Tameshigiri Mats Australia

I am looking for an online store preferably or a store with a physical location in northern new jersey if possible otherwise central works too that sells either tatami or beach mats they can be combined to get a similar feel to tatami for cheap for the purpose of tameshigiri cutting practice.
Tameshigiri mats australia. Cutting mats can be used for the protection of a number of surfaces for example. Tabletops workbenches laminating machines and so on. Our product is free from phthalate plasticizers and can also be self healing. Tameshigiri is the japanese sword art of cutting rolled bamboo mats with a single strike.
We guarantee that no one in australia sells the same product as we do for less than us. Please visit the vendors listed below to purchase mugen dachi tatami omote for your tameshigiri practice. This feature is not available right now.
Each individual tatami mat is said to have a difficulty of cut equal to severing a man s upper leg which is more difficult than severing a head. Tameshigiri 試し斬り 試し切り 試斬 試切 is the japanese art of target test cutting the kanji literally mean test cut kun yomi. On october 6 2003 daniel watson set a new personal record with a 6 mat cut. Ozi tatami in nsw near sydney.
How to roll wara 3 roll. During the edo period only the most skilled swordsmen were chosen to. We have introduced some of these extra long tameshigiri cutting mats for the practitioner who wants to practice on cutting targets. All worldwide well known flatbed applicators also known as flatbed laminators.
Consisting of the outer covering omote of the tatami mat used in japanese homes a single rolled tatami mat over a bamboo core is supposedly extremely close in consistency to that of a human arm or neck which is very scary when you see how easily some swords cut right through it. Each tameshigiri mat is constructed to give the feedback of cutting a live target while not hurting a soul. We import genuine high quality tatami mats that are filled with rice straw. Our mat protects your glass tabletop from cuts.
These are long enough that you get a lot of use out of each mat. Finally for the folks down under a vendor to bring you mates the same high quality tatami mats for cutting that have been enjoyed throughout the united states and europe. These days tatami omote is easily the most common medium for dojo approved tameshigiri. Please try again later.
We would like to say a sincere thank you to all of the loyal customers who have supported mugen dachi since we started the. East coast nihonzashi west coast tameshigiri mats.