This hand combo is a staple combination used in competition today. This combo is great for increasing speed, power, and intensity with fast punches and clean stances.
Sport Karate | Forms | Hand Combos | Punching

The thumb spin is one of the most popular kama techniques used in competition today. Break down this intermediate level trick with a world champion.
Sport Karate | Kamas | Weapons | Tricks | Spins

The foundational strikes for kamas are the 7 cuts. Master these cuts and chops before you move on to more complex techniques.
Kamas | Weapons | Striking | Basics | Combo | Creative | Extreme

Learn some of the best ways to help your students understand the finger roll. Personal preference will determine if they want to use the up and down method or the finger-push method.
XMA | Kamas | Weapons | Extreme | Tricks | Spin | Manipulation

Behind the back tosses allow for a lot of versatility with kama tricks. Learn how to throw the kama from behind the back with vertical rotation.
Weapons | Tricking | Kama | Release | Extreme | Trick

Figure 8's are low-risk moves that are great to show off speed in performance and competition. There are some complex direction changes, so be sure to take your time when explaining the technique.
XMA | Kamas | Weapons | Extreme | Spin | Tricks | Manipulation | Speed

This manipulation is great for demonstration and competition. Learn to spin the kama on your thumb with horizontal rotation.
Weapons | Tricking | Kama | Extreme | Trick | Spin

Learn all of the cutting variations for the negative grip. Once your students have these cuts down, challenge them to put it all together into a combination.
XMA | Kamas | Weapons | Extreme | Cuts | Basics

These two kama releases are heavily used in competition. You can also put these tricks together for a cool combo.
Weapons | Trick | Extreme | Kama | Release

Learn the finger roll as a great transition in your forms. Find your balance point, use your thumb, and follow the rest of the 3-step process.
Weapons | Tricks | Spin | Kamas | Creative | Extreme

The full release is a huge milestone in your students' kama training that will propel them into advanced material. This release works with both kamas at the same time or one at a time.
XMA | Kamas | Weapons | Extreme | Release | Tricks

Positive grip cutting is very common. Your students can set themselves apart from the competition using this creative combo that uses only negative grip.
XMA | Kamas | Weapons | Extreme | Cuts | Combo

These techniques are the foundation of your forms to make your forms clean, fast and powerful. This drill will help your students use the chop-punch effectively and with good technique.
Forms | Basics | Chop | Punch | Combo | Creative | Extreme

This drill will help your students use circular motion for proper kama punches instead of just pushing the weapons straight ahead.
XMA | Kamas | Weapons | Extreme | Cuts | Basics

The half release itself won't be used often in performance, but it is a crucial first step in understanding the timing and hand-eye coordination required for more advanced releases.
XMA | Kamas | Weapons | Extreme | Release | Tricks

This longer spin combination links together outside reverse rotations that are both synchronized and staggered. This is a relatively easy way to add flash to intermediate students' forms.
XMA | Kamas | Weapons | Extreme | Manipulation | Spin | Tricks | Combo

Closing the weapon is a basic movement, but adding extra manipulation makes it much easier to disguise those little transitions for combos.
XMA | Kamas | Weapons | Extreme | Transition | Spin | Manipulation | Tricks

This manipulation is instrumental in making smooth transitions between cut combos that use both positive and negative grips.
XMA | Kamas | Weapons | Extreme | Transition | Spin | Manipulation | Tricks

Switching up the timing is a great way to create illusion or show off speed in a kama form. Learn how to use the reverse spin with separated timing.
XMA | Kamas | Weapons | Extreme | Spin | Tricks | Manipulation | Timing

Commonly referred to as the 7-cut because of its motion, these 5 cuts are an excellent speed combo.
XMA | Kamas | Weapons | Extreme | Cuts | Combo | Basics

Be sure that your students can perform hand rolls with both hands first. Once they have the proper skillset, change up the angle a bit to spice up the double finger roll.
XMA | Kamas | Weapons | Extreme | Spin | Manipulation | Tricks

This manipulation will be used often in creative and extreme combos. It shows great speed and will help transition to a variety of spins or cuts.
XMA | Kamas | Weapons | Extreme | Tricks | Spin | Transition | Speed

The illusion throw is an extremely popular release in open competition. Use this basic toss to spice up your students' forms or demo team routines.
XMA | Kamas | Weapons | Extreme | Tricks | Release

Finger rolls are among the most common performance manipulations with the kamas. Use the same technique as the vertical finger roll, just turning the wrist to the side.
XMA | Kamas | Weapons | Extreme | Spin | Tricks | Manipulation