When the cold and dry weather drags, on, the shinai become more vulnerable to splits. When you keep training with a shinai that has splits it can be incredibly dangerous. You can get splinters in your fingers or in your eye, and there has even been a reported case of […]
Many roads passed through the ancient capital of Kyoto, for example the Tokaido, Sanyodo and Hokurikudo roads. The most important 7 main roads on which you could enter and leave Kyoto, in other words check points, were called Kyo no Nanakuchi(the seven entrances of Kyoto). Even to this day there […]
The Jutsuka Tokubetsu Kunren (術科特別訓練; Special Technique Training Department) or for short, the “Tokuren”, is a special Japanese police squad whose purpose is to promote and reinforce technical training within subjects such as Judo, Kendo, Taihojutsu, marksmanship, etc. to raise the overall level of physical and mental health among police officers. […]
Can you repair a Kote by yourself? Generally speaking in terms of Bogu, it’s said that by the time your Do has reached the end of its life-time, you will have gone through two Men, and three pairs of Kote. That shows how fast a pair of Kote can be […]
How often your perform maintenance depends on what sort of blade you have and what you use it for. If you have an iaito from Japan that is made from Zinc/Alluminium you do not need to use uchiko powder because it will not rust. If you use it for iaido then you should oil it as and when is needed. However if it is for decoration only then once every two months should be fine.
It goes without saying, that Japanese swords are precious cultural treasures, but if it is handled roughly it might be damaged or might cause injury to yourself or someone else. If that happens, the value of such a precious treasure might be lost and we don’t want to embarass our […]
In this article we are going to take a look at how to go about choosing the right iaito for you. Beyond the aesthetics and theme of the koshirae, there are many factors like blade type and tsuka length to consider. We go through each step of the process recommending […]
It’s the 25th and it’s time to reveal the next 20 winners of the Tozando Tornado-stitch Kote Giveaway, so without further delay here are the 20 winners of Round 3!: Mark Miyamoto, United States John Doherty-Kato, United States Gabriele Simonelli, Italy Tuan Anh Hoang, Canada Oono Akira, Japan Nakatsukasa Youzou, […]
The Suzaku series Custom-made Iaito which we announced recently has been very popular and our craftsmen are very happy as they worked long and hard to prepare this new product for all our customers! This is the first time We are happy to announce that thanks to the hard work […]
The results are out and we have announced our first 20 winners for the 1st round of the Tozando Tornado-stitch Kote Giveaway campaign! We apologize for the delay in the announcement, but there was some technical issues that needed to be confirmed before we could make our announcement, we will […]
