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is the art of using the Japanese weapon Kusarigama
Kusarigama

The is a traditional Japanese weapon that consists of Kama on a metal chain with a heavy iron weight at the end. Though the kusarigama is derived from a farmer's scythe, and though the sickle was often carried as a weapon by farmers during the feudal era of Japan, these farmers did not carry kusarigama....
. Kusarigamajutsu is featured in several separate martial arts such as Bujinkan
Bujinkan

The Bujinkan is an international martial arts organization based in Japan and headed by Masaaki Hatsumi, it is best known for its association with ninjutsu....
 (ninjutsu) and Shinto Muso-ryu
Shinto Muso-ryu

, most commonly known by its practice of jodo, is a traditional school of the Japanese martial art of jojutsu, or the art of wielding the short staff ....
. The Kusarigama is made up of three parts: the Kama (a wooden handle with a curved blade protruding at a right-angle on one end, and a small loop at the other), the Kusari (a chain attached to the Kama) and a weight at the end of the chain. In a confrontation the kusari is swung in wide sweeping arcs to distract/entangle the opponent and the Kama is used to deliver a fatal strike.








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is the art of using the Japanese weapon Kusarigama
Kusarigama

The is a traditional Japanese weapon that consists of Kama on a metal chain with a heavy iron weight at the end. Though the kusarigama is derived from a farmer's scythe, and though the sickle was often carried as a weapon by farmers during the feudal era of Japan, these farmers did not carry kusarigama....
. Kusarigamajutsu is featured in several separate martial arts such as Bujinkan
Bujinkan

The Bujinkan is an international martial arts organization based in Japan and headed by Masaaki Hatsumi, it is best known for its association with ninjutsu....
 (ninjutsu) and Shinto Muso-ryu
Shinto Muso-ryu

, most commonly known by its practice of jodo, is a traditional school of the Japanese martial art of jojutsu, or the art of wielding the short staff ....
. The Kusarigama is made up of three parts: the Kama (a wooden handle with a curved blade protruding at a right-angle on one end, and a small loop at the other), the Kusari (a chain attached to the Kama) and a weight at the end of the chain. In a confrontation the kusari is swung in wide sweeping arcs to distract/entangle the opponent and the Kama is used to deliver a fatal strike.

See also

  • Araki-ryu
    Araki-ryu

    is a Japan koryu martial art founded in the early 1570s by . The Araki-ryu is a system that specializes in close combat grappling with weapons....
     - Koryu
    Koryu

    is a Japanese language word that is used in association with the ancient Japanese martial arts. This word literally translates as ":wikt:? :wikt:?" or "traditional school." Koryu is a general term for Japanese schools of martial arts that predate the Meiji Restoration ....
     that includes the use of the kusarigama
  • Buko-ryu - Koryu that includes the use of the kusarigama
  • Suio-ryu - Koryu
    Koryu

    is a Japanese language word that is used in association with the ancient Japanese martial arts. This word literally translates as ":wikt:? :wikt:?" or "traditional school." Koryu is a general term for Japanese schools of martial arts that predate the Meiji Restoration ....
     that includes the use of the kusarigama
  • Isshin-ryu kusarigamajutsu
    Isshin-ryu kusarigamajutsu

    is a koryu of the Japanese martial art of kusarigamajutsu, the art of using the chain and scythe . Its exact origin is disputed, and may have been founded as early as the 14th century by the samurai Nen Ami Jion ????? , but the modern-day techniques were compiled and incorporated no later than the 17th century, by the unification of Har...
     - School of kusarigamajutsu found exclusively in the koryu Shinto Muso-ryu
    Shinto Muso-ryu

    , most commonly known by its practice of jodo, is a traditional school of the Japanese martial art of jojutsu, or the art of wielding the short staff ....
  • Tendo-ryu kusarigamajutsu
    Tendo-ryu bujutsu

    is a koryu founded in 1582 by Saito Hangan Denkibo Katsuhide. It specializes in the use of the naginata. Current headmaster is 16th soke Mitamura Takeko....
    - School of kusarigamajutsu found in the koryu Tendo-ryu bujutsu
    Tendo-ryu bujutsu

    is a koryu founded in 1582 by Saito Hangan Denkibo Katsuhide. It specializes in the use of the naginata. Current headmaster is 16th soke Mitamura Takeko....
  • Toda-ha Buko-ryu
    Toda-ha Buko-ryu

    is a Japanese koryu martial art founded in the late Muromachi period ca 1560 by .The ryu contains an extensive curriculum of weapon-arts including naginatajutsu, kagitsuki naginata, nagamaki), kenjutsu, sojutsu, bojutsu and kusarigamajutsu....
     - Koryu that includes the use of the kusarigama


Sources

  • Pascal Krieger: Jodō - la voie du bāton / The way of the stick (bilingual French/English), Geneva (CH) 1989, ISBN 2-9503214-0-2