Is previous experience necessary to take courses at Tomboyama Nihonto Tanren Dojo?

All of the classes we currently offer require no previous experience, including our Basic Forging Course.  In fact, a majority of students who take our Basic Forging Course have had no prior forging experience.

For classes which cover hands on instruction of making other parts of the sword (Habaki Course) or certain techniques for blade refinement (Kajioshi Course), students are required to bring a suitable blade to work on or to make a habaki for.  In the case of our Koshirae Course, students must have a blade with a finished well-fitted habaki to make the koshirae for.  For the Tsuka-maki Course, students must bring a sword handle, tsuka, with the same-kawa already inlaid for wrapped.

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