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Bronson · 05-08-2003, 01:27 PM

I don't usually use one in aiki-ken, but we rarely do anything that has us making more than incidental/accidental contact with our weapons. If I was in a style that did a lot of contact I'd definitely use one. On the occasions when we do jodo kata at my iaido class we always use a tsuba on the bokken. Back when I was doing medieval armed/armored combat, good hand guards on the weapons (or good hand armor, which is much more expensive) were always extremely important.

I don't have a problem with them. I don't use one because that's the convention in my dojo....and because it fits in the bag better without it

Bronson

05-08-2003, 01:27 PM	#27
Bronson Dojo: Seiwa Dojo and Southside Dojo Location: Battle Creek & Kalamazoo, MI Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 1,677 Offline	I don't usually use one in aiki-ken, but we rarely do anything that has us making more than incidental/accidental contact with our weapons. If I was in a style that did a lot of contact I'd definitely use one. On the occasions when we do jodo kata at my iaido class we always use a tsuba on the bokken. Back when I was doing medieval armed/armored combat, good hand guards on the weapons (or good hand armor, which is much more expensive) were always extremely important. I don't have a problem with them. I don't use one because that's the convention in my dojo....and because it fits in the bag better without it Bronson
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