Much to everyone's surprise (not) my husband has purchased my child a plastic sword. Now, you might think it was just out of the blue but no, no...well planned it was! Not by age or by skill but by Alexander's new found love of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Alexander's turtle of choice is Raph (Raphael) despite the fact that he does not carry a sword. I think because he's the team's bad boy. Nice! So anyway, my 4 year old is now wielding a sword and is fully immersed into his God given karate talent. All I can say is when you hear your husband say, "you cannot believe the control this kid has...he can get it this close to my face and not touch me", you should be concerned!!!!