[QUOTE]Originally posted by katanas rock:
my parrents are broke as hell and after getting the "iaito" i will be broke as hell.with me getting an alowance of only ten dollars a month there is no way in hell that i will be able to afford classes[/QUOTE]

If my 10 year old spoke like you she would sit in seiza for a week straight. That shows a lack of discipline and you need alot of that for Iaido

Katana

So your 10 years old and you have been training with bokkens for "5 years?"

And you CAN'T find one without a sharpened blade.

That about sum it up?

Ok???????

My best advice would be to ask the person training you with the bokken--maybe they have an idea?

Or maybe they have a spare unsharpened blade you can use.

Or you might save up your allowence and put toward training.

first off i AM NOT BEING TRAINED BY SOMEONE and i could not go to classes because of the weekly fee.

oh and i am in advanced classes

Katana Rocks

If your not training then how can you be in advance classes??

Kinda what I thought. Game over.

Cxt, he was responding to Charles' "do well in school" post.

Katana Rocks

Ben


Sorry, thought since the last post was mine and I asked him about his training.

His next post was a response to mine. And since he did not label to whom h ewas speaking, thought it was him jacking around.

If it was my mistake, sorry.

im in advanced classes at school also i have another question:isn't it aquarde to draw a katana when the blade's facing upward?

[QUOTE]isn't it aquarde to draw a katana when the blade's facing upward?[/QUOTE]
This is why you need proper training. You need to learn from a teacher.

If you buy an iaito for your size, you'll probably need to get a new one each year as you grow.

i would advise the exact same as the others, and thats to WAIT. if you are inexperienced with a sword it would be easy for you to make a mistake and hurt your younger siblings (which i presume you dont WANT to.. lol). and a bokken is a good weapon as well as a great training tool. musashi himself ended up shunning swords all togeather and only used wooden swords, sometimes even making the said bokken from a tree branch or a boat oar carved quickly. WAITING is the best advice that can be given.