What trick did you land today?

Kendama
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That trick drives me crazy!

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I landed a spike last thirsday While I was at yoyo night

Im very new too kendama so spiking it is still very hard for me (yoyoings my main thing)

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  • 2-turn jumping stick
  • Tilt the balance (aeroplane-lighthouse-falling)
  • Bird-earth spin-spike
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There are a couple combos I like to do:

Spike - Earth turn - Swing (?? I donā€™t know the English name of this trick. Hold the string, swing the ken around and catch the tama in the base cup) - underhand spike

and

Airplane - Jumping Stick - Swap (?? Againā€¦ After catching the ken in the tama (like after airplane), throw them into the air and catch the tama in the base cup) - underhand spike

Last week, I got:

Lighthouse - spike - jumping stick - jumping stick - swap - underhand spike

That last one is my most ambitious kendama feat to date.

As for something new, Iā€™ve learned small bird recently. Thatā€™s my newest thing. Still pretty inconsistent. The only trick I donā€™t seem to have more of an advantage with on a Musou, surprisingly.

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Lighthouse for the first time and 5 earth turns in a row!

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Just getting gunslinger. Working on one turn lighthouses.

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Nice!

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Thanks man! :smiley:

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:smiley:

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Bottom cup ken flip

Down spike

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Getting consistent at landing earth turn is so hard. Of course I thought a normal spike use to be super hard so Iā€™m sure Iā€™ll get it eventually. Iā€™ve only been kendamaing (?maybe?) for 4 days ;D

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After 2 months of getting my first kendama, hereā€™s some stuff i learnt.

And another shorter edit for Instagram

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Awesome video man. What kendama are you using?

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How!!! Iā€™ve been doing it for like 6 months and I canā€™t do lighthouseā€¦

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Mugen musou, sparkling green and snow gold.
Glad you guys enjoyed it!
I promise a better edit once i have better tools.

@ J Singh 2K,
thereā€™s a very old Japanese tip on learning Lighthouse.

  • Start by just placing the ken on the tama and move your arms around gently in a circle (youā€™ll offset the balance, and naturally youā€™ll try to regain it).
  • When comfortable, lift the ken up (at the spike tip) about 1cm from the tama and drop it back on the tama, and do your best to gain control.
  • When you get more comfortable, incrementally lift the ken higher until you feel confident.
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Going have to give this ago! Iā€™ve being struggling with Lighthouses, can rarely get them.

Dunno if i can post stuff iā€™ve done on my Pill today but i assume i can ^-^
Got thisā€¦ http://instagram.com/p/h1gjgiM5Z7/
ā€œA finger touchy string thing flippidy knock underflip catchā€ is what iā€™m calling it :wink: haha
Canā€™t put this thing down though 0_0 so addicting and fun!

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Sweet! Thanks for the tip.

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Around the world (once)
Airplain (three time)

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Just landed:

Lighthouse (2 secs) to falling down to a 360 upside-down spike. Today was a day.

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I canā€™t land airplane help???