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Related Links

Please contact us to let us know of useful links and trustworthy commercial sites.

Buddhism

Kwan Um Zen School
http://www.kwanumzen.org/

Osel Shen Phen Ling Tibetan Buddhist Center
http://www.fpmt-osel.org/

Sword Collecting

Note: we do not make recommendations; commercial sites are only listed below because of valuable information and excellent detailed photos. Purchase at your own risk!

Richard Stein's Japanese Sword Index (non-commercial). The finest web resource for Japanese swords, but it's usually only available in the beginning of the month (it is so popular that it regularly exceeds its free monthly traffic allotment!).
http://home.earthlink.net/~steinrl/nihonto.htm

Meiboku site (non-commercial): sword studies
http://www.meiboku.demon.co.uk/

Nipponto catalog (commercial)
http://www.nipponto.com/

Japanese Sword Exchange (commercial)
http://www.japaneseswordexchange.com/

Japanese Sword site (commercial)
http://www.jpsword.com/

Sho-Shin Japanese swords (commercial)
http://www.sho-shin.com/

Fred Lohman's site (commercial); he has a good list of links at http://www.japanese-swords.com/pages/links.htm
http://www.japanese-swords.com/

Gaijin's Guide to Sword Restoration (commercial): curious modern techniques.
http://www.islandnet.com/~gaijin/guide.htm

Martial Arts Organizations and Sword Schools

Shim Gum Do temple
http://www.shimgumdo.org/

San Francisco Japanese Sword Society
http://members.aol.com/SFkatana/

Chambara Federation
http://www.samuraisports.com/

Berkeley and San Francisco Iaido Dojo
http://www.iaido.org/

Martial Arts and Buddhist Supplies

Note: we do not make recommendations; purchase at your own risk!

Japanese high-quality bokkens
www.bokkenshop.com

http://store.yahoo.com/martialartsmart/junwarun11.html