We are excited and honored to announce Kenyatta Williams as the newest 2022 Kendama USA Pro! Kenyatta\’s passion and dedication to kendama, blading, and helping others progress has made him a pillar in the kendama community. The San Diego native had a vision for Kendama where much like blading, you incorporate every part of your […]
Kenyatta Williams is PRO! Read this post
Meet April Player of the Month Nick Dodenhoff, from Marietta, Georgia. Nick started playing Kendama in 2011, \”kendama was especially popular the high school I was attending; Cherokee. Everyone was playing it, and everyone got good enough that we were making edits. For most people, it was a fad, but for me, kendama stopped being
Player of the Month – Nick Dodenhoff – April 2022 Read this post
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
[2021] Catch & Flow Kendama Tournament Recap Read this post
We\’ve teamed up with our friends in the Georgia Kendama Community (null) to bring you this special Peach-themed Kendama. The GA Kendama Club has been actively growing and supporting the Kendama scene in our home state, and we couldn’t be more proud to collaborate with them! Kendama in Georgia has a long history, and the GA
KUSA x GA Kendama Collab Peach Kendama Now Available Read this post
What’s good everyone! null here from Honed Media bringing you another kendama review. This time I want to especially thank Sharif from Kendama USA for allowing me to guest write for the KUSA blog. Without further ado, let’s talk about Zach Magnuson\’s Pro Model #MAGSMOD. I’d like to frame my article around “what makes a pro
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Meet July Player of the Month Colin Hislop, from Sandpoint, Idaho. Slaying since the 8th grade, the first kendama he put his hands on was a friend\’s. \”I was instantly hooked! Soon after, (June, 2012) I visited the @sportscreel in Spokane, WA and picked up my first dama: a Purple Shenzhu! I love simple tricks
Player of the Month – Colin Hislop – July 2020 Read this post
Meet the racehorse named Kendama; a beautiful, three-year-old Colt from the prestigious Audley Farm. General Manager Turner Kobayashi, a Japanese-American, who’s been part of Audley Farm for over 20 years now, tells us that they named the horse’s pedigree; after his mother, a mare named Bilboquet. Kendama won his last race on Friday, July 10,
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This month\’s player is Danny R in Florida! We took a minute to chop it up with the @kendamagoat and this is what he had to say: Waddup it’s Danny / Kendama Goat! I was born n raised in San Jose, CA. I lived in Portland for 6 years, then in my van for a
Player of the Month – Danny Rankin – February 2019 Read this post
Twelve-year-old Phoenix Valero has always wanted to organize a Kendama jam in his hometown to bring dama players together. He\’d been wanting to start one for a while but didn\’t know where to start. So he decided to reach out and contact his buds at Kendama USA! With a little help, Mansfield saw its first
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Ozora Kendama of Japan has developed a new shape that features larger cups and a semi 70/30 fade for easy hole tracking. Formally named \”Odori REshape\” this is the newest shape from Ozora in ten years and is the brain child of Japanese Craftman, Ryoichi Suzuki. The REShape has three meanings;\”3R\”, RENEW · · · Newly
Ozora ReShape Kendamas Now Available @ Kendama USA Read this post
The All Girls Kendama Event 2017 was the first of its kind. A series of contests for women, all hosted by female players in the scene, in three different countries. KendamaUSA\’s tribute member Haley Bishoff teamed up with some a few other kendama players in the community to create an incredible event! All Girls Kendama
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VSauce\’s Michael Stevens visits Tested\’s/MythBusters Adam Savage to build themselves, that\’s right, a KENDAMA! Michael recently started playing Kendama and enlists Adam\’s help to make one from scratch that will help optimize his play. They quickly find out that there is a lot that goes into making one and this one day build vid is
Adam Savage and Vsauce's Michael Stevens Build a Kendama! Read this post
Wake up & base cup people! Don\’t neglect the cup that makes your Kendama stand tall. Yea it\’s a little harder to land tricks and variations may not be as straight forward but, if you practice landing in base cup, you\’ll find cupping, in general, to be a lot easier. In Vol. 2 of Back
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Let\’s face it, people love \”power kendama moves\” or flashy techniques and often will skip the basics and jump right into trying to land the more difficult ones like taps or juggles. While there may be no right or wrong way to learn Kendama, you may progress a lot faster if you don\’t rush things
Back to Basics | 37 Ways to Big Cup Your Kendama Read this post
