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**redDoodia** · 08-19-2009, 12:42 PM

another question you could ask is why does a shinai weight about half what a typical shinken does as well?

Safety. If it weighed double what it does now, it would not be able to compress and flex, and the bogu would need to be much heavier. And I speculate there's a certain amount of competition-driven issues as well.

08-19-2009, 12:42 PM	#7
redDoodia Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 471 Senior Member	another question you could ask is why does a shinai weight about half what a typical shinken does as well? Safety. If it weighed double what it does now, it would not be able to compress and flex, and the bogu would need to be much heavier. And I speculate there's a certain amount of competition-driven issues as well.
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