Allright, I just had my first bokkens, one of hardwood, one ninja bokken(straight) and one Foam bokken with a wooden centre... Me and a friend of mine (who practices Aikijustu (The Lip)) were doing a little practice, he taught me some simple basics.... Then we started doing some other things, like blocking etc, and *SNAP*.... We both looked at eachother, thinking :" no way...who's one is it, yours or mine?". Well it was mine , so now I'm trying to return it, just mailed the guy, and I'm waiting for his reply at the moment...