just for the record, paul has been so helpfull in pointing me in the right direction for styles to learn ( being a practioner himself.) i explained i would like to study a style with flashy kata's (that being the guy flurrying around with the katana and all you see are the traces of the sword around him:)... i like that stuff yet i would like to learn battle with bokken and occasional cutting practice with bamboo etc.
he suggested a few styles.. kenjuitsu,gumdo,iaido etc.
he has been so helpfull and had to put up with my pestering emails yet found time to answer my questions... fair play to the guy! 10 out of 10!
p.s my friend is a fan of the katana and owns various authentic japenese katana's himself, ranging from ninja swords to katana to shirisaya?.. i told him to take a look at what i just purchased that day from cheness cutlery.. the 9260 differentally hardened etc kaze katana and he said.."neal mate its chinese :(" ...
then he took the time to actually have a proper look into what i bought and later told me "neal.. your sword's the bollocks!" .. huh. yeah dan.. like i didnt know that alredy mate! :)
anyway, as soon as paul chen releases a version of the little brother (kaze ko katana) with a brown iato wrap just like its bigger brother, be sure that i will be purchasing 1.
thanks for reading my story :)
pps. i cant have such an awsome weapon sitting on display looking pretty.. i will have to unleash it in my back yard soon. ;)
