Curved shinai's would be crap because every time you went do and the person caught it with their elbow you would pull the leather off the tip every time. I screw people's loose shinai's like that all the time I cannot imagine a curved shinai.
Curved shinai's would be crap because every time you went do and the person caught it with their elbow you would pull the leather off the tip every time. I screw people's loose shinai's like that all the time I cannot imagine a curved shinai.
I have never seen that in my life.
Emilio Porras
1. We _do_ do kata with curved swords and sword-like objects.
2. Not _all_ sword arts use Shinai (iaido e.g.).
Shinai are 'enineering compromises' in a compromise you give up something to get something. Kendo gave up a sword that has _all_ of the characteristics of a katana for the ability to practice with full contact and retain safety. For those of us that practice kendo for reasons other than competition, the key points are the mental development that comes about as a result of the interchange/communication with an opponent. For that I would argue that 100% realism is not all it's cracked up to be (thank god since 100% realism in a sword art also involves spilling a lot of blood guts and deaths among practitioners).
Just my grumpy Monday morning thoughts.
Originally Posted by [Kensei 剣の聖者]
(7 year old thread - a record?) Kendo developed from persons who were versed in Japanese sword arts as they existed in the 19th century. How can a noob from the 21st century question why a shinai doesn't look the way they think it should? Galling ignorance, perhaps?
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