Came across a photo on the Judo Info site of 2, Kodokan 10th dans. See link, scroll to bottom of page - http://www.judoinfo.com/mifune.htm Note how the belts are tied, one end in a loop. Never come across this before. When you see old pictures of Kano (see picture above on the link) it looks like his belt ends are looped or tucked away. Does anyone know the significance of this? You could imagine its either so your opponent can't grab the ends of the belt or may be it serves some other aesthetic purpose? I guess if you're a Kodokan 10th dan who's going to argue how you tie your belt!
I have also noticed high ranking people that wear the belts tied wrong, or at least wrong compared to what we/I have been taught. In Japanese styles, they say to wear the belt loose and low on the hips (for proper breathing)...While in Korean styles, they say to wear it mid to high, and tight....
Uhm, maybe the ends of the belts are so long to hold the 10 dan stripes that the belt will hit em in the face everytime they do some wild training...
Belly Holder Belt tying from far east I'm chasing two guys from Jidel for belly belt tying holder of the year. Oh I'm third for now LOL :Angel:
