shinai
Sign in to savethumb|300px|A shinai made of bamboo
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Vinony's link graph records 315 inbound references to shinai, and connects out to Japanese sword mountings, bokutō and suburitō.
It is catalogued under topics including Bamboo weapons, Practice swords of Japan and Samurai weapons and equipment.
Vinony links it to 31 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Kendo shinai
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- 竹刀
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thumb|300px|A shinai made of bamboo
A is a Japanese sword typically made of bamboo used for practice and competition in kendō. Shinai are also used in other martial arts, but may be styled differently from kendō shinai, and represented with different characters. The light, soft wood used in a shinai distinguishes it from other wooden swords such as a bokuto (木刀), usually called a bokken (木剣) outside Japan, which is generally made of heavier, sturdier wood.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “shinai” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.