mm thick with 20-30cm from the knot; protections checked and without metallic or rigid parts; colour "judged 'by eye' as being white or blue" at BJA events. It contains no requirement for IJF-labelled judogi or IJF supplier logos, and no mouthguard rule (text searched 2026-10-22).