Bokken or wooden sword

Bokken (wooden sword) seminar. Timing, distance and speed are essential when working with partners. Joy of training and no competing with each other shows the attitude of gratitude for the lesson, the teaching and the time and patience the instructors put in the dojo.

Just as seen on TV and movies, wooden sword bokken also known as bokuto, is use for save practice of katana sword. It is not a sparring weapon, but is intended to be used in kata and to acclimate the student to the feel of a real sword. Although it is hard to determine precisely when the first Bokken appeared due to the nature of secrecy in ancient martial arts training, the oldest Bokken known to have been used as training tools date from the Edo period. The use of the katana, in its basics, differs very little from what the ancient Samurai would have practiced.

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