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Shinai
[[Image:Shinai.jpg|thumb|300px|A Shinai made from [[Bamboo]]]]
A '''shinai''' (Japanese: &#31481;&#20992;) is a practice [[sword]] used primarilly in [[Kendo]] or [[Kumdo]] (Korean Kendo). Shinai are also used in other martial arts, however these are styled differently than kendo shinai, and are represented with different Japanese characters[[kanji|characters]].  In kumdo, the shinai is called ''jukdo'', using the same [[hanja|characters]] (&#31481;&#20992;).
==Construction of the Shinai==
The Shinai is made of four [[bamboo]] slats (''take'') held together by two pieces of [[leather]], ''tsuka-gawa'' (handle) and ''saki-gawa'' (tip), and a string (''tsuru''). Placed under the ''saki-gawa'' is a [[plastic]] plug ''saki-gomu''. To prevent the four ''take'' from getting misplaced there is a small square of metal, ''(contracted; show full)[[de:Shinai]]
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