Shobukan Inyo-Ryu Battojutsu<p>&quot;<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Chanbara" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Chanbara</span></a> チャンバラ&quot;, padded <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trainingSwords" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>trainingSwords</span></a>, are an option. They are too floppy, however, to simulate <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/parries" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>parries</span></a> and sliding <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/blocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>blocks</span></a>. <br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Kend%C3%B4" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kendô</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/armour" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>armour</span></a> (剣道道具), another possible option, does not protect the whole body; especially some classic <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/targets" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>targets</span></a> like the armpit (八つ口) are completely unprotected. The <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bamboo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bamboo</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sparring" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sparring</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/sword" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sword</span></a> (<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/shinai" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>shinai</span></a> 竹刀) used with the kendô-dôgu lacks the weight and curvature of the real sword, and cannot properly depict some of the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/techniques" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>techniques</span></a>.</p><p>/2<br /><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/budo" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>budo</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bujutsu" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bujutsu</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/martialArts" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>martialArts</span></a></p>