[Frinzer]

Hi ,


HAve any of you practiced with someone who uses a dirty shinai that gets your bogu dirty?


How do you politely ask him/she to clean his shinai if he is a higher grade than you ? or when he is the instructor ?

[giftbestcom]

Can you explain what you mean by a 'dirty' shinai?

And you could bring you men up to them if they are sensei and ask, "Somehow this stuff got on my men and I am not sure what to use or how to clean it without doing anything bad to my men... do you have any suggestions?"

Phrasing like this makes it completely innocent and not confrontational. Then you just have to hope that they realize there is a problem and they can fix it without you stepping out of line.

[Casyimipist]

Thanks , I"ll try it because I dont want my new bogu that i bought from xxxxxx.com to get dirty : (

xD


Thanks

[Dr. Shon Thomson]

Thanks , I"ll try it because I dont want my new bogu that i bought from xxxxxx.com to get dirty

Dude, don't you sweat?! Stop being a whiner and man up!

[diegogo]

Dude, don't you sweat?! Stop being a whiner and man up!

sweat makes it salty.

[Klavalala]

Dude, don't you sweat?! Stop being a whiner and man up!

sorry for not explaining myself correctly : )


his shinai leaves my bogu with white stains not from sweating but from wax combined with sand or something like that : ) that's why i'm complaining xD

[ZX3URrBH]

Maybe he's using you to beat the dust off of it.

[wvbwxol]

The wax is there to prevent splinters plus you can just whipe the smudges off, no big deal. I find it worse when people touch up their black men rim with markers and then my Shinai get black stripes on them... cause those you cannot get off unless you sand them off.

Plus there's nothing more fun than to put smudges on someone who just got a shiny new do!

[WaydayNef]

I've never had that happen (at least that I've noticed) when I've noticed marks on my men after practice it's been from shiny new shinai that still have the wax on them. I haven't worried about that too much, my greasy sweat has been my big issue.

[Abebpabeniemo]

Thanks , I"ll try it because I dont want my new bogu that i bought from xxxxxx.com to get dirty : (

I think the cure for this is to get your dojo-mates to hit your doh a bunch of times. Once it's got a little wear in, you can relax.

Bogu gets dirty, it gets worn out. It's equipment.

[VitaliyMurnov]

sweat makes it salty.

You don't exactly sweat salt water

[mashabox]

This all sounds like the Kendo equivalent of 'new car syndrome' where buyers of new cars are _soooo careful until that first ding or scratch. Well look on the bright side, you don't have to be careful anymore... you can just practice now.

[Anamehuskeene]

maybe is that : )


thanks anyway

[soprofaxel]

This all sounds like the Kendo equivalent of 'new car syndrome' where buyers of new cars are _soooo careful until that first ding or scratch. Well look on the bright side, you don't have to be careful anymore... you can just practice now.

That is worrying, bogu is meant to be hit..... car's, not so much!

[vdw4Epsi]

I find it worse when people touch up their black men rim with markers and then my Shinai get black stripes on them... cause those you cannot get off unless you sand them off.

Try a big fat eraser, works surprisingly well.

[sestomosi]

Try a big fat eraser, works surprisingly well.

Dude, thank you! It worked!!!