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Post by Texalberta on Dec 10, 2010 22:27:23 GMT
Howdy, been lurking, and checking out this board...knowledgeable crowd, supportive of newbies from what I've seen. Kudos to the admins/staff for making it so. I'm not new to forums, I'm admin on my own (not sword related), but am new to sword collecting. Have been learning lots, and I know nothing  I have a Musashi Katana, been watching the Youtube vids, and have become a mighty warrior against the foliage in my backyard. water bottles cower in my presence.  Now my one question for now, I have recently came into possession of this for a fiver. Can someone tell me what exactly I've picked up, and can I hit my brother in the head with it :lol:    |
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Post by Vincent Dolan on Dec 10, 2010 22:41:16 GMT
It's a shinai. As for hitting your brother in the head with it, go for it; that's essentially what it was designed for.
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Post by bloodwraith on Dec 10, 2010 22:50:52 GMT
Vincent: I hope that your comment was made in jest? If it wasn't then even though you may have 1000+ posts you have no understanding of what you are commenting on.
Texal: that is a shinai and it is a training instrument and a weapon. No, you should not hit your brother in the head with it. Yes that happens in kendo but they have armour on and even in armour it can still do damage. Don't hit your brother with it. Respect it as a weapon, would you hit your brother in the head with a katana?
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Post by Vincent Dolan on Dec 10, 2010 22:54:51 GMT
It was. I just forget to use smilies to emphasize the tone of my message at times. Frankly, I wouldn't recommend hitting anyone with a shinai (or bokuto) outside a training situation; I've got one in my closet and I've been hit with it several times and it's not a pleasant sensation.
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Post by Midori Kawakami on Dec 10, 2010 22:56:24 GMT
Blood is right about that. If you don't respect your equipment, you won't respect your swords, either. Shinai can hurt people, even though they seem pretty benign. Also, afford the respect to your brother to not hit him in the head with a training weapon...unless he is wearing proper gear, which is full bogu.
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Post by chrisperoni on Dec 10, 2010 22:58:56 GMT
Getting hit with a plain old stick isn't pleasant- getting hit with a bamboo training sword would SUCK. But maybe his brother deserves it- I know my older brother often thought I deserved to be hit with his hockey stick- and that's no joke, he really would kick my ass sometimes.
-oh, almost forgot- hello to a fellow Canadian!
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Post by Midori Kawakami on Dec 10, 2010 23:00:46 GMT
Shinai have a tendency to separate and pinch skin to the point of ripping or cutting it, sometimes in ribbons. Additionally, they're almost as hard as wood. People have been killed in the past by bokken, so lets take a moment to think about that.
Also, without proper treatment (and sometimes, even with the treatment) shinai can sometimes splinter and put people's eyes out.
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Post by deejay on Dec 10, 2010 23:28:29 GMT
The others have answered shinai-but as to hitting your brother-all depends on how much you like him and how hard!! :lol:
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Post by Deepbluedave on Dec 10, 2010 23:46:26 GMT
I gave my nephews larp swords for christmas (early present), they whack me as hard as they can and some do hurt especially in the head, they on other hand thought it hilarious.
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Post by Texalberta on Dec 11, 2010 0:08:37 GMT
:lol: Thanks for the replies...and relax everyone, although me bro may deserve it, I was only joking. I have been around weapons my whole life, 4 years Canadian army, weapons are not toys, and I don't treat them as such.  Now as far as wackin' junior in the noggin.... ..... :lol: |
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Post by TomK on Dec 13, 2010 9:36:18 GMT
hmmmm I guess this isn't a good time for me to post videos of me and Hyoujinsama whacking each other with shinai or of Hiroshi and I doing the same. . .
sigh - grumble - you people ruin all my fun. . . moving on . grumble.
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Post by Makoto Pat on Dec 13, 2010 18:00:15 GMT
In addition to being a training weapon a shinai is also a great conditioning tool in the hands of a trusted and well trained uke. We used to strike, never thrust, our midsection between sit-ups and pull-ups as well as prepare our forearms and shins and thighs for blocking in my old school dojo. As far the splitting and cutting it can happen so we wrapped them in heavy canvas. This again is a training practice in a very controlled environment.
We never conditioned dour head though...we had a guy who thought it would work. Perhaps he had already conditioned too much.
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Post by Midori Kawakami on Dec 13, 2010 18:41:34 GMT
Tom, your shinai weren't exactly the freshly out of the box type. i think posting your vids would be fine...and welcome! To those who don't know what I'm talking about, Tom's shinai are heavily padded, like boffers, so most of the danger factor that can come with unarmed shinai sparring is removed. |
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