This year’s Catch & Flow Kendama Tournament was amazing, there were 58 players competing in 6 different groups battling it out for a 100,000 Yen grand prize, trophies, & more.
The final round consisted of 16 players (13 players and 3 seeded players) in a 90-Second solo freestyle run where players were judged on the following four catagories:
The last 2 players battled head to head to crown the champion and these were the results:
Results:
1st Place: Yasu – JP – Also Announced as KROM Pro
2nd Place: Nobu – JP – Kendama USA
3rd Place: Soma Fujita – JP – KROM
But just in case you missed the tournament live, you can watch it all in the video below.
Thank you to all the sponsors, judges, players who participated and folks at home who watched!
Danish kendama player Thorkild May recently took home the Red Bull Catch & Flow Championship in Tokyo Japan. Check out all the madness in the video recap down below!
The UltraSuperNew Art gallery recently held a welcoming party for all the players from the Red Bull Catch & Flow! The reason for the event was the unavailing of the “kendamas Around The World” exhibit. With submissions from all over the world! Huge Thank you to Shimpei Kimura for making all of this possible! Check out all the submissions right here!
We could not be more proud here at kendamaUSA to have supplied the kendamas for this art gallery!!! Check out some of the pieces here!
Also check out their Facebook and website for more pictures and updates!
Thats right a Red Bull Kendama Competition! Going down on September 13th, The best players from around the world will be fighting for the top spot! Kendama USA is proud to have a solid crew holding it down out there starting with:
Dave Mateo!
Dave is one of the most innovative and creative Kendama players in the game. The way he combines both dancing and kendama is completely mind blowing!
Jake Wiens!
Jake is one of the most revolutionary players around! He has come up with some of the most mind bending tricks ever! Jake will be a co-MC at the event. and who knows he may even compete…!
Tj Kolesnik!
TJ (aka) FUEGO! has been killing the game with his style and the ability to crush tricks with both hands! Keep an eye out for him!!
Haley Bishoff!
Haley is leading the way for both male and female players, her creative style mixed with the ability to perform is game changing!
