fenris23

Duuude! I hope it's sharp! Get us a picture of you stabbing something!

Mock not the bokken grasshoper. Miyamoto Musashi, argubaly one of the greatest swordsmen of fuedal Japan, used a bokken to win a large percentage of his duels. He found using a real shinken not to be a true test of his skill. I can also attest to how painful getting hit with one of those things can be. I had a bruise on my neck for a week from what was basically a light tap.
By the way, feel free to mock me. I pulled several back muscles at Aikido on Thursday during warm up (WTF?) Follow that up with 2 hrs of class and you've got me not being able to lie on my back. Time for shiatsu I think.