FOLDING THE HAKAMA
Even before
you get to wear your own hakama, it is always goof practice to learn how to
fold a hakama. One of the best ways of learning to do this is to fold your
sensei's hakama for them.
It is correct etiquette that your sensei should never have to fold their own hakama. So by taking this opprotunity you will begin to learn this skill. Senior student who are wearing their hakama should not only know how to fold and wear it, but also be aware of the virtues it represents and start learning to apply them into their daily lives.
Durning the final process of folding the hakama, when the two larger straps have been folded and crossed over the student student say to themselves the following as they tie the smaller straps around the larger ones. hakama. (see image below)
1. Pass through the centre of the universe. (figures 10 and 13).
2. Govern the self. (figures 11 and 14).
It is correct etiquette that your sensei should never have to fold their own hakama. So by taking this opprotunity you will begin to learn this skill. Senior student who are wearing their hakama should not only know how to fold and wear it, but also be aware of the virtues it represents and start learning to apply them into their daily lives.
Durning the final process of folding the hakama, when the two larger straps have been folded and crossed over the student student say to themselves the following as they tie the smaller straps around the larger ones. hakama. (see image below)
1. Pass through the centre of the universe. (figures 10 and 13).
2. Govern the self. (figures 11 and 14).