It can't be a "Chinese knock-off" of a product MADE IN CHINA as the article states the TUSA rods are. It would be just a regular knock-off. LOL

IMO guy just has his panties in a twist that someone is beating him at his own game. That's pretty much what the business world IS.

He shouldn't worry, there will still be some elitist kool-aid drinkers who will be willing to spend $135 for a "Tenkara USA" sticker on their $100 Hecho en China rod blank.