Newbie needs to tie the himo, any videos out there?

[KenshiNewbie]

Hello everyone,
I have a new shinai that my sensei sold me but I also have an old beat up shinai someone gave me to use for practicing at work (and as a beater)...
The himo is very loose and I would love to find a tutorial on tying it (or tightening it..)

:evolved:

(thats not a 3rd eye, it's a shinai mark on my forehead)

[sirius1906]

search shinai maintenance on youtube. here's one of them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyJNAluiOKY

[yoda-waza]

It's tsuru, not himo:

http://www.kendo-usa.org/reference/firststrike.htm

[KenshiNewbie]

thank you very much

[KenshiNewbie]

sorry yoda-waza, that's a really dumb move on my part. Would the administrator change that if I asked him?

[Tort-Speed]

Looks like Yoda-Waza-San has taken you under his wing. lucky you. Actually, himo is sometimes translated as "string," but anyway for a shinai, it's a "tsuru" as it is thinner than the "himo" used to tie on the helmet and chest protector. Equally exciting is that "tsuru" when written in the English alphabet can also mean "crane" - hence the (OT, sorry) saying, "Tsuru sen nen, kame man nen" meaning that cranes have a long life but not as long as a turtle or tortoise (both New Year's auspicious symbols for folks to make it through another year).

[KenshiNewbie]

Thanks guys! I'm getting it...thanks for your patience with me