How the Japanese tie their Belt

How the Japanese tie their Belt

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[eliasschneeberger]

Thats interesting! I live in the middle of the alps and my sensei taught us the japanese way.

[EpiphanyMindChange]

This is how I learned to tie it from aikido and aikijutsu before starting judo. I noticed no one else in my judo class tied their belt like me, so I started to wonder if it was wrong. Now I know it’s just the Japanese way. Very interesting.

[bobpickens]

Thanks! Ive been doing that for years! My first Judo instructer had begun his training at the Kodokan in the 50's.

[meatheadsunited]

Rener calls the Japanese way "hollywood" cause it looks so good

[sam]

Top tip:
Tie the belt the first way, starting from the front middle of the waist. Before you tie the second knot, put your thumb in between the layers. Start at the front and move your thumb all the way around your body, keeping your thumb between the two layers of your belt. When you get back to the front on the other side, you’ll notice it “pop” and the cross over at the back will be at the front and “un-cross” itself. You can then tie the final knot and still tuck in the two ends in-between the layers. Hard to explain, easier once you see it. This way you get the best of both worlds without having the crossover but it’s quick.

[TinekaJasonPalmer]

I am in New Zealand and my karate instructor, who was from England, taught me this way. Also in judo this was the preferred way too as it stays together, longer. This was how I got my students I judo to do it when I was teaching. I got to say that alot of people do it the way you do. Kia ora from NZ

[rodenasss]

I also tie it like that, I’m spanish and my sensei show it to me like that, I didn’t know that in Japan was the same way. Thanks!

[slaffkas]

It is also called a "Lock knot - Hollywood style". It is nice, the belt withstands even the most fierce randori.

[xChrisSoaresx]

The Japanese style is the ONLY way I tie my belt. To be honest it's the only way I know how to tie it though.

[pauloomss]

I always tie my belt this way. Two advantages: the belt does not cross in you back; and it is very hard for this knot to come undone.

[Dreamlink]

2 Year ago I started training a refined form of Japanese Jiujitsu, I learned to tie my belt like that before my first class via the youtube from some other video and i didnt even knew this was a Japanese way to do it but I find it easy and slick to do that way aswell. After few months I got my Yellow belt and on the same day i got some injury or neck shoulder back muscle sprain or something man it hurt for months and i didnt train since then at all, i still feel it from time to time. I wanna go back but kinda affraid..or maybe try and take it easy even tho we only train 2 days a week.

[Vangienator]

I hate the criss-cross belt thing... it's ugly... It does take some practice to tie it the Japanese way, but it is more practical --> my belt doesn't untie at all during training sessions...

[jonathankalyniuk]

Even the smallest step in a new direction is still the first step. Great video, and thank you

[liukang]

My Taekwondo instructor back in the day taught us the advantage of the belt crossing was that it was flatter, so if you fall on your back it creates less of an impact. Probably doesn't make a difference really, but that's what stuck

[mateogalarza]

truly a classic the way that shintaro shows haha

[AlexWehpunkt]

also known as the superlock, or the hollywood, or... didn't know that's a japan-thing. But I only tie it like this (sightly different) since white belt, because it doesn't come off so often in rounds (BJJ). Thx for the input!

[Stoiss]

I did the first one for the first 20 years doing martial arts, have done the last one for the last 10 years now. I prefer the neat one cause it looks good and the belt doesn't come apart so easy with that knot. And I like how it looks from the back.

[jamesfrankiewicz]

I tie mine pretty much like your cousin, except I hold mine on my left hip as I wrap it, then pull the whole thing to center after the 2nd wrap. There's also one other knot that's used about equally much that lies slightly flatter... my instructor uses that one. Either way, I'm all for the cleaner overlap.

[robertschreckenbach]

Thanks for showing this!! Great Content

[Salvage]

My senpai taught me the Japanese way on my first very day of training so I've always been doing it like that for over 30 years. I just learned from this video that not everybodg ties their belt that way.