How to put on and fold Aikido Hakama

How to put on your Aikido Hakama

How you put your Aikido Hakama on will slightly differ from person to person but there isn't a huge difference. Also, if there is a certain way you would like to tie it, then please go ahead and use that method.

  • Put your legs through and drape the front part over the knot of the Obi
    Bring the string towards the front past the hips and overlap it over the place where you bought the front part of the Aikido Hakama over the Obi. Take the overlapped string and wrap it around your hip one more time and bring it forward. Make sure that the string does not twist around while this is happening.
  • When it is brought to the front, put some tension on it and tie it in the same way as the Obi.
    Any leftover string, you can put it through the previously wrapped string or you can leave it as is.
  • Place the backplate over the Obi (over the hip) and bring the string to the front.
    Once you put the string through, tie it below where you previously made a knot in the same way, and you are finished.

How to fold your Aikido Hakama

Depending on the individual, the method differs. This is simply one way that you can fold your Aikido Hakama.

  • How to put on and fold Hakama 011. Place the Aikido Hakama down with the back facing up.
  • How to put on and fold Hakama 022. Put the centre creases together...
  • How to put on and fold Hakama 033. Being careful not to disrupt the centrefold, flip over the Aikido Hakama.
  • How to put on and fold Hakama 044. This is the Aikido Hakama flipped over with the front facing up.
  • How to put on and fold Hakama 055. Fold either side towards the centre.
  • How to put on and fold Hakama 066. Fold up about 1/3 of the way from the bottom...
  • How to put on and fold Hakama 077. and fold again.
  • How to put on and fold Hakama 088. Turn it over
  • How to put on and fold Hakama 099. Fold the longer string in half
  • How to put on and fold Hakama 1010. Fold it another 1/3
  • How to put on and fold Hakama 1111. With both sides folded evenly, cross them over.
  • How to put on and fold Hakama 1212. Take the shorter string and take it to where the longer strings cross.
  • How to put on and fold Hakama 1313. Bring the short string over the long string like this
  • How to put on and fold Hakama 1414. Pull the shorter string under the crossing of the two long strings.
  • How to put on and fold Hakama 1515. Wrap it around once.
  • How to put on and fold Hakama 1616. Any leftover length of the short string, pull it through the bottom of merging point of the two longer string one more time
  • How to put on and fold Hakama 1717. and place it through the loop that was made with the short string that was wrapped around the long string initially.
  • How to put on and fold Hakama 1818. Do the same for both sides