Shinai

Basic Maintenance

This is part of the EquipmentHowTo HowTo Guides

This is most definately still under construction, so won't make a great deal of sense to anyone apart from Gibbo, who is writing it!

Introdukshun

So there you are practising away, when your beloved bamboo toy shears off at the nakayui, creating a jagged sharp spike that accidentally goes through your best mates mengane, and blinds him for the final seconds of his worthless life, that you have just ended because you couldn't be arsed giving your shinai the proper care and attention. How could you have prevented this mis-hap and saved yourself a 10-stretch in Wormwood Scrubs? Read on.....

And there you have it, enough to start you on the rocky road to circumstantial evidence and trying to prove intent. Good luck on that.