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Hi guys, this is Jordy from Seido!
We received many emails after the last video we made on "how to tie a Hakama"
and were asked to show you how to tie a belt.
So I quickly want to show you how I tied my belt in the previous video
and in this video I want to explain in detail how to put the belt in place and especially how to make the knot.
I will show two major ways and maybe a third one that is not very adapted for Aikido,
but that works well for Judo.
These ways are perfectly fine for Aikido, Judo, Karate, Jujutsu
and all other styles / martial arts using a Judo type belt.
A Judo type belt is this type of belt,
very classic.
Let's start right away.
To begin with, you fold your belt in half.
Find the middle part and place it below your belly button.
Take the belt around the hips and cross at the back.
As you can notice, you get this crossing at the back.
This is the standard way to do it, this crossing is not a problem,
but let's also check another one.
For this one, you have to know the length of your belt.
So, if you have about that much left after tying the knot,
you put this end on your hip.
Then you take the belt around to the back once
without twisting your belt, of course,
and once more
and you have your belt without the crossing on the back.
The crossing is actually at the front.
Make sure your belt is centred
and if needed you can tighten the belt.
You keep the first end tightly in one hand
and pull on the other end.
We start the knot by wrapping the end that lies on top around both layers of the belt.
Again: From the bottom to the top.
You can tighten again and then make a loop with the first (lower) end of the belt.
The end that comes from the top goes around
and by putting the end inside the loop, you create a classic square knot.
Tighten the knot.
Like this, you have a rather small knot.
This is a good option when worn with a Hakama because it will not loosen.
Let's have a look at the second knot.
You start exactly as before,
go around both layers of the belt, from the bottom to the top.
Tighten your belt a little.
As before, create a loop with the first end of the belt.
But this time, you tuck the end between the two layers of the belt!
As before, you put the other end inside the loop
but this time you do not go only through the loop but also you tuck it in between the two layers of the belt.
Tighten the belt and that is it.
This knot is quite convenient:
It allows you to hide your belt ends under your Hakama and this knot is also a little bit flatter.
And it is also the most common way to tie your belt for Judo and Karate,
because it is quite secure and makes a small knot.
The last one: The double knot.
This is probably the most secure knot you can tie your belt with.
We start as for the other two knots
but this time, we will not tie the belt from below to the top, under the two layers, but start with the opposite belt end.
Make sure that you have one end far longer than the other,
because the other end will not get any shorter during the knot.
You almost have the final length of the belt on this end.
This time, you go from the top to the bottom.
Tighten it and do not keep a loop here.
With the first end, you will just make a loop and fix it,
you will not move it while you tie your knot.
Take the other end and make a loop from the opposite side.
Make sure that the loop lies right on top of the first loop you made.
And again, put this end under the two layers of your belt.
Tuck it from the top to the bottom, between the two layers.
Now, this is where it gets tricky.
Do not just tuck the end of the belt into the loop.
Come from the other side and tuck it into the loop.
Then, tighten the knot.
Put it in place if necessary, it might need a little bit of practice to get a neat knot right from the beginning.
As you can see, you got a double knot, with two layers of the belt locking the knot.
This is a very secure way to tie your belt and it will not loosen during practice.
It can even be quite hard to open it after practice.
You may have to try a few times before you get it right, but do not give up.
And here we are, that is it for today.
I hope you enjoyed the video and found it helpful.
You have probably noticed that my belt is very soft and therefore the knots are quite small.
If you have a thicker belt, I would not recommend to use the bigger knots because that would be rather uncomfortable.
And neither aesthetic under your Hakma.
However, if you do not wear a Hakama or if you practice Judo or Karate or any other martial art using thick belts,
you can use any type of knot I showed today, they are all basic and standard.
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Thank you very much for watching and good bye.