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I practice Dayto Ryu Aikijujutsu in Japan (not Ues...

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:12:06 +0000

I practice Dayto Ryu Aikijujutsu in Japan (not Ueshiba Aikido though) and the system here works like this:

1.- Students and women can use hakama anytime they want, but it has to be an indigo blue hakama.
2.- From Shodan (1st dan), and only for men (little machism here), we can use black hakama.
3.- The name is written in japanese characters on the hip. At the dojo I use to train we don't have the name of the dojo written on the hakama, but on the front part of the doggi and on the belt (when it is black).

Usually students don't by a hakama, because the colour of it will change when they will reach shodan level.

Best,

I definitely want to read a bit more soon. BTW, ra...

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:34:31 +0000

I definitely want to read a bit more soon. BTW, rather good design you have here, but what do you think about changing it every few months?

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Yes, correctly.

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:16:46 +0000

Yes, correctly.

pretty cool stuff here thank you!!!!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:37:32 +0000

pretty cool stuff here thank you!!!!!!!

He, he I laughed till tears ran down...here I sit ...

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:39:30 +0000

He, he I laughed till tears ran down...here I sit at 12i:35 AM looking at Aikido web sites ;)

Isn't a Broom handle a sub "Jo"? I thought it was till I got mine ;)

Kisses,
Samantha

Nice Blog GJ.

noreply@blogger.com (serdelia) — Mon, 18 May 2009 11:18:00 +0000

Nice Blog GJ.

Aikido3D is a bit controversial, but still it has ...

noreply@blogger.com (Porthos) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:03:00 +0000

Aikido3D is a bit controversial, but still it has got a good purpose. The today's people like to read or learn about something interactively. People who are interested about aikido and heard about it they have a great opportunity to see (interactively) techniques without going to a real dojo. Probably they won't learn much but I think it can make people more interested and make them to go and try it in a dojo. This case it's purpose is already fulfilled.

Keep up the good work.

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:12:00 +0000

Keep up the good work.

:)Good luck to him in his aikido studies! He is ce...

noreply@blogger.com (Zolley) — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 09:54:00 +0000

:)

Good luck to him in his aikido studies! He is certainly lucky with you :).

In case you have aikido-related questions, our http://onlineaikido.com site might help him (which might help you :)).

Very much so, thank you. :)My fiancé just started ...

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:44:00 +0000

Very much so, thank you. :)
My fiancé just started studying Aikido and I would hate to lay his keikogi out incorrectly should I be the one to pull it out of the dryer some day.

No problem, I had to do this eventually :) Good to...

noreply@blogger.com (Zolley) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:28:00 +0000

No problem, I had to do this eventually :) Good to see I helped someone.

Thank you Zolley, that's very helpful. :)

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:26:00 +0000

Thank you Zolley, that's very helpful. :)

Thanks for reporting, Mel.I've just created new po...

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:39:00 +0000

Thanks for reporting, Mel.

I've just created new post with working picture order at http://onlineaikido.com/blog/how-to-fold-gi.html

I hope that helps better if you want to fold your gi the way I learned.

The slide-show doesn't work for me either; it's sh...

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:13:00 +0000

The slide-show doesn't work for me either; it's shuffling the order....

Sorry to hear about that, I really like your stori...

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 09:07:00 +0000

Sorry to hear about that, I really like your stories and pictures and It's sad it's not public any more.

I hope to read your new posts in your private blog though.

Hi Zolley, I had to take my blog private. If you w...

noreply@blogger.com (uchi deshi) — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:36:00 +0000

Hi Zolley,

I had to take my blog private. If you would like to access it, please send me an email at uchideshi@gmail.com

Thanks, I will definitely try the alternative knot...

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:13:00 +0000

Thanks, I will definitely try the alternative knot :)

btw, my favourite set of instructions is this one,...

noreply@blogger.com (leoboiko) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:56:00 +0000

btw, my favourite set of instructions is this one, and I also like the “alternative end knot” shown at the bottom of this page.

thanks for this post. I just spent three hours tr...

noreply@blogger.com (leoboiko) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:53:00 +0000

thanks for this post. I just spent three hours trying to fold an used hakama for the first time; it wasn't stored properly so the pleats were all wrong… I’m still unsure about whether I was able to fix them (-_-)’ as you say, the most difficult part is getting to the “start position”. there’s so much stuff going on under those pleats!

Thanks, it was indeed very helpful.

noreply@blogger.com (Zolley) — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:18:00 +0000

Thanks, it was indeed very helpful.

Congratulations for a very helpful experience!

noreply@blogger.com (MySpace Design) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:16:00 +0000

Congratulations for a very helpful experience!

Sorry about it, it seems to be working for me. Ple...

noreply@blogger.com (Zolley) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:11:00 +0000

Sorry about it, it seems to be working for me. Please try accessing the pictures directly at http://www.flickr.com/photos/14704204@N03/sets/72157603030055806/

Our sense of time is dependent on how many things...

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:29:00 +0000

Our sense of time is dependent on how many things we are attending to (rather than how much we are attending to them).

The more details we attend to, the slower time seems to travel; the fewer, the faster.

In general, the more familiar we are with something, the less attentive we are to it, and thus the faster time seems to flow relative to it.

Likewise, when our attention is absorbed by one thing, we stop paying attention to everything else that's going on around us and...again, the fewer, the faster.

This is why when we become hyper-attentive to our surroundings (as with some responses to extreme stress), time seems to slow down--the more detail taken in, the slower time seems to go.

this picture widgit doesn't work.

noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous) — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:20:00 +0000

this picture widgit doesn't work.