Kama (weapon)
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| Weapon type: | Cutting weapon, sickle |
| Designations: | Kama |
| Use: | Work tool, weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
Japan , blacksmiths |
| Distribution: | Japan |
| Blade length: | about 15 cm to about 20 cm |
| Handle: | Wood, metal |
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The kama ( Japanese 鎌 , dt. " Sickle ") is a sickle-like tool that was used to plant and harvest rice.
A secondary use takes place as a striking weapon, whereby it is assigned to the family of Kobudo weapons and is also used in the Koryu .
description
Like other Kobudo weapons, the kama is a misappropriated agricultural device ( peasant weapon ). The kama is a sickle with a slightly curved blade that is used on the Ryūkyū Islands and Asia to harvest rice , among other things . As a weapon, the kama is mostly used in pairs. They are available in different sizes. There is a particularly large variant in the Asayama Ichiden-ryū in which it is performed individually or in pairs, or as a small version the Jingama ( 陣 鎌 ) also the camp sickle with which the Ashigaru were armed. The art of dealing with the Jingama is still taught in the Yagyū Shingan-ryū.
There are several Kama variants to which a chain, which is weighted with a metal ball, is attached. These variants are called kusarigama . There is also a variant in which the kama is attached to a Rokushaku- Bō , this variant is called Rokushakugama .
While the blade may not always have been sharp enough to seriously injure an armored attacker, it did make it possible to hook the attacker's arm or head. Weapons similar to the kama are also used in other Asian martial arts, and sickles were also used in Europe in the Middle Ages and modern times .
In practice weapons, the blade is made of wood or aluminum .
Kama Kata
The following Kama Katas are known in the Kobudo styles:
- Hamahiga no kama (Butokukai International)
- Kanegawa no kama (Ryukyu Kobudo Hozon Shinko Kai, Ryukyu Kobudo Tesshinkan)
- Kanegawa no kama sho (Ryukyu Kobujutsu Hozon Shinko Kai)
- Kanegawa no kama dai (Ryukyu Kobujutsu Hozon Shinko Kai)
- Sagami (ki) no kama
- Tozan or Toyama no kama (Ryukyu Kobudo Hozon Shinko Kai, Ryukyu Kobujutsu Hozon Shinko Kai)
- Kama no Te / Ti or Matayoshi no Kama
- Kama no Ho or Ryuei no Kama (Ryuei Ryu)
- Kishaba no Kama ichi (Yamanni-Ryu)
- Kishabe no Kama ni (Yamanni-ryu)
- Odo no Kama I (Ryukyu Kenpo)
- Odo no Kama ni (Ryukyu Kenpo)
- Renshuho Shodan (Gendai Goshin Kobujutsu)
- Renshuho Nidan (Gendai Goshin Kobujutsu)
- Renshuho Sandan (Gendai Goshin Kobujutsu)
literature
- Fumio Demura : Kama - Karate Weapon of Self-Defense . Ohara Publications, Santa Clarita CA 1984, ISBN 0-89750-101-2 .
- Toshihiro Obata: Kama. Weapon Art of Okinawa . Dragon et al., Thousand Oaks CA et al. 1987, ISBN 0-946062-14-5 .