practice shuko

[mrhnau]

I recently spoke to my instructor regarding training with shuko. He had done it in the past but pretty much mauled some of his shirts. He had looked for some practice shuko but found very few, and the ones he found were very expensive ($45 or so each). Does anyone know of a decent supplier that has them relatively cheap?

For those of you that do train with shuko, do you use the real ones? practice ones? Do you also use the foot devices? That ones I've seen look exceptionally difficult to walk in.

[Bigshadow]

I would like to get some practice shuko too. One of my instructors bought a pair while in South Florida, and I thought he said they were about $15. I never got the name of the place. I think it was just a small martial arts store.

So they must be out there. As far as ashiko I have never used them or seen them used.

[rutherford]

Ed Green's tools are certainly not cheap. His Shuko are $52 for the pair, and I have NOT tried them out.

But, I have had really good experiences with his training tools in the past.

www.budoweapons.com

[mrhnau]

Originally Posted by rutherford

Ed Green's tools are certainly not cheap. His Shuko are $52 for the pair, and I have NOT tried them out.

But, I have had really good experiences with his training tools in the past.

www.budoweapons.com

Thanks rutherford. I can buy -real- ones for less than $30. Just on principle, it seems wrong that practice weapons cost more!

My instructor is thinking of having some made from leather by a friend who does leatherwork. We will see... would be alot quicker and convenient to order some, but not at that price...

[Koinu]

Originally Posted by mrhnau

Thanks rutherford. I can buy -real- ones for less than $30. Just on principle, it seems wrong that practice weapons cost more!
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You can buy training Shuko in Japan at the Hombu I am sure someone will point out from whom.

You can buy real Shuko for under $30 WoW. Would they be real shuko or Real cheap and nasty ones that are far from real ?

[mrhnau]

Originally Posted by Koinu

You can buy training Shuko in Japan at the Hombu I am sure someone will point out from whom.

You can buy real Shuko for under $30 WoW. Would they be real shuko or Real cheap and nasty ones that are far from real ?

I've not much experience w/ them, so hard for me to tell. Want me to find his source? I could go back and ask... they looked ok to me, not sure how durable they would be.

I'd love to hear how to obtain them from the Hombu..

[Cryozombie]

Originally Posted by Koinu

You can buy real Shuko for under $30 WoW. Would they be real shuko or Real cheap and nasty ones that are far from real ?

And on this note, does anyone know of a source for REAL shuko? Im not talking the cheap ones you find on every "ninja gear" store... but the real thing...

[Tengu6]

in the Fall 2005 issue of Bujinmag I reviewed Ed Greens training Shuko as well as a pair from a company in Canada, both were nice but functioned differently. Bujin Design was asked to participate in the review but we never heard from them, thier training shuko looked the safest but the least functional.

IMO, you cant go wrong with anything Ed Green makes. Also this company (http://www.paart.hr) has some training shuko that look a lot like Ed's and thier training tools look pretty nice.

good luck!
Markk Bush