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Ellis Amdur · 07-14-2008, 01:39 AM

Several years ago, I participated in a koryu demonstration in St. Louis with many of the major non-Japanese high ranking individuals in koryu
[IMG]file:///Users/ellisamdur/Pictures/BudoFriends/Group.JPG[/IMG]. A member of the audience asked Phil Relnick the significance of the hakama colors and he, unwisely, turned the question over to me. I replied, "As you see, I am wearing all white. That is because I have embraced the way of goodness and truth. Those around me, wearing dark, have embraced the ways of Satan. My student here, with a white top and black hakama still hasn't made up his mind which way to go."

07-14-2008, 01:39 AM	#3
Ellis Amdur Location: Seattle Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 934 Offline	Re: Hikitsuchi Sensei and White Hakama Several years ago, I participated in a koryu demonstration in St. Louis with many of the major non-Japanese high ranking individuals in koryu [IMG]file:///Users/ellisamdur/Pictures/BudoFriends/Group.JPG[/IMG]. A member of the audience asked Phil Relnick the significance of the hakama colors and he, unwisely, turned the question over to me. I replied, "As you see, I am wearing all white. That is because I have embraced the way of goodness and truth. Those around me, wearing dark, have embraced the ways of Satan. My student here, with a white top and black hakama still hasn't made up his mind which way to go."
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