lukman
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Post by lukman on May 15, 2009 13:26:57 GMT 7
Hi, name's lukman. I'm a new member but I've trained previously in Turkey and managed to get to 6th kyu. I've a question, if you don't mind. 1st of all, I wanna thank you for accepting me as your new student . Now to get to business. During my stay in Turkey, we had to buy our equipments such as shinai and bougu from an Internet site called Kendoshop. I was wondering, if I want to buy a bougu set, is there anyway I can buy it from one of the senpais or senseis in the Dojo here in Jakarta for a bougu set? In Kendoshop (a site where they sell all the necessary equipments) the bougus there are expensive. Ranging from $500 to $750. A friend of mine bought his when he reached the 3rd-kyu. Now normally, I wouldn't complain about the price, but are bougus supposed to be that expensive?
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Post by Admin Kendo on May 15, 2009 14:20:13 GMT 7
First let me say, welcome to - uh, kendo club yang mana ya? And - harga bogu bisa beda dari murah sampai OUCH!!! Ok...to answer your question. There are many online sites you can buy bogu from so there is no real "must buy here" policy. You should shop around because sometimes there are pretty good sales. For example (and I am not pushing this site) Tozando sometimes has pretty good sales on complete bogu sets, some are stock clearance items and some are "already ordered but not collected" items. You can also check ebogu where some of our members have bought bogu from. Our sensei's also have shops that they prefer in Japan and can assist you in purchasing bogu. The most important thing is to get measured properly and any of the sensei can do that for you. Don't as the sempai - we suck at measurements. There are general "rules" about how the bogu should fit so the sensei can help you better. Just ask after practice. I believe Hamada-sensei, Shimomura-sensei, and Kishikawa-sensei travel frequently enough and/or keep in touch with their favourite shops enough to get you a bogu set. Hamada-sensei has helped several people buy bogu, shinai, and kendo-gi. As for shinai, JKA purchases shinai regularly in large quantities and sells them to members. Our prices are inclusive of shipping and not so expensive. Yongki has 9 left if you need any (every kendoka should have 2 shinai). Price-wise you're looking at US$300 and up, exclusive of shipping. Taxes vary but you can get that reduced by either ordering as a group or requesting the kendo shop under-invoicing you. Just a note - if you order through the sensei and they have it shipped, they won't ask the shop to do that...but, the prices are not so bad. Once you include shipping and taxes I'd say you are in the US$500 and up range. So price check with different sources. Just one rule of thumb for buying bogu - buy the best you can with what you have. I'd even add that if the different between a better set and the one you budgeted for is less than $200, buy the better set (I'm speaking including shipping). Your bogu will last 10 years or more so better to get the best you can afford. Oh and price will vary depending on where the bogu is coming from - bogu from Korea of good quality can be much cheaper. And, you should also be aware that a cheap set of bogu from say, kendoshop, may be made in china, not Japan. Hope this helps. Maybe some others have some opinions as we have members that have bought bogu from different sources so experience may vary
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