wyat bray – Kendama USA ® https://kendamausa.com Americas Original Kendama Company Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:21:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://kendamausa.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Kendama-USA-favicon-1.png wyat bray – Kendama USA ® https://kendamausa.com 32 32 Kendama World Cup 2015 – Mini Recap https://kendamausa.com/kendama-world-cup-2015-mini-recap/ Fri, 31 Jul 2015 17:59:31 +0000 https://kendamausa.com/kendama-world-cup-2015-mini-recap/ “This year’s trip to Japan was one for the books. Every time we trek on a new adventure, more and more memories are made. We made our way abroad with two new additions, Tribe Team members Wyatt Bray and Bryan Scagline. It was both their first time out of the country and a great time to experience Japan. I was in the same position exactly 1 year ago and for all the trips I’ve been on, this has been one of the most memorable and fun for me.

 

 

The 2015 Kendama World Cup started off with a bang. Zack Yourd, Bryan Scagline, Dave Mateo, Turner Thorne, Jason Morrison, and I all met up at the San Francisco International Airport to hop on a plane to Japan. It was 13 hours of pure fun, rowdiness on the plane, and teaching passengers and flight attendants how to play Kendama. We managed to film an entire edit that features the new Mugen Musou… #TEAMFUEGZ! Coming shortly.

Yes, finally touched down in Japan. Let the adventures begin.

 

10 long, sleepless, adventure filled days were about to go down. The best and most talented Kendama players all under one roof, competing against each other for the top prize. Luckily, the entire World Cup (2 days) was on a live stream so those who weren’t there were able to catch the live footage and see the craziness go down. For me, the last 10 days blurred together because there was so much going on all at once. So many exciting things happened every day and the level of skill in Kendama has risen to new heights. I’m happy and proud to congratulate my own teammate Wyatt Bray for taking it home for Kendama USA! GO WYATT! WE LOVE YOU!

To check out Wyatt\’s winning run click HERE

Let’s just give a quick recap of events. Plane rides, no sleep, Japanese beer tasting, long nights, down pours, early mornings, scaling roof tops, amazing sushi, walking, LOTS OF WALKING, onsens, vending machines, 7/11, alpaca, Japanese style housing, hostels, dama village, polaroid sessions Osaka, Hiroshima, Kendama Street, okonomiyaki, subways, laughing, friends, family, team, Kendama. I hope everyone reading this gets to experience Japan and the Kendama World Cup at least once. For those who did go this year, I hope you read this and smile and think back to all the great memories.

 

A big thank you to Tamotsu Kubota, Yuka Hyuga, Hajime Ishibashi, Kota Kagoshima, the rest of the Gloken Crew, Kendama USA, and of course, Jeremy Stephenson. Cheers to the future of Kendama! See you all next year.” -Tj Kolesnik

 

]]> 2015 Kendama World Champion – Wyatt Bray https://kendamausa.com/wyatt-bray-is-the-2015-kendama-world-champion/ Mon, 20 Jul 2015 13:41:34 +0000 https://kendamausa.com/wyatt-bray-is-the-2015-kendama-world-champion/ Huge congratulations and respect go out to Wyatt Bray for winning the 2015 Kendama World Cup championship!


Props to Keith Matsumura as well who also made it into the finals and finished in 22nd place.

Big thanks to the entire Kendama USA crew and to GLOKEN for making this event possible. The turnout this year was unbelievable with players attending from all over the globe. We appreciate all the players and companies who made the journey and took part in such an amazing contest.

More posts and updates coming soon.

]]>