Thread: stitched hakama
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Old 11-24-2009, 01:01 AM   #14
Carsten Möllering
 
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Re: stitched hakama

Hi
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Janet Rosen wrote: View Post
... I'm guessing the stitching is on both. If it makes life easier, why does it matter if it is noticeable?
This is an interesting debatte. ;-)
I am practicing for over 15 years now an I have never seen a stitched Hakama. I didn't even know such thing exists.
(If I get the word "stitched" right: I means that the pleats are sewed up so they can't get "lost", does it?)

Well I think one reason of wearing hakama ist to dress kind of "authentically". Another reason is to dress a way, it looks nice. It's also about focussing the center and moving more consciuous. And so on.
Shouldn't we "respect" the difficulties of wearing and handling this piece oh clothing the way it's meant do be?

In some DVDs of Endo Sensei one of his andvanced students and also interpreter to english even wears a hakama with patches on the knees. It looks very good ...

Greetings,
Carsten
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