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Videos

Kendama Tribe Video - TeamKD spend an afternoon clicking around Bristol. Hosted by our good friends at Juggling.tv.

Kendama Jive Video - The return of TeamKD: a few months on, and the skill level has been stepped up considerably.

BKC 2008 Tricklist - Demonstrating all the tricks for the 2008 British Kendama Championships.

Kendama Variations - New trick ideas from Guy Heathcote.

High Technique Play - [youtube] Very nice tricks from Yuki Harada.

Etcoc's youtube profile - Classsy tricks coming out of Geneva.

Kendama Hong Kong's youtube profile - Hong Kong is serious about kendama: These lads are really working their tricks hard!

Colin Sander - [youtube] First of three edited videos from a top American player.

 Super Tricks - Japanese site with loads of trick videos.

Shinya Kitgawa - Another Japanese site with a load more videos!

Kendama Go-Go! - A fun performance from TeamKD.



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Info

A brief guide to Kendama - by Guy Heathcote. Does what it says on the box. Start here!

Japanese Kendama Association - Plenty of info on kendama plus loads of great gif animations of some crazy kendama tricks.

Oddballs - London & Brighton juggling shop now stocking kendamas.

Kendama World - The UK's first dedicated kendama store.

Kids Web Japan - Lots of background information, plus a cool (if a little easy) flash kendama game.

Kendama-shi - Homepage of professional kendama performer Yusuke Ito.

Kendama.fr - The French kendama blog site.

Kendamaspot - Recently re-launched. Includes a great set-up tips page.

El Balero - History page with lots of info on the kendama's forerunner, the bilboquet.

Takarabako newsletter - Taken from Takarabako, a resource for teachers engaged in Japanese language education, this PDF newsletter (<--Right-click to download, 1MB) has an interesting article about a cultural exchange trip to Mongolia, featuring kendama, of course!