How to Hold Kamas

Video Transcript

"In this next clip we're going to be learning how to hold the kamas. Okay, if you have karmas like mine, the extreme kamas, and you're going to have padding in the middle. First of all, make sure they're weighted, okay. So these ones are weighted. If you got some that won't have the right type of weight, they'll be too heavy or too light. You want to have some with about a medium weight, just only really a few ounces. But sometimes heavier, just depends on what you like. You're going to have to try them out. Okay so more traditional kamas, they'll hold them down here at the bottom like this. And they use really to use this weight up here, the blade will be heavy for striking. Just whack! Okay? That's where you want to hold it. But these ones we're going to do fast spins and strikes. You're going to want to hold it right here, right in the middle. Right where that grip is. We're going to hold it right above the top. Okay, if you don't have a grip, you don't want to hold it at the very top or the middle. You want to put your hand right where the middle is and you're going to use mostly use your two fingers for pinching when you do spins and strikes. So always right there. You're going to do different types of spins. You're going to have to be able to move your hand up and down the kamas. So always check and make sure you're holding the right position. And you want both hands exactly the same when you're doing your kamas. So holding it is very important to make sure you're holding it in the correct positioning, so it will be weighted so you can do the proper spins and the proper chops for your extreme kama form."