I loved this shoto because I'm a practitioner of iaijutsu. I use this not only for kata(waza) but also for tachi freestyle. If you are interested in finding a safe way to practice with a wakizashi sized blade I recomend this one. One other thing the shoto does have a thick body so its hard to get on the tsuba.

I think that this uniform is very well crafted. I am a soon to be black belt in one month and use a dobok like this one for personal training. I recommend that the buyer of this uniform should go with this product because of its durability. But the downfall of this product is that it needs to be more heavy weight ex. if your practicing judo or other arts involving rough handling. But besides that it is a well crafted uniform for a taekwondo practitioner!