Enter Kendama Players
[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FzuazrLIoM]For those that are not aware of what i'm talking about[/url]
Basically, it's a wooden toy from Japan. A kendama is made up of a ken (handle), tama (ball), that are connected by a string. The ken has 3 cups, two on the sides and one at the bottom, a spike at the top, and the tama has a hole that goes right through the middle. Basically the main purpose of the toy is to juggle the ball between the cups, and trying to spike it. It takes a crap load of practice to master this thing. I've played about an hour or two everyday for the past 3 months now and I'm still learning intermediate tricks. Also takes a ton of hand to eye coordination.
Anyways, I've been wanting to post this for some time now to see if basil has any kendama community whatsoever, and to introduce the toy itself. It's pretty fun and if you haven't played with one, you should really try it.
For basilers that do play kendama (hopefully i'm not the only one because this might sound stupid), what's your best move combo? I've gotten around the world whirlwind.
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Too much people in Hawaii play with this
[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiuQX8JphSw]Relevant[/url]
[quote=Palaladin]seems like a thing mostly for cali kids.[/quote]
Actually it revived in Hawaii, and traveled all over the west coast and to the east coast USA. It's not really anywhere in between. I'm a cali kid though, so I can vouch that mostly people like me play it lol
seems like a thing mostly for cali kids.
[quote=Fallflowers]i have the kenusa pro model (turner thorne)
so sick.[/quote]
I played my friends pro model before, probably the stickiest tama I've ever used. It's so easy to do balance tricks on it! I've got a BLK gold grain, she's so sexy.
The only reason I've heard of a kendama is because of Tales of Symphonia. I've never even seen one before.
i have the kenusa pro model (turner thorne)
so sick.