Shinai
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A shinai is a Japanese sword typically made of bamboo used for practice and competition in kendō. Shinai are also used in other martial arts, but may be styled differently from kendō shinai, and repre
A shinai made of bamboo
Johnny Devine (left) uses a kendo stick on Buck Gunderson during a match.
Bamboo
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Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family,
Shinai
…A shinai (竹刀) is a Japanese sword typically made of bamboo used for practice and competition in kendō. Shinai are also used in other martial arts, but may be styled differently from kendō shinai, and represented…
Bamboo forest
Fresh bamboo shoot emerging from the soil. These young, tender culms of bamboo plants are also widely harvested for culinary use in Asia.
Bamboo forest in Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan
Serra dos Órgãos National Park, Brazil