Meet Ipe — pronounced ee-pay. An exotic tropical hardwood from the rainforests of Central and South America that has earned a legendary reputation as Ironwood.
This batch is like nothing we have ever seen. You get the full spectrum of light to dark colors, every shade the wood has to offer. No two sticks are identical. Every pair carries the natural character of the forest it came from.
The name Ironwood is not marketing. It is earned.
Ipe scores 3,680 lbf on the Janka Hardness Scale — the gold standard test for wood durability, measuring the force required to drive a steel ball halfway into a wood sample. That number puts Ipe:
3x harder than Red Oak
8x harder than California Redwood
Nearly twice as hard as domestic Hickory
Ipe is so dense that it sinks in water. The U.S. Forest Products Laboratory classifies it at the highest possible durability rating — Very Durable, 25+ years — with zero chemical preservatives required.
When people call it Ironwood, they mean it.
Why Ipe Makes the Ultimate Stick
We tested these sticks the way all Budo Brothers gear gets tested — hard, and honestly.
Every wood stick has the same vulnerability: contact with hard materials leaves marks. Strike steel, carbon fiber, or dense synthetics — like our own Phenolic and Carbon Fiber Kali sticks — and most wood sticks start showing the damage fast. Pickling marks. Surface compression. The grain beginning to bruise and deteriorate with repeated contact.
Not with Ipe.
Where other wood sticks get chewed up, the Ipe Kali sticks hold. The extreme density of the wood resists the kind of surface damage that marks up every other hardwood we've tested.
This is the wood stick for practitioners who train seriously and refuse to accept a tool that can't keep up.
Three Lengths. One Standard.
Choose the length that fits your system:
Kali Length — 28" The classic full-length Kali/Escrima stick. The standard for Arnis, Eskrima, and most FMA systems worldwide. Built for long-range striking, flow drills, and full-power training.
Serrada Length — 21" The Serrada Eskrima standard. Shorter, faster, and designed for the tight, rapid-fire striking patterns and close-quarters work that define the Serrada system.
Stubbie — 18" Compact and explosive. Built for close-range drills, tight training environments, and practitioners who want a shorter stick for speed work and fast-twitch development.
LIMITED QUANTITIES.
We ship gear to warriors all over the world — and we want that experience to be smooth from checkout to your doorstep.
Shipping
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Duties & Tariffs
International shipping can get messy, so we’ve simplified it.
Whenever possible, Budo Brothers collects all duties, taxes, and tariffs directly at checkout.
That means:
No surprise customs bills
No extra payments on delivery
Faster processing through your country’s border
A few countries charge fees that cannot be calculated ahead of time. If that happens, your carrier may contact you with final amounts. But for most customers worldwide, everything is fully prepaid on our website.
Thank you for supporting a small team dedicated to making world-class martial arts gear.
Package Protection
Package Protection
At checkout, you’ll have the option to add Package Protection to your order. If you choose to opt in and purchase protection, the coverage below applies to you.
We partner with Swap Protect to offer fast, hassle-free resolution if your package is lost, stolen, or damaged in transit. If something goes wrong, we’ve got your back — approved claims result in replacement items shipped immediately at no additional cost to you.
Claim timelines:
Packages marked delivered: claims must be filed after 3 days and within 30 days from the delivery date
Packages presumed lost (not marked delivered): claims must be filed after 5 days and within 30 days from the last tracking update
All claims must be submitted within 30 days of the order date
As an added bonus, every order that includes Package Protection is 100% carbon neutral. We purchase carbon credits through our partner Tree Nation to help reforest the planet.
If you are not happy with your order just send us an email and we will give you a full refund. To trigger the refund, we just need a picture of the shipping receipt that proves that you have sent it back through our exchange platform. Please email us at info@budobrothers.com and we will send you a link to initiate the return.
Your Purchase Goes Towards Youth Development Through Martial Arts.
Budo Brothers will donate 10% of our profits to our Budo Youth Fund.
A legally formed, non-profit entity whose sole purpose is to fund youth development through martial arts.
We help fund deserving young kids from families that might be down on their luck and cannot afford training. We help fill the gap and get them on the mats!
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