Kamae (構え) is a Japanese term used in martial arts and traditional theater. It translates approximately to "posture". The Kanji of this word means "base"...

Chūdan-no-kamae (中段の構え:ちゅうだんのかまえ), sometimes shortened to Chūdan-gamae or simply Chūdan, is a basic weapon stance in many Japanese martial arts. The name...

Hassō-no-kamae (八相（八双）の構, "all (eight) directions"), frequently shortened simply to hassō and occasionally called hassō-gamae, is one of the five stances...

Jōdan-no-kamae (上段の構え:じょうだんのかまえ), also known as jōdan-gamae, and frequently shortened simply to jōdan, is a basic kenjutsu posture. (It is also found...

Gedan-no-kamae (下段の構え Hiragana: げだんのかまえ), frequently shortened simply to gedan, occasionally shortened to gedan-gamae, is one of the five stances in kendo:...

Kamae (蒲江町, Kamae-chō) was a town located in Minamiamabe District, Ōita Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 8,612 and...

Edward Leilani "Eddie" Kamae (August 4, 1927 – January 7, 2017) was one of the founding members of Sons of Hawaii. He was a 'ukulele virtuoso, singer...

Kamaing (Burmese: ကာမိုင်းမြို့; also Kamine) is a jade-mining town in the Kachin State of the northernmost part of Myanmar. It is the birthplace of journalist...

total area was 705.90 km2. Honjō Kamae Kamiura Naokawa Tsurumi Ume Yayoi Yonōzu On March 3, 2005 – the towns of Kamae, Kamiura, Tsurumi, Ume and Yayoi...

is also known as the Kamae of Metal (金の構, kin-no-kamae) in the five elements classification and the Light Stance (陽の構, yō-no-kamae) in the Ittō-ryū teachings...

front foot. Kamae is the foundation of all Yoshinkan aikido techniques and practitioners of Yoshinkan aikido strive to perfect their kamae so that their...

While Nihon Kendo Kata uses all five kamae, Bokuto Ni Yoru Kendo Kihon-waza Keiko-ho uses only Chūdan-no-kamae, the most common stance. Instead of student...

Sons of Hawaii band, featuring Gabby Pahinui on Slack Key Guitar, Eddie Kamae on Ukulele, and Joe Marshall on Upright Bass, Rogers left an undeniable...

yōkai weasel". An alternate theory, asserts that kamaitachi is derived from kamae Tachi (構え太刀, "stance sword"), so were not originally related to weasels...

(such as an opposing attack) that must be maintained when one returns to kamae after attacking. It is one of the essential elements that define a good...

Hpakant Township (Burmese: ဖားကန့်မြို့နယ်; also Kamaing Township) is a township of Mohnyin District in Kachin State of northern Myanmar . The administrative...

total area was 25.28 km2. On March 3, 2005, Yonōzu, along with the towns of Kamae, Kamiura, Tsurumi, Ume and Yayoi, and the villages of Honjō and Naokawa...

technique is to hold the sword in a high version of hasso-no-kamae called tonbo-no-kamae (蜻蛉構 Dragonfly Stance), with the sword held vertically above...

area was 15.68 km2. On March 3, 2005, Kamiura, along with the towns of Kamae, Tsurumi, Ume and Yayoi, and the villages of Honjō, Naokawa and Yonōzu (all...

The five kamae of kendō/iaidō were also incorporated into the style, to which were added the left-side versions of waki kamae and hasso kamae, and right...

ultimate attack is based on the postures of hassō-no-kamae, jōdan-no-kamae, and gedan-no-kamae, as well as movements such as the noutou. Designed as...

formed in 1960 under the leadership of Gabby Pahinui with members Eddie Kamae, Joe Marshall and David "Feet" Rogers. Each of these musicians came to the...

total area was 265.99 km2. On March 3, 2005, Ume, along with the towns of Kamae, Kamiura, Tsurumi and Yayoi, and the villages of Honjō, Naokawa and Yonōzu...

(weasel). The name was originally thought to be a corruption of the word kamae tachi ("stance sword"), but like the kyūki in the "Yin" part of Toriyama...

area was 80.82 km2. On March 3, 2005, Naokawa, along with the towns of Kamae, Kamiura, Tsurumi, Ume and Yayoi, and the villages of Honjō and Yonōzu (all...

total area was 123.15 km2. On March 3, 2005, Honjō, along with the towns of Kamae, Kamiura, Tsurumi, Ume and Yayoi, and the villages of Naokawa and Yonōzu...

attacks. As an extension of this principle, the school has no formal stance (kamae); all techniques start from a natural, loose, standing posture. The curriculum...

most of which are now extinct. Shurikenjutsu Kamae Shizentai Chudan no Kamae Gedan no Kamae Jodan no Kamae Waza Shomen Uchi Gyaku Uchi Dosoku Uchi Shitate...

Shotokan and other karate styles, beginning with the same characteristic kamae of the left hand covering the right, which apparently has roots in ancient...

into seven types: middle stance (chūdan-no-kamae), upper stance (jōdan-no-kamae), lower stance (gedan-no-kamae), side stance (waki-gamae), single stance...