Shinkendo

[Anorymous]

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I was sorta trying to give them the benefit of doubt, but thank you for your input anyway.

[Josh Reyer]

[*]Does shinkendou replicate armoured or unarmoured swordsmanship? Cutting flesh and breaking armour require quite different strikes, and those serve to categorise each art. Or does it teach both parts for comprehensiveness?

Armored Japanese swordsmanship doesn't concern itself with breaking armor. It targets the weakpoints of Japanese armor -- joints and unprotected areas.

[*]For centuries, all Japanese schools of swordsmanship sought to find safe alternatives to shinken, to ensure better and safer training. Bokutou had been used for centuries, and when the shinai was invented it was adopted very quickly for its safety. Shinkendou decided to forgo all that and use shinken for every-day practice; what was the reason behind that choice?

Shinkendo doesn't use a shinken for everyday partnered practice. Only for batto and tameshigiri.

[*]After taking a look at a video that contained shinkendo sparring, it looks as if few of the strikes are actually aiming at one's opponent... Are the participants flynning due to inexperience?

That isn't sparring, that is paired kata. The strikes in the kata are directed in intention at the opponent, but are redirected to the opponent's sword for safety.

[*]Taking a closer look at those sparring sections, it looks like they're using straight, wooden swords. Those neither are safe to hit people with (like shinai), nor do they imitate a katana's shape realistically (like bokutou). What are the reasons for their use?

They are using bokuto. Not everyone uses a bokuto (or katana for that matter) with a deep curve.