Many exotic woods are suitable for suburi ( solo practice ), but not for paired practice where they would come into contact with other bokken.

He came close to victory several times until, supposedly blinded by the sunset behind Musashi, Musashi struck him on the skull with his oversized bokken ( wooden sword ), which was 110 centimeters long.

Historically practiced with wooden katana ( bokken ), this most often consists of pre-determined forms, called kata, or sometimes called kumitachi, and similar to the partner drills practiced in kendo.

In its early days, Shorinjiryu Kenkokan Karatedo practice featured heavy use of a variety of Okinawan weapons, including the Bo ( 6 ft staff ), jo ( 4 ft staff ) and sai ( iron truncheon ) as the primary weapons, with other weapons including the yari ( spear ), kai ( oar ), bokken ( wooden sword ), tanbo ( stick ) and occasionally the katana ( Japanese sword ) also being practiced.

Often a shinai ( for kendo ), bokken, suburitō, or even tanren bō are used.

Some of the hallmarks of Hiroo ’ s Yoseikan Budo is the use of atemi ( using feet, fists, elbows and knees ), projections ( essentially techniques from judo ), sacrifice techniques ( sutemi ), self-defense including dangerous techniques ( various joint locks, elbow hits ), groundwork ( ne waza ) with hold-ons and joint locks, and work with weapons ( bokken, wood stick, knife ).

" He has written training manuals on use of weapons such as the bokken and jo, a few novels centered on the lifestyle of the budōka ( one who follows the martial way ), and countless articles on martial practices and traditional Japanese philosophy.

The type and quality of the wood, and the skill of the craftsman are critical factors in the manufacture of a good quality bokken.

Almost all mass produced bokken are made from porous, loose-grained southeast Asian wood.

Furthermore, the wood is often so porous, that if the varnish is stripped off the inexpensive bokken, one can see the use of wood fillers to fill the holes.

Musashi supposedly fashioned the long bokken, a type called a suburitō due to its above-average length, by shaving down the spare oar of the boat in which he arrived at the duel with his wakizashi ( the wood was very hard ).

* In the 2011 version of " Hunter x hunter ", Kurapika Kuruta uses a two bokken swords.

The bokken is used as an inexpensive and relatively safe substitute for a real sword in several martial arts such as kendo, aikido and kenjutsu.

In addition, training with a bokken does not carry the same mortal risk associated with that of a live sword, both for the user and other practitioners near by.

* In anime Bleach is an example, Ikkaku Madarame carries a bokken when in his Gigai as he wasn't allowed to carry a real sword in public.

While new students of iaido may start learning with a wooden sword ( bokken ) depending on the teaching style of a particular instructor, many of those who study iaido use a blunt edged sword ( iaitō ).

In this connection it is belief that kenjutsu, which deals with the art of swordsmanship as it is performed with a wooden sword ( bokken ) that has already been brought into unsheathed position, is the senior form to iaijutsu.

One of the more common training weapons is the wooden sword ( bokuto or bokken ).

Skills gained from them he managed to smoothly include into his own specific aikido style where all techniques can be performed with the wooden sword bokken in hand as well as without weapons, and his weapon systems has few similarities to the more common system that derives from Morihiro Saito.

In SMR the katana is the weapon used, but for training purposes a wooden sword ( bokken ) is used to minimize risk of injuries.

A is a type of bokken, a wooden practice sword originating in Japan.

Before Nobutsuna, practice was carried out with either a very hard wooden sword ( a bokken ) or one with a dulled steel blade.

He practiced there for six days and six nights, wielding a bokken ( wooden sword ) two shaku and four sun in length ( about 2 ft. 4 in.

Saotome is especially skilled in the use of traditional Japanese weapons, including the wooden staffs jo and bo, and the wooden sword bokken.

Equally skilled with shinai, bokken / bokutou, and katana, his signature technique was named the Mumyo-ken ( which roughly translates as " no light blade " or " unenlightened blade ") or Sandanzuki ( which translates as " Three Piece Thrust "), a technique that could attack one's neck, left shoulder, and right shoulder with one strike.

The All Japan Kendo Federation specify the dimensions of bokken for use in the modern kendo kata, called Nippon kendo kata.

One famous user of the suburi-sized bokken is Miyamoto Musashi who used one in his duel against Sasaki Kojiro.

Additionally, various koryu ( traditional Japanese martial arts ) have their own distinct styles of bokken which can vary slightly in length, tip shape, or in whether or not a tsuba ( hilt guard ) is added.

The use of exotic hardwoods is not unusual when constructing more expensive bokken.

* Date Masamune is often portrayed as using a bokken as his main weapon in several media he has appeared in, such as Samurai Deeper Kyo and the original Samurai Warriors.

For modern kenjutsu type training most practice is done in suburi style with bokken.

White oak is used extensively in Japanese martial arts for some weapons, such as the bokken and jo.

Note that in this rendering, Musashi is using two bokken.

Her primary weapon is a wooden bokken.

A bokken is generally considered to be a more advanced weapon in kendo practice and can deal severe damage, and is likely reserved within the style for its masters and advanced students.

Aiki-ken is practiced using bokken ( a wooden katana ) and has a wide variety of techniques.

The suburitō is much thicker at the blade than the handle which makes the suburitō much heavier than a normal bokken.

An antique straight Japanese bokken, 48 inches long

Some Japanese martial arts involving swordsmanship, such as kenjutsu and iaido, use bokken or shinai as practice weapons.

The first happened in 1925, after Ueshiba had defeated a naval officer's bokken ( wooden katana ) attacks unarmed and without hurting the officer.

During the Edo period the use of real swords for training purposes was discouraged due to injuries, wooden practice swords in the form of bokken / bokuto and shinai were used instead, and to further reduce injuries practice armour based on traditional samurai armor was developed, this practice armour was the basis for the modern bōgu.