Hundreds of years ago, the Japanese discovered a simple truth; that to become a good swordsman you’ll have to practice, a great deal. To become a great swordsman you’ll have to practice with a “live blade”. And during the period between ‘good’ and ‘great’, you should spend your time building your skills and confidence enough to wield a razor sharp Katana safely and effectively.
To accomplish this, the Japanese relied on a simple wooden sword called a “bokken” for much of their training. It was made from the super tough wood of the Japanese Green Oak tree, a wood they called Kashi. The swords produced from this wood had the advantage of replicating the size, weight and feel of a steel sword, while minimizing the possibility of causing grievous or permanent injury to those who used it.
Authentic Kashi wood bokkens are still used today, but are becoming quite costly, which is why we offer the below alternative wooden practice swords (bokken).
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The Red Oak Bokken is an inexpensive and fairly durable wooden practice sword, perfect for beginners. The Red Oak Bokken has an average balance point of 7" making it a fine bokken to practice kata and durable enough handle sparring. This bokken is made from oven dried wood, machine cut then hand sprayed to seal the wood, making each bokken almost identical to the next. The Red Oak Bokkens are only durrable enough to handle light to medium contact. It is durable enough to handle full contact only against other Red Oak Bokkens only.
| Red Oak Bokken Specs: |
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Tsuka: |
Overall: |
Ave. Weight: |
| 30" |
10" |
40" |
1.8 lbs |
| Red Oak Bokken: $15 |
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The Rose Wood Bokken light and durable bokken making it a great sword for Akido practioners and martial artists looking for a light, fast and durable wooden practice sword. The average balance point on this bokken is 5" which makes the blade lighter and easeir to controle. These bokkens are made from hand selected Rose Wood, sun dried then hand carved and then hand sealed making each bokken slightly differnt from the next. The Rose Wood Bekkens are made for light to hard contact against Red Wood Bokkens and Rose Wood bokkens only.
| Rose Wood Bokken Size: |
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Tsuka: |
Overall: |
Ave. Weight: |
| 30;" |
10" |
40;" |
16 oz |
| Rose Wood Bokken: $29 |
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The Black Synthetic Bokken is made from impact grade polypropylene which gives it a big advantage over wooden bokkens. This synthetic bokken will not crack, rot, split or splinter and is vertualy unbrakable. Althouth it has a balance point of 6" it is only 17.7 oz which makes it a well balanced and quick practice bokken. Although this is a synthetic bokken it is still stiff enough to withstand hard to full contact from other bokkens.
Watch video of this bokken in action.
| Black Synthetic Bokken Size: |
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Tsuka: |
Overall: |
Ave. Weight: |
| 30" |
11 ½" |
41 ½" |
17.7 oz |
| Black Synthetic Bokken: $29 |
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The Bokken Tusba is made up of a hard durable plastic and is held in place with a rubber habaki. The Bokken tsuba is very useful in preventing your hands from slipping off the tsuka and onto the blade or keeping your partner's blade from sliding onto your hand when sparing. Some martial artist do not practice their kata or sparing with the guard or like to customize their guards to personlize their bokken. For this reaonse we offer the guards seperate from the bokken so we can lower the price of the bokken.
| Orchid Folded Steel Katana Size: |
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width: |
Thickness: |
Ave. Weight: |
| 2 ¾" |
2 ¾" |
3 cm |
.9 oz |
| Bokken Tusba: $4 |
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