Sai Training

I would contact Julian Mead Sensei of the Ryukyu Kobujutsu Association GB, im pretty sure one of his Seniors is in that area - and IMO you won't find better Kobudo in the UK.

http://www.rkagb.com/

Thank you I'll get in touch with him.

Andy

I'll echo that. I've trained with Julian Mead a few times, and he is an a great teacher, with a lot of good people under him. I would have loved to train more, but time/distance/life....

If memory serves, his syllabus starts with bo, and then progresses. I've trained mostly with bo, and would encourage you to look at that first. Plus, it's cheaper for everyone to get bo than it is for everyone to get sai.

And be prepared if you show him your sai. I showed him my "highly quality" ones and his response was "krappu desu"

Steve

Hi,

I'll take note of the sai thing.  To be honest though I only got a cheap set anyway as I wasn't sure how often they would be used, but thanks for the warning anyway.

Andy