  The armour has finally arrived. Now I can give back the club bogu and someone else can move up. The new armour is fairly good quality; 5mm is good enough for a beginner and my budget. I bought a standard machine set (#504) from urlLink Kendoshop .
Everything needs to be broken in; I'm in the process of breaking in the kote by rotating the fist section in relation to the cuff and I've stored the men with the futon in the correct position. I won't be able to use anything for a couple of weeks, because everyone is off to Chiang Mai for a kendo seminar, which, unfortunately, I cannot attend because of work and money shortage. 
