# Kendama lingo

**URL:** https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/kendama-lingo/392279
**Category:** Kendama
**Created:** [January 17, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/kendama-lingo/392279 "2024-01-17T17:38:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![yoyomaster101](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyomaster101/32/254857_2.png) [@yoyomaster101](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyomaster101)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/kendama-lingo/392279/1 "2024-01-17T17:38:16Z")

</div>

What does inward mean?

Any other Lingo a beginner should know?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![GnarlyCharlie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/gnarlycharlie/32/279610_2.png) [@GnarlyCharlie](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/GnarlyCharlie)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2024, 5:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/kendama-lingo/392279/2 "2024-01-17T17:46:32Z")

</div>

“Inward” in reference to an inward lunar is when you pull the ken up from the space between the tama and your body. As opposed to swinging the ken away from you and yanking up.