bokken

A lethal kendo practice sword made of solid, heavy wood. It's shaped and balanced like a katana.

Bokken are normally used for solo training, not for sparring. For that, the shinai is used, as sparring with a bokken will usually lead to broken bones... or worse.

Legendary samurai swordmaster Miyamoto Musashi is said to have fought (and killed!) katana-wielding rival samurai by using just a bokken against them.

Bokken are also stereotypically associated with delinquent youths.

Examples

See also

• shinai
• List of weapons

The following tags are aliased to this tag: wooden_katana (learn more).

This tag implicates wooden_sword (learn more).