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Old 05-02-2009, 02:11 AM   #12
Kent Enfield
 
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Re: Iaito Sword Question

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Ashley Carter wrote: View Post
I have a 26" waist, but my hips are about 35", so it is important that I have something that fits good. I am sick of having to buy pants to fit my hips and not have it fit elsewhere. I have heard that most women have to wear hakama higher on their waist because of their hips.
Hakama are very much a one size fits many type of item. Many people of vastly different sizes are able to wear off the rack hakama. If you want to spend $150 on hakama when you could spend less than half that and still have something that fits and will last for years and years of practice, go ahead, but you certainly don't have to. Ask to try on one of your sempai's hakama after class sometime. You'll probably be surprised.

And women wearing their hakama proportionally higher isn't a bad thing or a good thing. It's just how they wear them, with the tops at their natural waists. Low rise hakama just don't work.

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