Cold Steel Bokken Training Sword with Optimised Handle

Bokken, Polypropylene Training Sword

Optimised 2015 Version with Cord-Wrap-Look Handle

The best swordsmen in the world were already certain, centuries ago, of one simple piece of wisdom: to become a reasonably good swordsman, one should strive to learn the relevant fighting techniques, the footwork and the basic stances. To become a master of swordsmanship, however, training with a sharp edged weapon is ultimately required as well.

If your aim is to handle a razor-sharp blade safely and effectively, you should first practise with a sword that conveys roughly the size, weight and feel of a real, sharp weapon, but has the advantage that it is hardly possible to seriously injure yourself or your training partner.

This idea was already practised by the ancient Romans, who used blunt wooden swords to train their gladiators and soldiers in swordsmanship. The Japanese samurai, too, used wooden practice swords called bokken. The bokken was made of an extremely hard wood called kashi (white oak). These wooden swords are an ingenious solution to a troublesome problem and so effective that they are still in use today. Authentic bokken made of Japanese hardwood are, however, quite expensive. Another disadvantage is that a wooden sword can of course rot, crack, flake or splinter. Sooner or later it then becomes unusable.

Cold Steel's solution was to develop an adequate substitute from synthetic material - almost unbeatable in price and very resistant to the elements. All products in Cold Steel's training weapons collection are made of the highest quality polypropylene. In length, weight and handling they correspond astonishingly well to their real counterparts. These training weapons are not as rigid as wooden swords and also have the decisive advantage of being almost unbreakable, extraordinarily hard and cut-resistant.

The Japanese training swords from Cold Steel are modelled on the world-famous swords of the Warrior Series . Their broad blades show the same flowing lines as the Warrior swords, but are made of extremely tough polypropylene and have neither sharp edges nor sharp points. With adequate protective equipment they are therefore ideal for sparring and training, as well as for conditioning drills and palus training.

Every model also has a handle that imitates the traditional cord wrapping in detail and ensures excellent control even with thick gloves. These swords offer the modern martial artist above-average training potential.

Details:
- Bokken, 2015 model with optimised handle
- Material: polypropylene
- Overall length: approx. 105.4 cm 
- Blade length: approx. 76.2 cm 
- Blade thickness: approx. 25 mm
- Handle length: approx. 29.2 cm
- Weight: approx. 564 g 
- Cold Steel article number: 92BKKC / 92BKKCZ