Hardwood jian (Mandarin) or gim (Cantonese) are used by practitioners of many Chinese Kung Fu (Gung Fu or Gong Fu) styles, such as Tai Chi Chuan (Taijiquan) often simply called a Tai Chi sword, and BaGua Zhang. Raven Studios training jian are designed to withstand the rigors of partner training and are also well suited for forms and solo technique practice. I feel it is important that each training sword mimic a real swords performance and feel as closely as possible, therefore these hardwood practice swords are constructed with the following qualities:
Custom Training Swords
If you would like one of the standard items (seen below) with your own special specifications, or you’d like a type of
training weapon not found on this website, supply a written description with a photo or drawing and I’ll let you know if it’s
something I can make for you. Please contact me at carinac@little-raven.com
for a price quote and timeline. (No fantasy or cartoon sword requests please. R.S. trainers are not toys, they are
designed for serious martial arts training.)
Many Chinese Kung Fu (Gung Fu or Gong Fu) martial art styles use hardwood dao (saber or single-edged swords) as part of their training regimen. Raven Studios hardwood practice dao are designed to withstand the rigors of partner training and are also well suited for forms and solo technique practice. I feel it is important that each training sword mimic a real swords performance and feel as closely as possible, therefore these hardwood training swords are constructed with the following qualities:
Custom Training Swords
If you would like one of the standard items (seen below) with your own special specifications, or you’d like a type of
training weapon not found on this website, supply a written description with a photo or drawing and I’ll let you know if it’s
something I can make for you. Please contact me at carinac@little-raven.com
for a price quote and timeline. (No fantasy or cartoon sword requests please. R.S. trainers are not toys, they are
designed for serious martial arts training.)
Eight Slash Swords also called Butterfly swords or knives and known by many spellings such as; Bart Jarm Do, Baat Cham Dao, Bot Jam
Dao, and Bot Jarm Dao, among others.
Hardwood Bot Jaam Do are primarily used in the Wing Chun, Choy Li Fut, and Hung Ga Kung Fu (Gung Fu or Gong Fu) systems, but other
Chinese martial arts styles use them as well. Raven Studios training butterfly swords are designed to withstand the rigors of
partner training and are also well suited for forms and solo technique practice. I feel it is important that wooden practice Bot
Jaam Do mimic steel BJD’s performance and feel as closely as possible, therefore these hardwood BJD are constructed with the
following qualities:
Custom Training Swords
If you would like one of the standard items (seen below) with your own special specifications, or you’d like a type of
training weapon not found on this website, supply a written description with a photo or drawing and I’ll let you know if it’s
something I can make for you. Please contact me at carinac@little-raven.com
for a price quote and timeline. (No fantasy or cartoon sword requests please. R.S. trainers are not toys, they are
designed for serious martial arts training.)
Hardwood long weapons or polearms, such as the long pole, guandao, and spear, are used in many Chinese martial arts systems. Raven Studios training weapons are designed to withstand the rigors of partner training and are also well suited for forms and solo technique practice. I feel it is important that each training weapon mimic a real weapons performance and feel as closely as possible, therefore these hardwood practice weapons are constructed with the following qualities:
Custom Training Weapons
If you would like one of the standard items (seen below) with your own special specifications, or you’d like a type of
training weapon not found on this website, supply a written description with a photo or drawing and I’ll let you know if it’s
something I can make for you. Please contact me at carinac@little-raven.com
for a price quote and timeline. (No fantasy or cartoon sword requests please. R.S. trainers are not toys, they are
designed for serious martial arts training.)
Hardwood bokken (bokuto) are used by practitioners of Japanese and Okinawan martial arts such as Kendo, Aikido, Kenjutsu, Iaido, Kobudo, and Karate etc. Raven Studios training weapons are designed to withstand the rigors of partner training and are also well suited for katas and solo technique practice. I feel it is important that each training weapon mimic a real weapons performance and feel as closely as possible, therefore these hardwood practice weapons are constructed with the following qualities:
Custom Training Weapons
If you would like one of the standard items (seen below) with your own special specifications, or you’d like a type of
training weapon not found on this website, supply a written description with a photo or drawing and I’ll let you know if it’s
something I can make for you. Please contact me at carinac@little-raven.com
for a price quote and timeline. (No fantasy or cartoon sword requests please. R.S. trainers are not toys, they are
designed for serious martial arts training.)
These top quality hardwood Escrima, Arnis, and Kali training weapons are designed to withstand the rigors of partner training and are also well suited for solo technique practice. I feel it is important that each training weapon mimic a real weapons performance and feel as closely as possible, therefore these hardwood practice weapons are constructed with the following qualities:
Custom Training Weapons
If you would like one of the standard items (seen below) with your own special specifications, or you’d like a type of
training weapon not found on this website, supply a written description with a photo or drawing and I’ll let you know if it’s
something I can make for you. Please contact me at carinac@little-raven.com
for a price quote and timeline. (No fantasy or cartoon sword requests please. R.S. trainers are not toys, they are
designed for serious martial arts training.)
Raven Studios European wooden trainers (wasters) are used by practitioners of various European or Western martial arts. These include historical European martial arts (HEMA) and historical European swordsmanship (HES) from the Renaissance and Medieval time periods. Designed to withstand the rigors of partner training as well as solo technique and pell practice. I feel it is important that each training weapon mimic a real weapons performance and feel as closely as possible, therefore these hardwood practice swords are constructed with the following qualities:
Custom Trainers (Wasters)
If you would like one of the standard items (seen below) with your own special specifications, or you’d like a type of
training weapon not found on this website, supply a written description with a photo or drawing and I’ll let you know if it’s
something I can make for you. Please contact me at carinac@little-raven.com
for a price quote and timeline. (No fantasy or cartoon sword requests please. R.S. trainers are not toys, they are
designed for serious martial arts training.)
