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Rachel Klein wrote:
Second, in my Kendo class, we don't wear obi, only hakama. The hakama stays up on it's own, as long as you tie it tight enough.  I've noticed thought that when not wearing an obi, people seem to wear the hakama slightly higher, perhaps to keep it from being too long, since there is no belt to wrap it around. I dunno... |
Like in Iaido, you can wear an obi in Kendo, but it's usually the wider obi that you do not wrap the hakama around. The belt doesn't really do much to hold up the hakama. I could see just doing away with it in Kendo practice since there is no saya. In Iaido, the hakama is tied to help keep the belt in place to hold the saya while allowing freedom of movement for the draw. I could see where you could have the wide belt on the outside if it was tied securely in the back and hold the saya also though I have never seen anyone in koryu do that.