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Kendama Links

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Videos

Check out the kendama channel on JTV for all the videos of TeamKD, and much more, including Tribe, Jive, Vibe, and the tricklists.

Kendama Variations - New trick ideas from Guy Heathcote.

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

Kendama Revolutions - New Japanese video depository - lots of tricks here! (English version in progress)

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] A whole bunch of impressive 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!



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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.

Buy Kendama! - A well researched round-up of known online suppliers, by Amren.

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.

Country Sites:

Germany kendama.de
Czech republic kendama.cz
Poland kendama.pl
Lithuania kendama.lt
Denmark kendama.dk
China kendamacn.com
China kendamachina.com
France kendama.fr
Netherlands kendama-nederland.nl
Netherlands Juggle Store
Russia kendama.ru
USA Kendama.net
USA Kendama Co

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!