Isshin Ryu Choe-no-kama

[Liam Cognet]

Anyone ever hear of a "choe-no-kama" / "choe-no-gama"?

I was reading that there are 8 kata for this weapon in Isshin Ryu.

http://queens_karate.tripod.com/JMAS...o3_1987Jan.pdf

[Liam Cognet]

Found them!

http://ikdjik.web.fc2.com/jodo.html

Long handle sickle 長柄の鎌
1. Left swing 左振
2. Right swing 右振
3. Division 分振
4. Oblique construction 斜構
5. Half a month 半月
6. Tenjin 天地人
7. Ookugumi (Advance ahead) 大奥組（前進の先）
8. Ookugumi (after retirement) 大奥組（退後の先）

[Liam Cognet]

I found this video which I believe is the long-handled kama kata.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjJPivqQfxY

The weapon in this video has a chain, but the original document from the first post said that there was no chain.

The kata in the video do have the same name as the above list.

[Liam Cognet]

Here is a picture of a Long Handle Kama which comes from Kaminoda's book on Isshin Ryu.


Here is a step by step description of some of the kata.
https://jujutsukan.blogspot.com/2017...nagae.html?m=0


And here are a few more sites where the Long Handle Kama is listed.

https://translate.google.com/transla...ml&prev=search

http://www.tojoren.jp/03fuzoku/kusarigama.php
On this page the set is referred to as the “Ryogoro Uchida Series”.

https://translate.google.com/transla...ml&prev=search
This page refers to the long handle sickle set as “Kaiden”
Juttejutsu and Hojojutsu are curiously absent from this page.

https://translate.google.com/transla...ml&prev=search


https://translate.google.com/transla...8/&prev=search
A site which sells the long handle kama (Kama-gata Chigirigi)