ANST - bokken & shinai

[Michael Peters]

'wolf wrote
> for general training / instruction always liked the shinai.  makes loud noise, makes it's
> presence felt, but does little if any real damage ... good for quick strikes to show open
> slots or other weakness in defense.

 A good mixture for training is person 1 wears armor and uses bokken
strictly for defense, person 2 unarmored uses shinai for offense. The
speed difference makes for serious training for defense form wise (ie
the person relies more on form defense than on speed). Worked for me.

Yours,
Mykaru
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