Katana Practice
Posted November 24, 2010
By admin
Where can I find good practice blades for martial arts training?
Live blades are no longer acceptable. I'm looking for a katana and dagger of preferably cast aluminum with no sharp edges. Basically something that looks like a weapon but a five-year-old could run his hand along the blade without so much as a scratch.
My style used to allow authentic tantos but has shifted away from live blades, particularly in tournaments. I have been unable to find an unsharpened version. I'd rather not train with a wooden replica.
Dagger...? Seems incongruous. Do you mean tanto?
Absolute hands down my favorite site for Iaito made from a zinc-alluminum alloy:
http://www.yamatobudogu.com/
Might check with them on the tanto though. While I've never heard of a sharpened zinc-alluminum alloy blade, it's certainly possible that theirs are sharpened. That said, I'm sure, since they're hand produced, you could have it made unsharpened.
Hmmm... That's a good idea... Maybe I'll check with them on that myself!
NB: While the edge of the blade is not sharpened, blades still come to a point, and this point can leave a nasty puncture (I have the scars to prove it). Be careful!
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