been practing with my sword for at least a week now and i think i got stronger lol but my muscles hurt those blades are heavy and imagine me getting a 7 foot one the one i have here i think is a 5 foot or something like that -_- im going to have one heck of a training regement. Good news is its all black so cool whee and i do mean all black well theres a bit of red on the helt but the blade and the sheath are black sweet!!!!