Knowing how to tie the tsuru (string) on your shinai will always be helpful to know. Be sure to share this #bogutips video with all of your club mates to hel...

Our tsuru are made from highly durable tetron, a polyester and synthetic silk composite. This is incredibly durable and maintains excellent tension for your shinai. It is avaialble in eight colors and comes in a pack of 10. Approximate length: 140cm.

Sometimes, you will need to overhaul a shinai for preventive maintenance: the nakayue can loosen up, or the sakigawa (leather tip) can get worn, or you might buy a funky purple tsuru from one of the bogu stores, to replace your boring old white one. The steps below show you how to work on the rest of the shinai.

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These replacement leather tsukagawa are perfect for bringing shinai back to life! The Toko is our most basic variety. Used on many standard shinai,... This simple strip of leather helps bind the tsuru string to your shinai helping to keep it under tension. It also helps define the …

One of the cheapest ways to add your own personal flavour and customisation to your Shinai, these Tsuru are available in a variety of colours to suit your taste. If you are looking for the most traditional, low-key option, then stick with white or yellow.

When practicing with a Shinai, the leather piece, Nakayui, and the string, Tsuru, that hold the bamboo slats together will loosen and stretch. So will the leather handle or Tsuka gawa. These must be re-tied on a regular basis to compensate for this, else you risk damaging your shinai.

Here are two of several methods for tying the knot for the sakigawa. The first is a slip knot so it is important to tighten it well and make sure the tsuru is tied to the correct tension on the shinai. Select the right size sakigomu for the shinai you are using.

The shinai is the fencing foil of kendo. It allows a kendoist to practice freely without fear of serious injury to oneself or others. The modern shinai is constructed of four staves of bamboo fitted together into a cylinder. It is held together by leather and a string.

Nov 25, 2017 · In a follow up to our other instructional videos on shinai maintenance, this #bogutips video shows you how to tie the tsuru to a sakigawa. Knowing how to build a shinai is as important as...