A lethal [[kendo]] practice [[sword]] made of solid, heavy wood. It's shaped and balanced like a [[katana]]. 

A bokken is a wooden [[weapon]] normally used for solo training, not for sparring. For that, the [[shinai]] is used, as sparring with a bokken will usually lead to broken bones... or worse. 

Legendary [[samurai]] swordmaster Musashi Miyamoto (1584? - May 19, 1645) fought and killed [[katana]]-wielding rival samurai by using just a bokken against them.

h4. See also

* [[Shinai]]
* [[List of weapons]]
木剣 ぼっけん 木刀 ぼくとう