Aikido set Kake

Dear Aikidoka's,


after long time here is some more of my work, I never stop make this things but because some problems (which is part of life), I was not able to work only this.


So here is one of  Kake (stand/rack) for Aikido set, customer wanted to add the Kanji symbol on every item, to have personalized equipment.


Stand was made from european oak, just treated with transparent varnish to preserve the natural color of wood. Kanji is handmade with wood burning iron.

the stand is not glued, so it can always be disassembled

Aikido Jo

Here is few photos of my basic Jo sticks for Aikido

Iwama bokken from Ipe and Jatoba

Dear Aikidoka friends, 

here is few photos of Iwama bokken's made from Ipe and Jatoba wood,

brown bokken is from Ipe lapacho wood, but this one is unique because this piece of wood have black stripe, which is rare to find, lower bokken is made from Jatoba wood,

both bokkens are oiled.

Aikido bokken with burning Kanji

Dear  Aikidoka's,

Here is some more personal bokken's idea

this kanji was hand made by burning and because that is more unique, more natural from those which was made by laser's or CNC machine 

and few more close look

Unique Tanto

Dear Budo friends, 

here's something for those looking for something unique and special. 
From time to time appears some interesting piece of wood with interesting texture, this is one of them. It is not always easy to do something similar, and these pieces require long-term preparation, this Tanto was made about three years, in order to stabilize the wood,  to avoid subsequent reactions, such as cracking or bending. Working layer by layer and wait a reaction of wood, when wood stops responding, you can complete the job. So here it is Art of Nature, 100% unique, ideal for gift to someone special.

Custom Jatoba tanto

Here is custom  tanto from Jatoba  wood,
with kissaki in style Shinto Katori Ryu, Sugino dojo 

Tanto is just oiled

Keishi bokuto

Keishi bokuto but with smal change to be in Aikido style,
 it is made to customer wish, no visible transition between the handle and the blade, on place where Habaki should be

Unique bokken

To all who like special and unique bokken maybe this one you will like

bokken with motif of  water circles, this one is for sale

take look closer this beauty 

Golden acacia tanto

Hi Aikido friends,

here is one of tantos from my colection, made from golden acacia wood,

it is nice wood for those who look for something unusual and is also nice for present to someone who you respect

Aikido Tactical Tanto

Aikido Tactical  Tanto, why "tactical" ?

more and more people are teaches knife fighting and defense against knife, but today's (modern) blade is shorter and called it a "tactical". That is why  I called this wooden training knife "tactical", commissioners want the original, traditional look, but shorter blade.
In this way are met the tradition and modern requirements, length, wood etc.  is by your wish,

hope that you like it!

Oar Suburito from IPE

for those who like custom suburito bokkens

and now after I put oil

if you like to have something like that or something more, just write to me

Furibo

This is an octagonal Furibo, tapered and expanding forward,  tsuka sahape is round,

 weight is 1.5 kg because that is suitable for beginners but also for Suburi

 

dimensions and weight may change, if you are interested in purchasing

 

for more information you could send mail, address is in "Contact"

 

 

 

 

 

O Sensei's bokken 2

Dear friends of Aikido,  after some time I finally finished my first replica of O Sensei bokken,
still no one has contacted me for information for this bokken,
so on the pictures you can see what I did according to my evaluation and by my vision,

invitation to anyone with more information about this bokken is still valid

 

 

 

 

Suburito

Here is two basic suburito bokken

Tanrenbo

  Because their weight is not so heavy (2,5 Kg), 

it could be classified as Suburito too,

but by their shape, they are still classified as Tanrenbo, 

Today they are used all sorts of things to improve grip strength, but for me personally the best is this classic, traditional and natural tools.

Most of Tanrenbo you could  found is, round, octagonal and square shapes, but I decided for the hexagon shape, for the simple reason that it is harder to make, also shape of tsuka os not round as you could see on last photo.

O Sensei's bokken

Bokken that is used by O Sensei, somehow caught my attention,

One detail is especially interesting, and I have not seen it on any other bokken,

so I decided to make it as my new project.

About this bokken I do not know much, or have information about who made ​​a bokken that used the O Sensei

So I would ask for help all of you, if you have more information or pictures about this bokken.

 

These are the only two pictures I managed to find so far about this bokken, 

on both is the same bokken,

because I do not know who are the authors of these photos, I hope that they will not have anything against what images published on this blog

The first bokken I will try to reconstruct on the basis of these two pictures, when I have more info, I'll make a new one.

 

 

 

little Aikidoka

Something for little Aikidoka, on picture is Iwama kids kit, size(lenght) is your choice, depend how old or big  your little Aikidoka is

Aikido bokken

Aiki ken bokken

Iwama  bokken European oak, oiled with red oil to look like red oak,

engraving is customer wish

 

some of ideas

knji on bokken made by burning, kanji by your choice

Aikido bokken from Ipe Lapacho

 

laminated  IWAMA  bokken, hornbeam-jatoba-hornbeam