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There are specialised japanese sword fighting schools around but they are rare. Since we dont know where your from it is hard to recomend one in particular. If you come from western sydney there is one at Cranebrook. Apart from that I learnt to use katana and other weapons when I used to do Ninjitsu. The good thing about that was you learnt to use your sword to grapple as well as cut and parry. The beauty of it is that you can still use it in every day combat if necessary. I keep an axe handle in my car. It is roughly the same weight and balance as a katana and really intimidating. Thankfully Ive only had to use it twice but I felt more comfortable with it due to my training. If you dont carry an axe handle around with you there are heaps of other similar weapons that can use the same principles eg baseball bat, cricket stump, big stick etc. If you find a good school go for it.
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