Kama Set

This is the first kata with kamas (the sticks with blades). The kamas are fun since they are flashy and easy to handle (unlike those bloody chucks that keep swerving into tender parts of me at strange angles with surprising momentum).

A distinguishing feature of the kata is that it requires a pair of spinning back hook kicks which is a challenge for many brown belts.

OK. Just one more interesting point before we start. All of our weapons are the ones that peasants trained on during a period when they were forbidden to have weapons. So they trained with common farm implements. The kamas are basically scyths or harvesting instruments.





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Two Write-Ups - First One is Professional

"Kata"
"Kama set"
Bow "Osu"

Hard bow left- Right hand stab
Hard bow right- Left hand stab

Circle set

Horse stance left- Both hands in mantis position right hand about shoulder level left hand parallel.
Cross stance- Right hand throat strike, left hand guard
Back leg front kick
Left hand v-cut, right hand v-cut, stomp and lower stance.

Horse stance right- Both hands in mantis position left hand about shoulder level right hand parallel.
Cross stance- Left hand throat strike, right hand guard
Back leg front kick
Right hand v-cut, left hand v-cut, stomp and lower stance.

Horse stance foreward- Both hands in mantis position right hand about shoulder level left hand parallel.
Right hand throat strike, left hand in guard
Back leg front kick, skip front kick, double back stirike (cross stance)

Horse stance back- Right hand in guard, left hand horizontal stab
Right hand throat strike
Back leg front kick, cross step, flying side kick
Plant horse stance, matis position.

Hands come across face to foreward horse stance
Mantis position, slide up round house, spink hook kick
Right hand guard, left hand horizontal stab
Spin hook, drop side kick
Spin up right, sezah one, left hand throat strike right hand guard

Circle set
Hard bow left
"USA!" v-cut foreward
Soft bow right
"Black Belt Champions!"
left hand stab, right hand guard
Boot check "Asah!" Double back strike (relax stance)

Circle set,

Bow,

Courtesy.

Original Folksy Writeup

With your kamas pointed down at your side...
kata - kata
kama set - kama set
bow
(revised 11/6)

Summary:
facing forward - punch left, right, circle set, position
turn left - right cut in, right front kick, left cut in/out, right cut/in out with stamp
facing right (do 180) do the same - left cut in, left front kick, right cut in/out, left cut in/out
face forward - right front kick, right skipping front kick finishing on right leg bent, left crossed behind
face backward (do 180) - side kick, two steps, (flying) side kick finishing in horse
face forward (do 180) - left forward side kick, spin clockwise 360 +180 to do a right spinning hook kick forward, finishing on ground, facing back, kicking up
finish by turning another 180

More detailed description
step back and to the right with with the right foot into a hard bow while punching left with the right hand.
Then, shift to face the right punching with the left out on 45

circle set turning to face forward slapping hands down to side.
cross hands over head as you double block down while lifting the right foot into the left ankle and then stepping back down, shoulder width apart. (its a little awkward)


twist left 90 while lifting hands and dropping them into ready stance with kamas facing forward. Weight is 60% on back foot. Step forward slightly with rear leg putting weight on the front as you do a left upwards block while cutting in and out with the right kama.

right front kick stepping forward while upward block right and left cuts in and out.
then, left upward blocks and right cuts in and out ending with right foot stepping forwards slightly into full hard bow.

spin around by moving right foot 180 behind you while hands go over head and down. Now do the same routine in this direction (ie right hand upwards block while cutting in and out with left
left front kick stepping foward while upward block left and right cuts in and out
right upwards block and left cuts in and out ending with left foot stepping forwards slightly into left hard bow


turn left into ready stance facing forward with the weight 60% on the back right leg. This starts the same with the rear legging coming in, the left hand doing an upward block and the right hand cutting in and out. But then, something new!

Right front kick, then jump skip into a right front kick finishing with legs together but the weight on the front right one but left one crossed behind. both are slightly bent

turn 180 to face the back, with the left hand doing an upward block and the right hand punching out. (check from here on in...) side kick with left forward leg taking two steps finishing with a right side kick into a horse stance with arms in ready position..

turn 180, hands going up one side and down into the same position but now facing the front.

left forward side kick stepping forward and a bit in front of you with the left, spin towards the back and keep turning doing a spin right back kick to the front of the room ending with right foot back, left hand out in front, right hand in upward block.

Do another spin right foot kick to the front continuing around and falling to your knees with an up right foot side kick to the front while looking over that shoulder.

Keeping turning in that direction for the finish.