Miya Song is a Kendama USA Tribe member, living in Oahu, Hawaii. Not only is she one of best female players in the game, she’s also an artist and is known for her Strawberry mark when signing damas!
Listen & enjoy this mellow & humorous interview with the one and only, Miya Song.
Special thanks:
Molly Harney (null)
Haley Bishoff (null)
Miya Song (@_Miyasong)
Jack Baker – Production (@freewheelinfilm)
KendamaUSA – Premiere Sponsor (null)
Click Clack Radio (null)
Don’t forget to use the code “CLICKCLACK” to get 10% off your order at www.KendamaUSA.com
Ben Herald is one of the newest Grain Theory pro kendama players and the pro division champion of the Sakura Classic Championships this year.
In this interview we learn about the annual Sakura Classic contest held in Japantown, SF, his pro model design and more!
Head to shop.kendamausa.com/ and use the code: CLICKCLACK to get 10% off your next order.
Special thanks to:
Ben Herald
Jack Baker
Molly Harney
Haley Bishoff
KendamaUSA
Grain Theory
Josh Flow Grove – Rhythm kendama sounds
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 to Basics, Haley & Molly show you over 25 different base cup variations to incorporate into your flow and hone your skills with. Check it out!
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 by trying to learn everything at once or trying advanced tricks when you haven’t mastered the basics. You’ll want to learn the basics so you can get to the more difficult aspects sooner and also develop a style as well.
“First learn stand, then learn fly. Nature rule Daniel son, not mine” - Mr. Miyagi
Our very own Haley Bishoff & Molly Harney have a new edit called “Back to Basics” showing us some of the basics that seem to have been lost with new creative twists. This edit is for everyone, whether you are a beginner or a pro and really focuses on one of the basics of Kendama; Big Cup.
Haley Bishoff and Molly Harney have teamed up to create the first ever co-created Kendama podcast series; Click Clack Radio.
Click Clack began early February 2017 and features players within the Kendama community on their show as well as frequent giveaways. In season 1, you’ll hear from Joshua Flow Grove, Matt Rice, and Jake Wiens.
Be sure and tune into the next season b/c we’ve got plenty more great interviews coming your way.
Subscribe & Follow Click Clack Radio to hear some amazing conversations between unique players and your lovely co-hosts Haley Bishoff and Molly Harney.
IG: @ClickClackRadio
The 2nd Annual Let’s Dama event in Long Beach, CA was an amazing event. It was put on by local LA crew; LEZDAMA.
Over 100 people attended the day long event as did sponsored players and vendors from several different companies.
Many sponsored players that attended the event showed up with some fantastic giveaways. One of which was one of a kind REZ Kendama that went to Charity Cristobal.
We showed our support with Colin Sander, Derek Astin, Haley Bishoff & Dylan Westmoreland all in attendance.
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Other sponsored players included EJ Williams from RWB, Steph Lussier & Kristian Aynedter of Grain Theory, Chelsea Perez & Alex Hirota for Sweets Kendamas and Molly Harney from DWI plus many more.
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The winner of the Advanced Open Divison was local Emmy Evans. Reppin’ hard for the all the lady shredders out there. In 2nd and 3rd were Tribe Members Derek Astin and Dylan Westmorland
For the intermediate ladders we had Kevin Luong taking 1st . Gabe Romo taking 2nd . Parker Smith taking 3rd
For the Beginner Ladders they had Dylan Trast taking 1st @btampu taking 2nd taking 3rd @mgdama
Haley Bishoff described the event as “an incredible day for the progression of female Kendama. The event was put on by all girls and the winner of the open division was a young female who actually won the beginner bracket at last years’ Lets Dama. Seeing how female Kendama has evolved makes me psyched as ever and I’m very happy I can be apart of it.”
