Monday was the first time that I wore a hakama: I have to say that I quite liked it. My first was impression was something like “ooh swishy”, but I think that there is a deeper effect going on than just external style.
But anyway, there are a few of us new to the hakama experience–in [...]

It’s not uncommon for techniques very similar to, or derived from, aikido to appear in movies. See if you can put names to some of what a certain James Bond executes in the video above.
Incidentally, this isn’t the first time this particular sequence has been commented on; have a look at this AikiWeb thread for [...]