Hohen
Soken demonstrating the use of the kama. Here he is explaining an often
overlooked tidbit. In kata you have a Kama in each hand to develop dexterity in
manipulating the tool. If you are using it for the intended purpose and have to
defend yourself you would more than likely only have one.
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Jerry Leverett Jr. Why is he
holding near the blade edge?
Marlon Lawsat the beginning
of the video he talks a bit about the weak spot where the blade is attached to
the handle.
Hohen
Soken Kama technique
Jerry Leverett Jr. Marlon Laws okay.. so he
says you lose the blade.... but you are left with..a stick... ... verses
cutting fingers off if there is odd angles impact or just getting smashed on
the bo.... just thinking here.
Marlon Laws I'll say
this... there is a lot to fighting with weapons as far as pros and cons. How
can you know or find out? You use them and fight with them. We do that...most
don't. I'm not talking about bunkai, I'm talking about attacks where you don't
know what is coming. So get a Kama or two of you want and get some one to
attack you with a bo. Try different grips and compare. Or maybe you already
have?
Victor – On Okinawa there is more than one way to hold the
kama, if you check out YouTube you can find many ways. The kama was present in
every home as it was a very common gardening tool.
I suspect the
Sutrisno Kama we studied was based on Indonesian traditions, where constant
shifts between open and closed positions was to confuse the enemy so they did
not expect what was coming. This was consistent with his other hand held
weapons, sai, jo, tonfa and tanto.
From what I have
seen most Okinawan kama is done in the open position. Some hold the kama down
on the handle, some hold it like Soken near the head. I have ever seen one who
does kama similar to the Sutrison technique.
Kids used to
carry kama to school to go an work in the fields after class.
Everyone on
Okinawa had access to kama.
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