Tameshigiri

Tameshigiri Performance

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[dojoz2]

Gilmaris, I agree as well with your comments. I have Hanwei XL practical plus. It looks like the shobu version of bugei. I tested it and it was awesome. As rusting, I had no problems.

[dojoz2]

Cont. now, if you join Nami ryu you must have the fallowing items. boken, wooden wakasashi, wooden tanto, hakama, obi, kimono top, James might ask you to buy a surefire flashlight, a hissatsu knife, hissatsu trainer & a hissatsu folder knife, videos,

books & in the future live set of bugei katana, wakasashi & tanto. Like any schools you must commit 100%

[dojoz2]

Nami Ryu is a good average budo and if you stay long enough you might learn something. Nami ryu is not for everyone and most do not stay long. For the first and second year, all you do is ukemi and rokudan kata. If you are worthy of their click or group, then you will be offered Kepanship and take the blood oath and you can no longer practice any other arts except what they teach you. Think hard before you join and if you join, just shut your mouth and do what they say. No if and or buts.

[dojoz2]

HaMoOhAha, Correction, from what I know James is not the head of Bugei, Mr. Jessie I think is the head. James is the front man but not the head. If you visit Bugei now you will not see James there. He is busy doing seminars and training. Also in grand scale of martial arts he is famous but not that famous. I agree, if you have the bucks, buy bugei. But me, Paul Chen, Hanwei is very good stuff.

[Gilmaris]

Paul Chen makes swords for Bugei. The lower-end PCs, though (practical series) are not of nearly as good quality as the ones Bugei sell. As for the chipped L6, no sword is invulnerable. But I guarantee you the L6 will hold up better than anything else you'll find. Rusts more easily, though, so I hear. And, of course, not anywhere near as aesthetically pleasing.

[dojoz2]

Gilmaris, James Williams owns a Howard Clark bainite katana and he already chipped it by accident. If I have the money I will still buy a nihonto if not, I just buy a Paul Chen katana. Paul Chen makes katana for James and they are just as good or even better than bugei swords.

[DojoFourWinds]

James Williams instructs Nami Ryu Aiki Heiho. The mats in this video are soaked. I have no clue which model he is using, but I know that that is a Bugei blade. I hope this clears up questions.

[HaMoOhAhA]

For reference, this is James Williams, a pretty famous martial artist and head of the Bugei Trading Company. I can't remember the name of the style he practices. He is probably using one of the swords they Bugei sells. They're very good products.

[Gilmaris]

That's fully mounted and polished. The blade itself will cost "only" $3800.

[Gilmaris]

$7000 is far from cheap. Cheap would be less than $500. If you start out with good quality steel there is no need for the laborious process which is one of the reasons nihonto cost so much. The other reason is because nihonto have more prestige by simple virtue of being made in Japan by a traditional master - not because they're better. If you want quality above aesthetics, my money would be on Howard Clark, who makes very expensive ($6000 or more) bainite katana.