How to fold a Hakama - Como doblar una Hakama - Aikido

Instructional video: How to fold a hakama step by step on the tatami for Aikido practice. Hakama (袴) is a traditional Japanese garment originally worn over a kimono by men of the higher classes of society. Scholars argue that the origins of the hakama go back as early as the Heian era (794-1185), when women in the imperial court used to wear culottes as base layer of their kimono that were tied in a way very similar to that of today’s hakama. By the start of the Kamakura period (1185-1332), men on horseback
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