tsuba

Yoshokai as far as I have seen doesn't use tsuba. I have not heard any particular reason why. I haven't yet seen any 'finger-smashing'. Perhaps our sword techniques don't involve as much stuff that could be perilous in that way? Then again, I'm a beginner.

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

Bronson Diffin (Bronson) wrote: I don't use one because that's the convention in my dojo....and because it fits in the bag better without it Bronson

I bought the big hunker Bujin bag that let's me keep them on...

I bought the big hunker Bujin bag that let's me keep them on...

Drool. I had to save my pennies for the Bujin bag I have. It's much more cost effective for me to just remove the tsuba...and then there's that whole "convention in my dojo" thing

Bronson

George S. Ledyard wrote: I bought the big hunker Bujin bag that let's me keep them on...

I must have the Jpn apartment version; I have to remove my TSUBA before stowing.

I have Iwama's bokken,and it hasn't tsuba option.I haven't problen whit my bag.