Iaito and ME

[kAi]

nice sword...
send it to me...
how much did it cost you..?

[Souryusen]

Very nice. I've heard that kenjutsu is an expensive art to take up, can only imagine how much all that gear runs.

[Lefty]

It's NOT a real sword in the normal sense of the word. It's an IAITO which is a replica of a real sword made of zinc and aluminium alloy that weighs the same as a real sword and has no sharp edge. but yeah the sword was like three hundred, and that s cheap. the hakama and keiko gi were like four hundred all together. Kenjutsu hasn't been practiced since the meji era. it's evolved into iaido and kendo.

[Souryusen]

Thank you for correcting me. This is what happens when one's knowledge of swordplay is limited to RurouKen and Mushashi's Five Rings.

I wish there was a way to just pick up a book and learn to do this sort of thing properly. I've heard it's very relaxing once you get into the routine.