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Yann Golanski · 08-19-2004, 10:15 AM

As far as I know it dates from WW2. After the war, there was a shortage of cloth and so Doshu instigated the rule of hakama at shodan to make sure new students were not put off because of the price of a dogi and a hakama.

08-19-2004, 10:15 AM	#62
Yann Golanski Dojo: York Shodokan Aikido Location: York, United Kingdom. Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 406 Offline	Re: Wearing Hakama As far as I know it dates from WW2. After the war, there was a shortage of cloth and so Doshu instigated the rule of hakama at shodan to make sure new students were not put off because of the price of a dogi and a hakama.
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