Here's something that cbender wished to know. :) Thanks for viewing. From Wikipedia: "Hakama (袴) are a type of traditional Japanese clothing. Hakama cover the lower body and resemble a wide, pleated skirt. Hakama are also regularly worn by practitioners of a variety of martial arts, such as kendo, aikido, kyudo, et cetera." "A Bokken (木剣, bo, "wood", and ken, "sabre") is a wooden Japanese sabre, usually the size of a katana. They are used for the practice of kendo; to learn to make proper strokes and get accustomed to the curvature of the blade, as well as to practise the kata (forms)."