Kusarigamajutsu (鎖鎌術:くさりがまじゅつ, Kusarigamajutsu) is the art of using the Japanese weapon Kusarigama. Kusarigamajutsu is featured in several separate martial arts such as Bujinkan (ninjutsu) and Shinto Muso-ryu.
The Kusarigama is made up of three parts: the Kama (a wooden handle with a curved blade protuding at a right-angle on one and, 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.
