

After exhaustion, the power of the central core and hips are drawn in by necessity. So much so that strikes cannot be performed with the inferior muscles of the shoulders and upper body alone. It does, however, expose weaknesses-and this is its essence.Īfter many cuts, the arm muscles tire. But since effective sword work does not rely on strength, the suburito is not intended to build muscle in the sense a weight lifter might use heavy weights. It's useful for warm up and joint flexibiliy-most certainly. While it may weigh as much as a shinken, its balance is disproportionately more forward, and this is the key to its utility as a training tool. The suburito does a lot more than mimic the weight of a live blade.


And like many things in the martial arts, it elicits all sorts of misconceptions.īut as with many things, its appearance is misleading. I remember the first time my fellow aikidoka and I saw one in the dojo years ago and we all started laughing. Often, when outsiders come into the Kingfisher shop and see the suburito for the the first time, its big, club-like appearance seems Neanderthal in character. but many of us think of it in terms of a solo practice where the practitioner swings a sword in open air.Īnd most of us are familiar with the large wooden sword, the suburito 素振刀, designed specifically for this reason. Continued abuse of our services will cause your IP address to be blocked indefinitely.In Japan, the word suburi refers to any warm up swinging whether it be for baseball, golf, tennis etc. Please fill out the CAPTCHA below and then click the button to indicate that you agree to these terms.

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