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    Iaito and ME

    Hey all. This goes out to all the kenshin on the forums. I just wanted to show off my new sword that has finally come after three months of waiting. Please note that I'am still new to Iaido and my skills are still low so don't make fun of me.

    my mom took these pictures so they kinda suck. Sorry [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]




    Ki Ken Tai Ichi biyatch!!!

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

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

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    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.

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    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.

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    yeah 300-400 is cheap...
    ive seen katanas worth thousands...and they say there real shinken(is that right) swords, made properly in japan, like back in that era...

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    Iaito and ME

    Yes it is right. Shinken are only made to order and need to be registered wiht the japanese goverment. you jump through a lot of hoops to get one. the most expensive iaito is like two, three thousand but there almost made in the way as a real sword. A shinken is like eight to ten thousand. Like buying a friggen car. Better start saving up now[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

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    Iaito and ME

    Nice sword/Iaito Lefty. Looks like it was worth the wait ^_^

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    it has no sharp edge??? they just dull it a little but it's still sharp, isn't it???

    I tried my best...

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    RE: Iaito and ME

    No it has no edge at all. it's made for begginers like me. but the tip of the blade can go through somebody if your not careful. I've cut my self when reseathing at the end of the kata.

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    oh, i didn't know that. thanks for telling me.

    ouch. u better be careful or that finger can come off.

    I tried my best...

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    "Your gonna shot your eye out" [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

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    is it recommended to learn Iaito, if u've already learn kendo?? is iaito the one which teaches u how to draw your sword?? btw nice sword. i'll post a thread once i get my bogu [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img]

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    badass

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    nice, want one of those

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    nice sword. Lefty you look like you've really mastered the art in the second pic by the deep concentrated look you have

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    Dude stop meditating and start swingin!

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    That sword looks sweet Lefty!
    This fantastic Sousuke sig was made by the one and only Lucifus! Thanks man!

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    Ohhhh I want a sword now.


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    RE: Iaito and ME

    Originally posted by: Nara Shikamaru VI
    is it recommended to learn Iaito, if u've already learn kendo?? is iaito the one which teaches u how to draw your sword?? btw nice sword. i'll post a thread once i get my bogu [img][/img]
    Yeah I would recomend iai to anyone especially people who do kendo. iai helps with your strike and give you a little more deapth to inot when ot attack and when to anticapate attack.

    thats what all the meditation is for[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/img]

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