# what is KENDAMA!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Skill Toys\ **Created:** [April 18, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-kendama/52400 "2013-04-18T00:06:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ProCrastinathan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/procrastinathan/32/1345_2.png) [@ProCrastinathan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ProCrastinathan)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 12:06am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-kendama/52400/1 "2013-04-18T00:06:39Z")
ive seen these here and there in the skill toy community and now im interested what is Kendama?? and is it fun? ---
**Author:** ![yuki\_onitsura](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yuki_onitsura/32/1162_2.png) [@yuki\_onitsura](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yuki_onitsura)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-kendama/52400/2 "2013-04-18T00:23:26Z")
Kendama is basically a ball with a hole in it attached with string to a wooden handle with some cups attached (check out the YYE kendamas section for pics). The idea is to maneuver the ball around and land or bounce it off the various cups or spike. You can even use the string to do some 5A-esque tricks. Doesn’t look like my cup of tea but I might pick one up down the track if I get curious enough. It certainly seems to be picking up quite a bit of popularity, especially amongst the yoyoing crowd. Yuki ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 7:56am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-kendama/52400/3 "2013-04-18T07:56:40Z")
Kendama: Ball & Cup 2.0 Just kidding. But it takes the concept to another level. You attempt to land the ball on various surfaces. There are 3 cups and a spike(where the large hole in the ball can land on), as well as tricks that land on different parts of the handle/ken portion. Tricks can be done holding the ball or the ken, or even by using the string as well. Tricks can involve landing the ken on the ball as well as the ball on the ken. Lots of possibilities. It also is very affordable. ---
**Author:** ![ProCrastinathan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/procrastinathan/32/1345_2.png) [@ProCrastinathan](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ProCrastinathan)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-kendama/52400/4 "2013-04-18T11:09:43Z")
is it fun? ---
**Author:** ![patrickcondon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/patrickcondon/32/619950_2.png) [@patrickcondon](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/patrickcondon)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-kendama/52400/5 "2013-04-18T13:05:39Z")
Depends on wether you think it is or not. We’re not going to tell you what to like. ---
**Author:** ![anonyo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@anonyo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/anonyo)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-kendama/52400/6 "2013-04-18T20:24:23Z")
> [@ProCrastinathan](#): > > is it fun? If you like it, then yes. If you don’t like it, then no. That’s kind of how it works with skill toys in general. ---
**Author:** ![Elluzion](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/elluzion/32/1269_2.png) [@Elluzion](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Elluzion)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 8:29pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-kendama/52400/7 "2013-04-18T20:29:45Z")
Is it fun? Yes… But it takes way more patience than yoyoing. I like to say throwing is instant gratification and that kendama is delayed gratification. It can take soo long to master certain moves, and even then you may not hit them consistently ---
**Author:** ![hiltonking](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hiltonking/32/807_2.png) [@hiltonking](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hiltonking)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-kendama/52400/8 "2013-04-20T15:45:07Z")
Look it up on youtube. I did. A few seconds into the video I thought, “I’m getting one of these.” I did. It’s pretty fun. ---
**Author:** ![hemisphere97](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/hemisphere97/32/1167_2.png) [@hemisphere97](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/hemisphere97)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/what-is-kendama/52400/9 "2013-04-29T00:52:45Z")
its fun but more limited than yoyoing