Love this stuff for footwork routine . Easy to train relaxing upper body and synchronizing.
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SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT - Kiri Bokken (for Suburi)
SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT - Kiri Bokken (for Suburi)
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This Kiri Bokken is made of selected high quality 'Kiri' wood.
It is recommended for Kendo practitioners who need a extremely light Bokken for use in Suburi to develop the correct swing, and also improving 'Ichibyoushi' (one-step-pace) cuttting, and Hikitsuke-Ashi (pulling up the left foot quickly)
What is Kiri?
Kiri is also know as 'Paulownia Tomentosa'. Kiri is an extremely light wood that has been used for making wooden boxes for storing tea ceremony tools and Japanese Katana since ancient times in Japan. Because of it's extreme light weight and softness, it cannot be used for contact or Kata practice, and should ONLY be used for Suburi.
| Length | 101.5cm |
| Weight | Approx. 190g |
Imported from Japan - Ships in 2-3 weeks.
Customer Reviews
Overall rating: 5.0 / 5 from 13 reviews.
Amazing, I love it. A must have item for any suburi lover.
Very fun and quite difficult to practice suburi with that.
It's really surprisingly light!
Light and cool.
Perfect
Super light bokken It is soo light, unusual feeling. Really helped me when I injured my wrist. Highly recommend
Tellement léger Vraiment léger. Extrêmement formateur pour bien balancé la répartition de force. Nécessite un haut niveau de concentration. Très belle outil d'apprentissage
Great for form practice it is like holding a balloon swinging suburi. very good to check posture and form and to practice footwork.
Precision Work Imagine adding a laser pointer to a rifle and then noticing how much "play" there is in your aim, that little dot is all over the place like a fly confused by a window. Then learning how to relax your grip, reposition your shoulders and breathing more deeply and calmly. After some dedication that dot stays in one place when you take aim. This Bokuto does that for your kendo. I was taught recently that the long term idea is to use this for suburi and to work towards the Kensen being as perfectly still as possible at the "strike point" (in mid air). Because this bokuto is so light (151g) any extra strength in the grip causes the kensen to waiver at strike point, so thus a much much lighter grip (right hand) is encouraged. It will take work and time, but this is perhaps the most important training tool for kendo that I can think of recommending.
Good for Suburi Extra light and very good for Suburi. But you should avoid any contact with anything, because the bokken is really brittle
Love at first use This kiri bokken creates a very interesting suburi experience. I have only practiced with it twice and have already identified aspects of my footwork and swinging that I need to work on. I look forward to folding this into my regular at-home practice.
Great addition Makes a great addition to your suburi toolkit. It’s a strange feeling being so light but does help with cutting in a single movement.
SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT - Kiri Bokken (for Suburi)
£75.00 GBP
