Let me put it this way to you guys, Sport Kenjutsu Kobudo is the most practical application of weapon sparring you can get today. Check out the vid. Anybody in the video that's wearing a hakima and keikogi (blue/purple top with either black gi pants or big black 'samurai' pants) is a member of my team. Not because we are that great at weapons sparring, but because we have and continue to train very hard at it. As the sport gets larger (as it has been so far) more people show up to competitions and hopefully, over time, other schools will start training like we do. Hopefully, some of you will have some input and those of you with a moderate skill level would be interested in competing in a sport like this. Let me know what you think!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f2e6MzaZvk
Personally I love this sport because you can pit any weapon and any style against one another and see how they really stack up.