Custom judo club shirts start at $19.88 base with no minimum order at Bear Grips Pro Shops. Your dojo logo goes on tees, hoodies, and embroidered hats, prints when a student orders, and ships free to their door in about a week. Here is how small judo clubs run a branded apparel shop without ordering a single piece of inventory.
The average judo club in the US has somewhere between 15 and 60 active members. The local screen printer wants a 24 piece minimum at a single size and color before the per-shirt price drops to anything reasonable. Even a 36 piece order on three sizes leaves the dojo holding twelve shirts that may sit in a box for a year.
Print on demand flips that math. There is no minimum because nothing is printed until a student clicks buy. A white belt who joined last week can order one shirt in her size. The sensei does not front any cash. The club does not pre-guess sizes, colors, or how many parents want a hoodie this season.
For a club running its first apparel run, this is the difference between launching a shop next weekend and writing a Google form to collect 24 pre-orders before you can place the printer order.
The catalog covers the apparel a judo club actually sells. Gis stay with the gi suppliers. Everything below is what students wear to the dojo, after the dojo, and to tournaments.
Front and back prints are included in the base price. Unlimited colors in the design. No setup fee per shirt or per color count. See the hoodie catalog for fleece weight options that hold up across a New England winter.
Bear Grips Pro Shops: Custom Apparel for Your Team. No Minimums. Free Shipping.The base price on most tees is around $19.88 on the Self Service VIP plan and $23.93 on the free tier. You set the retail. Most judo clubs add $10 to $15 in profit per item.
| Item | Base | Retail set | Dojo profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton tee | $19.88 | $32 | $12.12 |
| Performance tee | $23.86 | $36 | $12.14 |
| Pullover hoodie | $36.88 | $50 | $13.12 |
| Embroidered snapback | $29.86 | $42 | $12.14 |
Shipping is free to the student. The dojo never touches inventory, never goes to the post office, never ships a single package. Profit hits the club account on a schedule the sensei sets.
The launch flow is five steps. Most judo clubs finish the whole thing between morning and afternoon classes.
For a no-cost first run, the free tier holds the shop open with three products. Upgrade to the Self Service VIP plan once orders start rolling and the lower base prices pay for the monthly cost in about three to four shirts a month.
Judo clubs that launch with too many products dilute their own sales. Five products that fit the dojo culture beat fifty products that nobody can sort through.
The starter lineup most judo clubs run:
Add the second wave once the first wave has moved 30 to 50 units total. Tanks for summer, joggers for tournament travel, long sleeves for fall promotion ceremonies. Each new product should fill a real gap, not just sit on the shop page.
Open a free Bear Grips Pro Shop and put your dojo logo on tees, hoodies, and hats. Order one, order fifty, your students pay direct.
Start FreeYes. There is no minimum and no setup fee. Sensei can order a single shirt at the base price plus your retail markup before opening the shop to students.
About a week from order to doorstep. Items print in the US after the order, then ship free to the student address.
No. The print and ship operation handles all fulfillment. The dojo keeps the profit margin and never touches a single piece of inventory.
Yes. Front and back prints are included in the base price. Many dojos put a small chest logo on the front and a large dojo banner across the back.
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