Bokken Wooden Sword Katori Shinto Ryu 98 cm (38.6")

Description

Bokken KATORI SHINTO RYU
- bokken is made by a master in the form of swords used in the Japanese school of fencing Katori Ryu. Bokken has a length slightly shorter than the standard, the blade has a face, the handle is thin, comfortable in shape. Due to its technical characteristics, the boxen is easy to control, produce feints, good accuracy. The sword does not have a big bend. The tip of the sword is safe - square, executed in two planes (Kissaki).
Katori Shinto Ryu's style was one of the earliest styles of bujiutsu. In the school, pairs of kata exercises are practiced, which includes the exchange of movements between partners. Another characteristic of the school is its skills, which were used mainly on the battlefield, unlike other later schools, when martial arts skills were designed for self-defense. Skills on the battlefield meant that a person was supposed to be able to defend himself and own different types of weapons, so Katori Shinto Ryu practiced Kenjutsu, jyujutsu, naginat-jutsu, iajutsu, ju-jitsu and many others that took many years and a special training program.
Length
98 cm, deflection 1.6 cm
Weight:
ash 500 g, acacia - 500 g, hornbeam 500-550 g, dogwood -550-600 g
*Stand not included
- Ash wood refers to medium hardness wood with good strength characteristics. Its tensile strength and fold strength exceeds the strength of oak wood. It is elastic, wear-resistant and more viscous.
-The hornbeam wood is very strong, refers to the class of hard trees, viscous, grayish-white.
-The wood of robinia has high strength characteristics, which are much higher than those of oak and ash, has a rich golden (yellow) shade and black fibers.