A shinai (竹刀) is a Japanese sword typically made of bamboo used for practice and competition in kendō. Shinai are also used in other martial arts, but...

allowed to return to the curriculum in 1950, first as "shinai competition" (竹刀競技, shinai kyōgi) and then as kendo in 1952. The All Japan Kendo Federation...

Terminology   kendo (剣道) kumdo (劍道) sword shinai (竹刀) jukdo (竹刀) armor bōgu (防具) hogu (護具)...

Nagamaki (長巻) Ninjato (忍者刀) Ōdachi/Nodachi (大太刀/野太刀) Sasuga (刺刀) Shinai (竹刀) Shinken (真剣) Shikomizue (仕込み杖) Tachi (太刀; たち) Tantō (短刀; たんとう) Tsurugi (剣)...

while enlisted men had a pistol and bayonet. Junior NCOs carried a shinai (竹刀, 'bamboo kendo sword'), especially when dealing with prisoners. Internal security...

Shinai (竹刀) is a weapon used for practice and competition in kendo representing a Japanese sword. Shinai may also refer to: Shinai, Kutch, a village near...

began to take shape with the introduction of bamboo swords, called shinai (竹刀),[citation needed] and the set of lightweight wooden armour, called bōgu (防具)...

by very fast waza. Both the uchidachi and the shidachi use fukuro shinai (袋竹刀) which explains the origin on the name. The third kata in the ryū, the Kodachi...

System (コンパス座系, Konpasu-za-kei) and is armed with the Yurushiwa Shinai (ユルシワ竹刀). Kouchou Indaver is killed when his Morimers Robo is destroyed by KyurenOh...

(ōgi) A special characteristic of the school is the use of fukuro-shinai (袋竹刀), a bamboo sword wrapped in leather, said to have been developed by Kamiizumi...