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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2009 9:52:40 GMT
Hi my old boken is about to break. I am considering buying the Keishi ryu bokken from ebogu for 50 some dollars seeing as my gf decided to help me get it. I heard from my sensei that its best to get the said bokken from him which he got from some established company in Japan for 90 bucks but i think thats rly steep even though i have to admit the one everyone else is using seems to take quite a bit of punishment. Is it worth it to buy the ebogu version only to last a couple months and see where i go from there?
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2009 11:15:58 GMT
Sensei knows best in all situations, that is why he is sensei, regardless of whether you agree with him or not.
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Post by Ronin Katana on May 20, 2009 16:41:07 GMT
Go with what you can afford, especially since you are already using someone else's funds to help pay for it.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2009 17:10:07 GMT
are you practising keishi ryu though? Do you know what is needed in a bokken for your school?
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2009 18:16:29 GMT
I practice Nakamura/ toyama ryu
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2009 2:35:32 GMT
ya sensei knows best.
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2009 2:50:36 GMT
Sensei knows best in all situations, that is why he is sensei, regardless of whether you agree with him or not. That's nonsense, my "sensei" sold SLOs to his students to use in Kenjutsu forms.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2009 3:35:38 GMT
You are probably best getting the same one everyone else has. If they "punish" them your cheaper one may or may not hold up against theirs. $90 does seem a bit steep though. Just my two cents. Debbie
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2009 22:09:39 GMT
Hmm that's tough, because I would agree, your sensei "should" know best in this situation, having practiced for a long time, knowing the rigors of practicing that art, and probably trying several different products over the years. But IMHO the bokken market is vast, and changing what is offered all the time. So it's possible, that there are products out now that they are not familiar with, that might do. So yes, if the funding permits go with what the class is using as it appears to hold up. But if that is just not within financial means then something else should be obtained. But sensei might be able suggest a less expensive alternative?
Really I have not experienced contact practice in Toyama Ryu, and didn't realize that Nakamura Ryu had contact practice. I picked up a nice ebony bokken for $90 a few months back and love it. It was hard to spend the cash on it, but I love it for the weight, balance and looks. But we don't use bokken for partner practice, but I have a couple times, lightly with newer students and it's harder then anything else in the class. Kingfisher Woodworks supposedly makes supperb bokkens meant for contact practice. The thing is most bokkens on the market are not meant to be used for contact practice, they are soft and weak, and will likely splinter and snap in short time.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2009 9:32:35 GMT
so yea i just bought the bokken for 70 bucks as of 4 days ago or something close to that. I got my parents to cover most of it and scrounged up 20 bucks from my end. The bad news is I have to join the navy which isn't really so bad but I fear would be a very big annoyance to my JSA training as I would be without a dojo for a year or so.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2009 13:13:45 GMT
Glad you where able to get that bokken. I'm sure it will be worth it. 70 is a better price. Any Idea what wood it's made from? And really 90 is not that bad for a quality bokken depending on the wood used. I feel I lucked out having my Kenjutsu Sensei custom make me a bokken out of Japanese Ipe ;D. I won't mention price as that would be in bad taste but it's a beauty. Ipe is awesome wood for a bokken!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2009 14:55:57 GMT
Great, you should enjoy the bokken, and get some good service out of it. So what, the parents said they would buy the bokken, but you had to join the Navy? Sheesh
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Post by Deleted on Jun 17, 2009 1:19:11 GMT
the bokken is made of white oak. As for the later question, i am still trying to figure that out.
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