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I'm sort of a sword enthuist and I was wondering what good manuals are there to self-teach*hopefully* how to use one.

I have a wooden bodken that I would very much like to learn how to move and swing with it and perhaps finally terrorize my older brother.
I also have a tanto and a shoto along with it if that helps.

I'm just starting to get into it so I don't know much.

Cyaround,
Jason

Well.... if you'd wanted Western Sword training, I might have been able to help you out.

For Eastern sword training, my suggestion is to contact your local Martial Arts dojos and ask about.

Sound advice. Shop around for a reputable club that's within your price range. Ask the instructor when they start teaching weapons. Some clubs won't teach you until green belt (or some other rank) and other clubs will start teaching you the basics along with some patterns and motions. Have fun!

just go outside and swing the thing around....hacking, slicing, and dicing everything in sight.

Stampede wrote:just go outside and swing the thing around....hacking, slicing, and dicing everything in sight.

And watch lots of sword fights. That works pretty well for me, I'm about at the same level as a kid with 3 months of Kendo.

Next of Kin wrote:Sound advice. Shop around for a reputable club that's within your price range. Ask the instructor when they start teaching weapons. Some clubs won't teach you until green belt (or some other rank) and other clubs will start teaching you the basics along with some patterns and motions. Have fun!

LoL...I'll be lucky to find one in NYC...*gulp* Thx to all of you.

Cyaround,
Jason

Not that I'm shilling for Yoshinkan Aikido or anything but they start training the white belts with the jo, bokken, and tanto right at white belt. In fact, one the white belt requirements for yellow include a nifty little counter attack with the tanto against a sword strike.

Hmmmm sounds good...
How many styles are there?

Cyaround,
Jason

Of Aikido? Yoshinkan, Akikai, Yoseikan, Tomiki, and the Chi-Society all come to mind. I know that there is more styles. Don't worry so much about the style but simply find yourself a great instructor. You could be studying a cool art and have the worst instructor and you'll still learn very little. Thus, maybe you should do a dojo search on-line in NY. Pay the places a visit, take part in a free class, and ask as many questions as you can.