I think that Dan is just trying to stay away from that ,as HornDog put it"Mall ninja " image. no offense meant, theres just a fine line inthe public's eye between serious sword users and some goofy kid who accidentally chops his toe off. I don't know how many times I have met people saying Oh yeah I train in swordsmanship, and when they show you the sword they use its some dragon handled ,crazy colored "katana" with the batwing guard they got at a flea-market for $19.99. It doesn't mean they're idiots it's just they have not recieved proper instruction and the only source of knowledge they have on the subjectis Inuyasha.Again please don't take offense to this post I love swords and training with them.