Welcome to the homepage of the British Kendama Association: the ultimate resource for all kendama-related information. You'll find the all latest kendama news below, and a wealth of other info on the pages linked above. If you're completely new to kendama, and don't know what it's all about, watch this. |
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Cyrillic kendama .We've just discovered a Russian kendama site. We've no idea what it says, but it seems quite extensive. Youngest champion .Here's a video featuring the youngest ever All Japan Kendama Champion. And a Clicky New Year to one and all! Gifs for xmas .The Tricks Page has been updated with links to many more of the JKA's gif animations. Winner? .Void posts his photo review of the Chinese kendama. Wesley .Wesley's 3rd edit is out there - lots of very nice transitions. 'Tube the KCNers here. Donald .A little video of Donald, from earlier in the year. Click for clicks! Oooooooh Zora! .David sent us through some lovely photos of Ozoras. Head to the galleries page to see them. Transfer heaven .Matt's back with a new edit on youtube. Chock full of monster transfers, and too many cool moves to mention, you must watch now! Amsterdam-a! .Void's been hanging out with Mr Spotlight in the Netherands for a few days. He brings back word that the Juggle-Store are now stocking JKA Ozoras and TK16s. The word is that there's a demon player out there by the name of Raoul too.... Orbit variations .Mr Jumpshoe has been in touch with the BKA to show us his videos. We liked his orbit-haneken & orbit-earth turn variations. Surely there are many more waiting to be discovered? Go tube him! Sander's Spectacular 7th .Holy moly guacamole! Colin Sander's back with his most amazing edit yet. Get gobsmacked over at youtube! Return of the pocketmod! .We've updated fak's pocketmod for this year's tricklist. Get it here! Old and new lists, plus the STC, plus space for you to write your other favourite tricks down. Kendama homework in the pocket, Ahoy! BKA at Matsuri, London .The British Kendama Association will have a presence at the Japan Matsuri in Spitalfields market in London on September 19th. Come along and say hi, and have a click! BKO video .Watch the brand new video of all the BKO action here! No Wii fun .Wired reports that there was a working Wii prototype of a kendama game! What a shame it never made it to market. JF tour reviews .Read about the Glasgow show on BryOz's blog and the Cardiff show here. BKO 2010 confirmed! .We are pleased to announce the date for the 2010 BKO. It will be held on Friday 9th April at the BJC in Huddersfield. The rules & tricklists remain exactly the same as the 2009 competition. 7 months to practise. Get clicking! Tour reminder .
The next BKO .Plans are already afoot for the next BKO in 2010, probably April. You'll hear it here first! New Champ! .Congratulations to the new British Kendama Champion, Guy Heathcote! Read the full story on the BKO 2009 review page. RSS feed! .
UK Kendama and Edo-Daikagura tour .We just heard that Yusuke Ito and Senwaka are touring the UK for a week from Aug 29th to Sep 6th. Don't miss it if you're anywhere nearby. Shows are free! Silhouettes and extra balls .Keen Mr Jellybean sent us some lovely silhouette shots he took in Wales. See them on the Galleries page. And Mr The Void has posted a little video clip of himself showing a nice little sequence with a KD and an extra ball. Sander's back! .Colin has been in touch with the BKA to let us know about a few new videos he's just put out. We particularly like the Black and White one. Prizes! .We know you're all only in it for the glory, but perhaps the sight of all the prizes that are up for grabs this year will spur you all on to put in a little extra practise. Meanwhile, an advance party from TeamKD is heading off to Glastonbury festival, so if you see some wandering Clickers, come and say hi! Blast from the past on KTV .Void has posted this 80s kendama video over on JTV, which now has a dedicated kendama channel! More competitions .We have news of more competitions for you. May 31st sees the All Japan Kendama Championship. We hope to be able to bring you the results of that. Also, TeamKD's Matt Hall will be running the first North American kendama competition (that we know of) at the IJA juggling festival on Tuesday 14th July at 11am. Get working on your Best Trick and your Speed Trick Challenge, folks! |
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Site design by TLMB & Robin Gunney. Gif animations by JKA. BKA logo from a photo by fakoriginal. Invaluable assistance: Matt Hall |
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The BKA now has an RSS feed, to make it even easier for you to keep up with the latest kendama news. Click