Definitions for "Shinai"
Keywords:  kendo, bamboo, sword, chigiri, staves
Japanese -n. Mock sword made of bamboo strips, used for kendo (Japanese fencing).
Kendo practice sword made of four bamboo slats (take) held together by two leather caps, tsuka-gawa (handle) and saki-gawa (tip), and a string (tsuru). Placed under the saki-gawa is a rubber plug saki-gomu. To prevent the four take from getting misplaced there is a small piece of metal, chigiri, placed between them inside the tsuka-gawa.
a Japanese practise sword made from four staves of polished bamboo held together by a long sheath which forms a handle