Red Oak Bokuto/Bokken for Kendo (101.5cm or 40 Inches) with Hand guard and Stopper by Kusakura: Akagashi Daito, WO33R

High Quality Red Oak Wooden Sword from Japan. The wooden sword is known as bokken or bokuto and this particular bokuto is made for kendo kata training, promotion exams and demonstration of kata. The bokuto will come with a plastic tsuba (hand-guard) and a rubber tsuba-dome (hand-guard stopper). Weight: About 500g (1.1 lbs) Length: 101.5 cm (40 inches); from the tip of the sword to the end of the handle This is what kendo practitioners use in Japan. This is not made to hit an object or people with full force but it is designed to train kendo kata and Bokuto Kihon-ho. This bokuto doesn't have paint or colored lacquer on so your training partners' bokuto won't get stains. People, especially those serious martial arts practitioners, don't like their bokuto stained by these paint/lacquer from other bokuto. Also your bokuto looks so miserable when the paint/lacquer comes off. With this bokuto, these things won't happen.