Purpose of an additional short bokken?

[BartusCompater]

I've noticed that ebogu sells a lot of combination bokuto with a long and short piece... what's the purpose of the short piece?

[Ignatz]

Kendo kata #8,9 and 10

[BartusCompater]

Thanks. :)

[joekc6nlx]

Which you won't have to worry about until you're testing for at least nidan, perhaps sandan. That's a long way off, yet.

[Lloromannic]

depends on the dojo, I started learning the kodachi kata before my shodan.