My best Bokken to Date - That's a wooden sword guys!

So... as some of you may remember I've been trying my hand at hand made white oak bokken. Well, I wanted to share an image of my latest bokken. I planed it by hand, sanded it, and finished it with tung oil. Here's an image, what do you all think?

Gear for Aikido and Mixed Martial Arts

Today I've been browsing the internet quite a bit looking at training equipment when I found a site called Ground and Pound.

Ground and Pound is a site that specializes in MMA Gear and more. They have a fairly complete selection of training equipment from MMA Fight Gloves to bite guards and MMA Fight Shorts to traditional Judo style uniforms.

What made Ground and Pound

One thing that I really appreciated in looking through the selection over at Ground and Pound was the practical nature of their items. They have things on the site that most Aikidoka never use, gloves, guards, shorts, even soap (don't worry, aikidoka do use soap, but you'd never find it on an aikido website). It's because of the physical nature of MMA and what they promote that this practical nature is passed on to the Ground and Pound website, because let's face it, MMA is a seriously hard style. You need tough, practical equipment to last through that kind of practice.

So, if you're interested, head over and see for yourself.