RENATUS II
Macro detail of the bat's wing membrane, satin stitch over a gunmetal outline
The full bat embroidery, wings spanning shoulder to shoulder with mountain ridges worked into the membrane
The back of the RENATUS II gi: the bat over a large incomplete white ensō

RENATUS II

NO WAY AROUND.ONLY THROUGH.

FEAR

NO WAY AROUND

SCROLL THROUGH

↑←↓→
IAscend
The masculine upward triangle: a gold-embroidered sun with long rays, on the left shoulder闘 — fight — embroidered in metallic gold on the arm, beneath the shoulder triangleFight.

THE MASCULINE

The sun is direction.The upward triangle is chosen effort.

To rise is to act.To move before certainty.To walk toward the thing that asks something of you.

Courage.Discipline.Direction.

The climb begins with a decision.That is enough.

IIFear
The bat embroidery, wings spanning shoulder to shoulder with mountain ridges worked into the membraneEMBRACE FEAR embroidered in satin white on the lapel

FEAR

Fear does not leave when you turn toward it.It changes shape.

The bat is fear given form.The mountains live inside its wings because fear and growth were never separate.

You do not become fearless.You become willing.

The climb begins where avoidance ends.

NO WAY AROUND.ONLY THROUGH.

IIIDescend
The feminine downward triangle: a satin white crescent moon with cloud and star, on the right shoulder舞 — dance — embroidered in glossy satin white on the arm, beneath the shoulder triangleDance.

THE FEMININE

The moon does not force.It receives.It moves with what is there.

The downward triangle is the descent.Not collapse.Not defeat.Descent.

To feel without fleeing.To soften without disappearing.To let truth reach deeper than control.

Depth.Intuition.Surrender.

The valley is where the water gathers.

IVFlow
The ensō: a large, deliberately incomplete circle in glossy satin white闘 — fight舞 — dance

FLOW

Fight gives direction.Dance gives movement.Together, they become flow.

The ensō holds the point where force and surrender stop pulling apart.

You do not force the wave.You ride it.

VThrough

THROUGH

The RENATUS II jacket, closed: gold sun triangle and 闘 on the left arm, white moon triangle and 舞 on the right, EMBRACE FEAR down the lapel

TO OPEN THE KIMONO

SCROLL THROUGH

↑←↓→

NO WAY AROUND. ONLY THROUGH. FEAR DID NOT BREAK ME. IT INTRODUCED ME TO MYSELF.

Inside the jacket, the story turns inward.

A cave.Darkness.A sky of bats.A single opening of light.

This is not the fight against fear.It is the moment of staying with it.

The dark is entered.The pain is felt.The truth is faced.

VIRenatus II

RENATUS II

To rise.To descend.To fight.To dance.To stop escaping.

To become whole enough to move with all of it.

RENATUS means reborn.

Rebirth is not escape.It is integration.

VIICraft

AT THREAD SCALE

Everything here is stitched. The lining alone is printed.

  • Wing membrane
    Wing membraneSatin stitch over a gunmetal outline. Thread direction turns with the ridge.
  • Raised embroidery
    Raised embroideryDark gunmetal body. Lighter silver on the structural edges.
  • Glossy satin
    Glossy satinOne sweeping fill. The broken tail is stitched, not an accident.
  • The ascent
    The ascentOuter leg. A gold path climbing through steepening ridges to one summit.
  • The descent
    The descentOpposite leg. White satin working down from high ground into the valley.
  • The ocean
    The oceanRear waist. Both journeys arrive here and become one moving sea.
  • Reinforcement
    ReinforcementLapel, seat, knee and hem stitching treated as visual language.
  • The label
    The labelCare symbols embroidered rather than printed.
VIIIThe Gi

RENATUS II

One-off custom Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gi and pants.

The neck label: RENATUS II, ascend descend flow, size A2, with embroidered care symbols
Jacket weave
350 g/m² lightweight gi weave
Interior
Full printed textile lining
Competition
100% IBJJF approved
Embroidery
Premium high-density machine embroidery
Stitching
Metallic gunmetal reinforcement
Satin detail
Glossy white ensō, moon and lettering
Gold detail
Warm antique gold, used sparingly
Reinforced
Collar, shoulders, vents, seat, knees, hems
Included
Matching drawstring bag in the lining artwork

Made as a gift.

Not merchandise. Not a collection. Not a uniform.

Piece
RENATUS II
Run
ONE OFF
Edition
1 OF 1

THIS PIECE HAS FOUND ITS OWNER.

The back of the gi once more: the bat over the ensō, nearly lost in black

RENATUS II

NO WAY AROUND.ONLY THROUGH.