Plastic Jo & Bokken (Aikido Plastic/Synthetic Weapons)
Hi. I've been looking around and couldn't find any. Well, maybe except a bokken (or is it "bokuto" ?). :( Does anyone know where can I find a plastic jo ? Thanks.
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Re: Plastic Jo & Bokken (Aikido Plastic/Synthetic Weapons)
Sorry, I don't know where to find the plastic jo.
But, most sword arts and other arts use bokuto instead of bokken. They mean the same thing. |
Re: Plastic Jo & Bokken (Aikido Plastic/Synthetic Weapons)
Playwell do a pretty nice 'unbreakable' PVC jo.
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I also found this site. The red one looks nice... What do you think ?
And isn't somewhere on the web a complete aikido PVC weapons pack ? Complete as in bokken, jo, tanto (a standard rubber knife would do) and sturdy bag that can fit all of the above. Whichever way I looked I couldn't find either a nice synthetic bag (only leather and cheapo's) or a plastic bokken (I don't see any on playwell except maybe covered with foam... meh). I would hate to have to resort to two or three different websites because the shipping fee would be worth more than the actual merchandise (which I believe it already exceeds, btw). |
Re: Plastic Jo & Bokken (Aikido Plastic/Synthetic Weapons)
What the... WHO ERASED MY COMMENT ?
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Re: Plastic Jo & Bokken (Aikido Plastic/Synthetic Weapons)
Cold Steel sells a polypropylene bokken and tanto:
http://www.coldsteel.com/bokkens.html The 2nd half of the demo video for the bokken includes a guy swinging it like a baseball bat and slicing a water melon. This leads me to believe the bokken can also be used to make fruit salad :) |
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The Cold Steel poly bokken does not have a good feel...I trained w/one for about an hour and found it very inferior to Japanese Kashi.
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Plastic bokken is ok but jo isn't. And varnished wooden bokken is ok, but jo isn't. Don't waste your money.
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Apparently the polypro bokken from Cold Steel can take a lot of abuse (with the drawbacks mentioned above). This may sound odd, but I just prefer the feel of wood... something more natural feeling and comfortable. It's not an environment thing, just like the cool-to-the-touch wood and the weight of it.
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