aikido n00b

you normally only get to see nice, polished aikido demonstrations on youtube. here's how it looks like behind the scenes when a n00b does it ;)

p.s. i was 6th kyu at the time (10 April 2007) this video was made - my dojo allows/encourages students to wear the hakama after their first grading.

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[yoruketseki]

How long had you been learning when you made this video? o,o

[lordosaya]

hi yoruketseki, hmm, probably about a year after i started?

[samuraimars]

it's like watching myself, luckily i'm now a 4th kyu hoorah!!!

as a question why does your dojo encourage the wearing of hakama?

and what style of aikido is it (iwama, yoshinken etc.)?

[lordosaya]

the question about the hakama should really be the other way around - why do most dojos nowadays only allow the hakama be worn at a yudansha level?

if you do a bit of reading, you'll find that O-Sensei used to insist all students wear the hakama when training because the dogi were akin to mere underwear! apparently many students suffered financial hardships during/post WW2 and so O-Sensei relented the rule about hakamas.

I guess my dojo was merely followed the original tradition...

[lordtains]

so what style are you?

[lordosaya]

hi lordtains, during the time of this video, my dojo was with a small/independent organisation called Fuji Ryu Aikido Federation of Australasia. this year (2009), we've affiliated with Aikido Kenkyukai International (AKI).

to answer your question, my sense is that everyone's aikido is unique. so as to what style I am - I think, my aikido style is my own. =)

[korbin420]

Thumbs up if you instantly muted this shit music.

[DanielRBranco]

@samuraimars Is there styles of Aikido? I thought Aikikay was the only aikido org... I´m in Brazil, and Aikido have a large numbers of practicioners here, but all under Aikikay.

[pacosaidso]

The system of only dan grades wearing a hakama is so impractical. By the time you get your shodan, it's too late to start getting used to it. When you walk into a new dojo, you have no idea if someone is a first week beginner or maybe has been at it for three years. We get our hakamas after 3rd kyu. When you walk into a dojo, you can right away tell who's been there for more than a week.

[ketsan]

Amen bro. You good?

[ChadMaestro]

Indeed, following on from that: After the war, people could not afford Hakamas so easily, and so it soon became tradition to wear one when you have committed yourself for a certain time.

I still prefer not to wear a Hakama until I reach Shodan.