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Thank you for your interest in our club. 

For beginners, all you need is comfortable clothes (t-shirt/shorts or sweats) and a shinai.  Your first practice will be a trial with free of charge. We suggest that beginners with no prior experience start on the first Saturday of each month, which would allow you to join the practice cycle smoothly.

For your first practice, we should be able to rent out a shinai if you don't have your own. From your second practice, you would want your own shinai - we will be able to provide a shinai together with the shinai bag and tsuba. Eventually you would need extra shinais and we can provide with the dojo rate [link]. You can also purchase shinai, shinai bag, tsuba etc from suppliers such as e-bogu.com, maruyamakendosupply.com, californiabudogu.com with appropriate length and weight [shinai regulation chart]. They are all quality shinai on these sites listed, so an inexpensive complete one is fine - be careful they also sell the bamboo only, you will need a complete one, unless you are familiar with how to assemble one with separate parts by yourself.

We suggest that members work out the schedule so that you can practice twice a week (or more in a season when we have practice more than twice a week) on a regular basis. From our past experience, it will help both practitioners and instructors.

Please don't hesitate to ask questions about joining, shinas and equipments by contacting us.