Wooden Sword, Swords, and Weapons
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Welcome to woodensword.net, your gallery and guide to wooden practice swords.
Wooden Bokken
The Bokken is a Japanese wooden sword that resembles a katana. It can be used to practice many martial arts techniques including akido, kendo, and kenjutsu. They have been used ever since the Japanese warriors with swords existed.
Wooden Dao
The Dao is a Chinese broadsword. It has a single edge primarily used to slash and chop. It is a main weapon of the Chinese warriors, with the others being the staff, spear, and Jian sword. Dao swords are used quite frequently in Chinese martial arts. The shape and size of the sword makes learning self defense with the Dao versatile as you use the same techniques with common objects such as bats, canes, and clubs.
Wooden Daito
The Daito is a Japanese longsword. Swords such as the katana, tachi, odachi, and nodachi are classified as Daito swords. They were often used by Japanese samurai warriors. Daito swords have a length longer than 60cm.
Wooden Taijijian (Tai Chi Sword)
The Taiji sword is a double edged straight sword used for training in Taijiquan. It is used to train balance, mental sharpness, and condition the body.
Wooden Shinai
The Shinai is a bamboo practice sword used in kendo. The bamboo is flexible and is less dangerous to practice with than a solid wooden sword like the bokken.
Wooden Shoto
The Shoto is a Japanese short sword with a mid-range blade length. It is longer than a dagger but shorter than a Daito long sword with a length between 30 to 60 centimeters.
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