The Jigen and Yakumaru-jigen schools use bokuto made of yusu tree (distylium racemosum) that is cut to an appropriate length after its branches and leaves are removed, and is simply dried without being processed at all. |
示現流や薬丸自顕流では柞(ゆす)の木の枝葉を取り、適当な長さで切り、乾燥させたのみで一切加工しない木刀を使用する。 |