If you live in the UK and want good quality bo, hanbo, jo,etc then take a look at Nine Circles. I recently bought a white oak hanbo from there and its fantastic quality. Very good grain and very solid. I’m planning on restocking on their white oak bo.
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Good Wooden Weapons in the UK
New Koryu Schedule
My ju jutsu organisation is now running a revised schedule so we get to use more weapons throughout the month:
Week 1: Ken/Iaijutsu – Currently using bokto and practicing kata.
Week 2: Jujutsu & some hanbo.
Week 3: Bojutsu – I really like the 6 foot staff. Its powerful and useful. When you get good at it then [...]
Fitness Goals of 2009
New Year resolutions are silly. Everyone breaks them, but I do believe in planning my year ahead and setting goals – something I recommended in a previous post. Well I thought I’d put up my physical goals on here…
Skills
Learn fencing – Booked and starting on the 8th January.
Ju Jutsu – Attain green belt by December.
Iai [...]
Day 41: Core, Forearms and the Iai
I really need to learn to do these posts daily cos by the time I get round to it I’ve forgotten what I did. So I’m sorry but I THINK I did the following…
Core
Ab Roller – 5 x 2 sets
Sit Ups – 10 x 2 sets
Back Extensions – 10 x 2 sets
Plank – 1:20
Forearms
Wrist Roller [...]
