Kama

Kama is a double weapon.   The kama is a sickle-like weapon that was a farm implement used to cut rice sticks, sugarcane and weeds or any method to reap crops.  

Kama is a close combative weapon and very quick to use. Due to its light weight it is very quick and deadly with a sharpened blade. Mostly an Okinawa based weapon but also popular in Japan.

Its ancestor weapon in China is known as the Lian, but not well known and very uncommon.

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