Chakuso is the term used for the way we wear our hakama and keikogi and tie our bogu for kendo. It is an important part of kendo etiquette. This is one of the few pictures I could find on the internet to illustrate bad chakuso. It also does a great job in illustrating bad kendo, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘bogu’
Chakuso
Posted in Chakuso, tagged bogu, Chakuso, hakama, hakamaa, himo on January 18, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Kendo Equipment
Posted in Kendo Equipment, bogu, tagged bogu, Kendo Armour, Kendo Equipment, Shinai on July 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I often get asked for advice on the best choice of equipment and find it difficult to give a simple answer. Thanks to the proliferation of e-commerce sites trading in budo equipment, you now have a choice, wherever you live. This is good news and a vast improvement on the days when everything had to [...]


