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A '''shinai''' (Japanese: &#31481;&#20992;) is a practice [[sword]] used primarilly in [[Kendo]] or [[Kumdo]] (Korean Kendo). Shinai are also used in other matial arts, however these are styled differntly than kendo shinai, and are represented with different Japanese characters.
==Construction of the Shinai==
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