So I had an idea today. I tried it once in my room, and immediately told my roommate that we had to get the camera and go outside that very moment. This is what I stumbled upon:
I want to try and develop this further, and I want to buy another ken to modify and put more cups on. I want to reverse the spike to make a teeny cup to land on (probably as hard as spiking a kendama!) and I want to put a spot on the bottom of the ken between the slip stop and the rim of the bottom cup. I can also land it on the string hole, but itās hard since Iām using a fixed tip.
This kendama/yoyo integration thing is cool and all, but this kentoppa idea seems a bit more natural.
OK, gonna start learning to boomerang. Screw the scoop, thatās not working for me. Iām gonna be out front most of the weekend working on just boomerang and then get good at balancing the top, then I think itās time to buy a āsacrificialā ken for the next part.
Lol I watch that and think, āWhy have I not seen that before?ā Excellent discovery.
Landing catches has got to be easier than with the dama, but what this introduces is the element of timeā¦ spin tops do not spin indefinitely, so how many tricks can you pull of while it is spinning? Fixed tip makes is more challenging but if it were bearing you could land it sideways on the tip and involve the precesssion of the topā¦ WOAH i just blew my own mindā¦
I was thinking of ways to incorporate a sideways top, including a medium-ish sized loop of string through the string hole that could hand downwards no matter how you hold it, but kinda figured it would just be tacking on complications to an otherwise slick setup. I might still try it, but Iām going to be experimenting for a bit to see what I can do.
Now drill a hole through the bottom of the Ken and attach a yoyo to it and youāll be the best multitasker ever. Also there are kens with 5 cups so you dont need to modify one
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Thatās not what Iām talking about. I said the lower end of the Ken, between the slip stop and the rim of the bottom cup.
Me and my friend balanced the finger indent of a Dark Sonic on a Kendama Spike. He threw a horizontal throw, and I put the spike inside the finger indent. It was pretty cool!
