ironchefkorea

Hi. I don't really know how to say this, without sounding like a Kill Bill fanboy with too much time on his hands, so I'm just going to say it.

I want to learn how to use a Katana. With school and work I don't do much in my free time aside from browsing the internet, watching movies and playing video games, and I need some sort of physical activity. When I was younger I was a pretty troubled kid, so violence and the working out that I did to supplement it took up that part of my life, but now that I'm over that phase, I want to do something disciplined.

Anyway, where should I start? What kind of a place should I look for where I could eventually learn the basics on swordsmanship? I realize it would be nigh impossible for me to go very far in the art, as I'm Korean and would never really be able to advance beyond basic stuff (I'm not interested in Kendo, Tae Kwon Do, Tang Soo Do, or other Korean martial arts - I mainly want to learn the Katana), but I want to learn what I can. What type of training weapon should I get, and later on the road, what would be a really nice, but very functional sword to purchase (mainly as a showpiece)? Thanks in advance to anyone who can help me out.

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