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Old 12-02-2009, 11:03 PM   #91
ramenboy
Dojo: midwest aikido center
Location: chicago
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Re: My gi makes me look fat.

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Ashley Carter wrote: View Post
We wear aikido hakama, not iaido hakama.
hey ash

they're really not different. not that i can see at least... our dojo orders our supplies mainly from kiyota co. when i first started wearing my hakama, i wanted to find out what the difference was between 'aikido' and 'kendo' hakama, if there was one. so i'm on the phone with mr kiyota (really nice guy) and i asked him what the difference was. he said 'oh, little bit difference.'
so i said, 'really? they're different?'
'little bit.'
'what's the difference?'
'about 10 dolla.'

so my guess, not so much different. the older yamato sakura hakama i had before had a hera and i really liked having it, so the back wouldn't sag. my iwata hakama didn't come with hera, and i kinda miss it

kent, thanx for your additional insight

vic, ok you're right about the quick change. you win :P

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