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<h2 id="description-and-use">Description and use</h2> <p>The suburitō is much thicker at the blade than the handle which makes the suburitō much heavier than a normal bokken.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> Suburitō are used for practicing <i><a href="/facts/Suburi/vwSu2HSX">suburi</a></i> (sword swinging exercises) and <i><a href="/facts/Kata/HpGR1Dpg">kata</a></i> (prearranged exercises). The weight of the suburitō is used for strengthening and conditioning in addition to development of spirit. The suburitō is used to perfect individual technique as well. </p><p>A <i>suburitō</i> is commonly around 115 cm (45 in) in length, with a mass of 1 kg (2.2 lb). However, these bokuto can vary widely in size and weight. Suburitō generally do not include a guard. </p><p>Legend has it that <a href="/facts/Miyamoto_Musashi/Usvxkhd8">Miyamoto Musashi</a> carved a <a href="/facts/Bokken/RHe4stYU">bokken</a> that resembled a <i>suburitō</i> out of a boat <a href="/facts/Oar/UlrAVTUb">oar</a> as he traveled to his famous <a href="/facts/Sasaki_Kojiro/zWthbttk">duel</a> with <a href="/facts/Sasaki_Kojiro/zWthbttk">Sasaki Kojiro</a>, whom he supposedly killed.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Bokken: art of the Japanese sword, Volume 443 of Literary links to the Orient, Authors Dave Lowry, Mike Lee, Editor Mike Lee, Photographs by Mike Lee, Contributors Dave Lowry, Mike Lee, Edition illustrated, Publisher Black Belt Communications, 1986, ISBN 0-89750-104-7, ISBN 978-0-89750-104-0 P.32 <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=1N9UhkonzK4C&dq=suburito&pg=PA32" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=1N9UhkonzK4C&dq=suburito&pg=PA32</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Wilson, William Scott (2004). The Lone Samurai: The Life of Miyamoto Musashi (1st ed.). Tokyo: Kodansha International. p. 19. ISBN 9784770029423. <a href="9784770029423" target="_blank">9784770029423</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>