Kanigawa no Nichogama Dai

鐘川の二丁鎌大

Kanigawa no Nichogama Dai (or 鐘川の二丁鎌大 in Japanese) is a Ryukyu Kobujutsu Kama Kata. This Kata is named after Gimu Kanigawa (or 鐘川 in Japanese, sometimes also transcribed as ‘Kanegawa’), a renowned expert in Kama-Jutsu. To indicate that this kata is performed with two kama simultaneously, its offical name in Japanese (that is, ni-chō-gama) states 二 (ni, meaning ‘two’) 丁 (chō, a counter) 鎌 (gama or kama, that is, an oriental sickle). In the video embedded below (recorded on 18 April 2025), budoka Johan Oldenkamp performs the big (大 Dai) version of this ‘Kama Kata of Master Kanigawa’.