A hakama is the skirt-like pants that some Ju-jitsu practitioners wear. Traditionally, it was worn by the samurai. The standard gi worn in Karate, Aikido and Judo classes as well as in other martial arts was usually the underclothes.Originally, the hakama was worn as an outer garment to protect a samurai horseman's legs from brush, weeds, etc. (similar to a cowboys leather chaps). In Japan, since leather was so very hard to come by, heavy cloth was used in its place. After the samurai made the transition from mounted soldiers to foot soldiers, they continued to wear the hakama largely due to the fact that it set them apart and made them easily identifiable. (http://www.loyola.edu/maru/hakama.html)How to fold hakama (1)
How to fold hakama (2)
Mettre un hakama
How to put on a hakama
How to tie a hakama on
