Got a Bokken!!!Someone Help me!!

[ncole_91]

I just got a bokken and I am really excitied to use it. Does anyone have any good websites or anything?

Edited October 19, 2004 by ncole_91

[ncole_91]

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[ncole_91]

Anyone?

[searcher]

Go to a search engine and type in aikido kumitachi and/or kenjutsu kumitachi. This will get you headed in some direction. Before you get started and before I give you too much direction I have to ask, How much experience do you have in the martial arts?

[battousai16]

the trouble with sword is that there are so many little intracacies to sword, that you can't really learn it without a good instructor. a simple cut, unsheathing and sheathing... right down to finger placement. i've always had a wicked hard time with it, and i've been told i have a knack for it. it's something you can't get off of a website.

[Ken Morgan]

Canada is a big place... Where are you located?

 

You may want to try, http://www.uoguelph.ca/~iaido/

 

or http://kendo-canada.com/

[tommarker]

suburi, suburi, suburi

[ncole_91]

Yeah, I am just about to start Karate, I live in Ottawa. I just want to kind of play around with it....thanks for the info..

[Jinxx0r]

Yeah, I am just about to start Karate, I live in Ottawa. I just want to kind of play around with it....thanks for the info..

 

buy a book on kendo... this one is pretty good (I have this one at home):

 

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=O24Vs5FAbR&isbn=4770021194&itm=1

 

and then get an instructor who can teach you (like someone else mentioned). Unless of course you instructor also teach sword.

[Hudson]

The only way to get a quick start is to attend a great workshop. I recently had the pleasure of attending a bokken workshop and learning more in 3 hours then I ever could on the internet. But to learn Bokken/Katana styles, you need a school and an instructor.