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A is a wooden practice sword possessing significantly greater size and weight than those of a typical bokken
Bokken

A bokken , is a wooden Japanese sword used for training, usually the size and shape of a katana, but sometimes shaped like other swords, such as the wakizashi and tanto....
. As such, it is used for practicing suburi
Suburi

are repetitive, individual, cutting exercises, which are often used in martial arts such as kendo, aikido, iaido, and kenjutsu. Often a shinai , bokken, suburito, or even tanren bo are used....
 (sword swinging) and solo kata
Kata

is a Japanese language word describing detailed choreographed patterns of movements practiced either solo or in pairs. Kata are used in many traditional Japanese arts such as theater forms like kabuki and schools of tea ceremony , but are most commonly known for the presence in the martial arts....
 only, and is not intended for use in contact drills. Its main purpose is to perfect hasuji (edge-angle) and tomei (ability to stop the sword). It is usually used to practice with tanrenuchi, now typically a tyre stood upright in a concrete base.

A suburito is commonly around 115 cm (45 in) in length, with a mass of 1 kg (2.2 lb), but it can be as long as 130 cm (50 in) and weigh 2 kg (4.5 lb).






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A is a wooden practice sword possessing significantly greater size and weight than those of a typical bokken
Bokken

A bokken , is a wooden Japanese sword used for training, usually the size and shape of a katana, but sometimes shaped like other swords, such as the wakizashi and tanto....
. As such, it is used for practicing suburi
Suburi

are repetitive, individual, cutting exercises, which are often used in martial arts such as kendo, aikido, iaido, and kenjutsu. Often a shinai , bokken, suburito, or even tanren bo are used....
 (sword swinging) and solo kata
Kata

is a Japanese language word describing detailed choreographed patterns of movements practiced either solo or in pairs. Kata are used in many traditional Japanese arts such as theater forms like kabuki and schools of tea ceremony , but are most commonly known for the presence in the martial arts....
 only, and is not intended for use in contact drills. Its main purpose is to perfect hasuji (edge-angle) and tomei (ability to stop the sword). It is usually used to practice with tanrenuchi, now typically a tyre stood upright in a concrete base.

A suburito is commonly around 115 cm (45 in) in length, with a mass of 1 kg (2.2 lb), but it can be as long as 130 cm (50 in) and weigh 2 kg (4.5 lb). Unlike a bokken, a suburito is not designed to be used with a guard.

A common misconception among persons unfamiliar with the suburito is that it is connected to nodachi training, due to its being similar size and shape. Although its usefulness in that capacity could be argued, it was never intended for such training purposes.

Legend has it that Miyamoto Musashi
Miyamoto Musashi

, also known as Shinmen Takezo, Miyamoto Bennosuke, or by his Buddhist name Niten Doraku, was a Japanese people swordsman famed for his duels and distinctive style....
 carved a suburito out of a boat's oar
Oar

An oar is an implement used for water-borne Marine propulsion. Oars have a flat Blade at one end. The oarsmen grasp the oar at the other end....
 as he traveled to his famous duel
Sasaki Kojiro

was a prominent Japanese swordsman, born in Fukui Prefecture. He lived during the Sengoku period and early Edo periods and is most remembered for his death while battling Miyamoto Musashi in 1612....
 with Sasaki Kojiro, whom he killed by striking him on the skull and smashing a left rib, puncturing his lungs.