Sword Swords

Why You Should Use Wooden Practice Swords For Training

The wooden sword has been used for training purposes over a number of centuries. The Practice Wooden Sword has been used by many cultures including China, Japan, Renaissance Europe, Scotland and Rome and more recently in modern Europe and the United States.

Wooden swords are commonly referred to as “wasters” in reference to the fact that if damaged they can be cheaply replaced. The reason wood has become the material of choice for training swords is that high quality steel swords are more easily damaged and are expensive to replace.

Ancient warriors found that training with steel blades caused fatigue which made them unreliable in battle so they used wooden swords as a substitute.

Wooden Sword Practice is therefore a cheap means of training because the cost of replacing a wooden training sword is substantially less that the cost of replacing a steel sword. Because it is blunt there is less risk of injury from the wooden sword when training if it comes in contact with another person.

An alternative is a blunt steel sword however they are more expensive and carry a higher risk of injury from impact than from a wooden sword and are more easily damaged.

Training with a sharpened steel blade sword carries with it high risk of serious injury and even death.

Purchase of the first steel sword is an exciting time and potential buyers should first develop their technique and feel by using a wooden practice sword.

Modern Wooden Practice Swords often have similar handling characteristics to steel swords and these wooden swords are today used in Western and some Japanese Martial Arts.

Genuine steel swords are more expensive and riskier to use than practice wooden swords which are a good starting point for anyone wanting to undertake Martial Arts training which involves the use of swords.

THE SWORD OF SWORDS 神刀1968 – Original Trailer