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{{Short description|Uniform worn for Korean martial arts}}
{{Italic title}}{{more citations needed|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Korean name/auto
|image=Dobok- ITF.jpg
|hangul=도복
|hanja=道服
}}
[[File:Black Belt Tang Soo Do Dobok.jpg|thumb|Black Belt {{Transliteration|ko|Tang Soo Do Dobok}}]]
[[File:Dobok Gup.jpg|thumb|{{Transliteration|ko|Gup Tang Soo Do Dobok}}]]
{{Transliteration|ko|rr|'''Dobok'''}} ({{Korean|hangul=도복}}) is the uniform worn by practitioners of [[Korean martial arts]], such as [[taekwondo]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WE7dwHsTgwQC&dq=dobok+taekwondo&pg=PA7|isbn = 9780778703389|title = Taekwondo in Action|year = 2005|publisher = Crabtree Publishing Company}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.visitbusan.net/index.do?menuCd=DOM_000000302008001000&uc_seq=448&lang_cd=en&pagingParms=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|title=Recommended Tour &#124; Experience &#124; Experience &#124; Visit Busan|website=www.visitbusan.net}}</ref> {{Transliteration|ko|rr|Do}} means "way" and {{Transliteration|ko|rr|bok}} means "clothing". The {{Transliteration|ko|rr|dobok}} came from the Japanese [[Keikogi|''keikogi/dōgi'']], used in Japanese martial arts, such as [[judo]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2019}}

The {{Transliteration|ko|rr|dobok}} comes in many colors, though white and black are the most common. The {{Transliteration|ko|rr|dobok}} may have the reverse in a different colour than the rest of the {{Transliteration|ko|rr|dobok}}. They are made in a variety of materials, ranging from traditional cotton to cotton-polyester blends.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2022/04/356_251929.html|title=[INTERVIEW] Spreading peace through taekwondo|date=July 11, 2018|website=[[The Korea Times]]}}</ref>

The pants and sleeves of the {{Transliteration|ko|rr|dobok}} are wider and longer than the traditional Japanese {{Transliteration|ja|keikogi}}. Due to this, practitioners often wear a {{Transliteration|ko|rr|dobok}} modeled after the Korean {{Transliteration|ko|rr|[[hanbok]]}}. The {{Transliteration|ko|rr|dobok}} of [[World Taekwondo Federation]]-style [[taekwondo]] practitioners usually have v-neck jackets, tailored after the design of the hanbok. Traditional taekwondo practitioners may wear {{Transliteration|ko|rr|dobok}} that are identical or very similar to {{Transliteration|ja|keikogi}}, with a cross-over jacket front, while [[International Taekwon-Do Federation]]-style taekwondo practitioners typically wear a newer design with a vertically closing jacket front.{{Citation needed|date=October 2019}}

Around the {{Transliteration|ko|rr|dobok}} a {{Transliteration|ko|rr|tti}} (belt) is worn. The color of the belt denotes the rank or grade of the wearer. Coloured belts are for {{Transliteration|ko|rr|[[geup]]}}-holders, while black belts are usually worn by {{Transliteration|ko|[[Dan rank|dahn]]}}-holders. The order of belt colors may differ from school to school. Most commonly the first belt is a white belt. Other colours are typically yellow, orange, green, blue, purple, red, brown, and then black. Some schools use other colours, such as brown in place of red and red in place of black. Some also have a stripe running down the length of the centre of the {{Transliteration|ko|rr|tti}}.

Practitioners of Korean sword arts like [[kumdo|keomdo]] usually wear wider pants, called {{Transliteration|ko|rr|chima baji}} ({{Korean|hangul=치마바지|lit=skirt-pants|labels=no}}) that are similar looking to the Japanese {{Transliteration|ja|[[hakama]]}} for [[kendo]] or [[iaijutsu]].

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