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and btw what kind of tsuba domes are the sensei's always using? Their tsuba domes seem to be as big as their tsuba so it almost looks as if they're using 2 tsubas. Their tsuba domes are definitely...

Do more expensive tenegui ($14) tend to be made of better cloth material than lower quality ones ($3.50) or it is purely the design work that merits the cost? Cause I have a cheap ebogu one right now...

That my friend was probably the main reason 90% of people get rid of their plastic tsubas. Btw there are 15$ leather tsubas which will probably last for decades.

Will this effect happen on a plastic tsuba? Btw i noticed that all sensei's seem to have a normal leather tsuba. They never have one of those fancy chagawa or kurozan tsubas that are $30 and up. or...

I've noticed that often times on a sensei's shinai, the tsuba is practically blue. Are the tsubas leather and the dye from the kote wears off on them or what? The blue stuff appears to have formed a...

Btw just as a sidenote i realize a lot of people often say that they've sustained a lot more do injuries than tsuki and that tsuki injuries are less common. Well the throat is a lot more delicate...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94Lpbw321k8&feature=channel_page

Has anyone here ever had a bad tsuki tried upon them and injured? I'm interested in what kind of injury follows a bad tsuki? throat...

Kinda hard to ignore a post by a Venice kendo student calling the SENSEI of another dojo the "banned sensei from another ghetto dojo".

That student must be mighty confident about the way Venice...

I happen to be looking for a new dojo somewhere in West La. Did it like 10 years ago, attained shodan in Northeren cali. From my research the 3 dojos in LA are West LA, Westside, and venice kendo....

I saw this on the wikipedia article on Miyamoto Musashi. Can anybody verify its accuracy.



If this is true, it would mean Japan's most famous swordsmen was really not a fan of Japanese...