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Mats Alritzson · 07-24-2005, 01:39 PM

As I'm training Iwama style Aikido of course I use an Iwama bokken. It's more suited to our buki-waza. I'm not familiar with the buki-waza of other styles but I wouldn't like to use any other bokken in the 5th awase, I would be afraid to poke or get poked in the eyes and wouldn't do the technique with the same power. And if I practiced the 1st suburi with a flingy toothpick thingy the whole exercise would seem meaningless. Use a bokken that is suitable to the style you train.

07-24-2005, 01:39 PM	#16
Mats Alritzson Dojo: Malmö Aikidoklubb Location: Malmö Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 27 Offline	Re: Choice of Bokken As I'm training Iwama style Aikido of course I use an Iwama bokken. It's more suited to our buki-waza. I'm not familiar with the buki-waza of other styles but I wouldn't like to use any other bokken in the 5th awase, I would be afraid to poke or get poked in the eyes and wouldn't do the technique with the same power. And if I practiced the 1st suburi with a flingy toothpick thingy the whole exercise would seem meaningless. Use a bokken that is suitable to the style you train.