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Archives for December 20, 2012

The 2013 Japan Yo-yo League is ready to blast off!

December 20, 2012 By Rafael Matsunaga

The Japan Yo-yo Federation has announced the dates for the 2013 Japan Yo-yo League!

The league will follow last year’s format, with all regional contests taking place early in the year and culminating with the National Contest in June.

  • 2013 East Japan Yo-Yo Contest A-Block (2013EJ-A), on January 5th, in Tokyo
  • 2013 North Japan Yo-Yo Contest (2013NJ), on January 26th, in Sapporo
  • 2013 Central Japan Yo-Yo Contest (2013CJ), on February 2nd, in Iwakura
  • 2013 South Japan Yo-Yo Contest (2013SJ), on March 10th, in Nagasaki
  • 2013 East Japan Yo-Yo Contest B Block (2013EJ-B), on March 24th, in Kawasaki
  • 2013 West Japan Yo-Yo Contest (2013WJ), on April 13th, in Osaka
  • 2013 Japan National Yo-Yo Contest (2013JN), on June 1st-2nd, in Nagoya

Last year Hiroyuki Suzuki started an unbelievable year winning Central Japan, then proceeding to dominate Japan Nationals, Asia Pacific, Worlds, and the Bali International Yo-yo Open. Can he repeat that winning streak? We’ll know very soon!

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: 2013, hiroyuki suzuki, japan, league

Hiroyuki Suzuki TEDxKIDS Freestyle

December 20, 2012 By Steve Brown

Hiroyuki Suzuki, 4-time World YoYo Champion, recently performed at the TEDxKIDS program in Tokyo, Japan.

TED is a combination of the initials Technology, Entertainment, Design, I is derived from the idea of shaping the future of the three regions together. Is the spirit of TED “to share ideas to spread,” it is an event for. 
With the aim of sharing ideas about what you want to invite as speakers people and activists thinkers to lead the world, they are passionate about now, has been held in the United States annually. 
Was launched in 1984 in Monterey, California TED. That since the beginning, without having to change the basic concept of the event, continue to introduce the brilliant idea that springs from every field, we are maintaining an environment that draws on the agenda interesting people today.

The TEDx events are affiliated events hosted throughout the world, drawing on the same ideas as the original TED conference while giving regional organizers an opportunity to showcase more local talent and ideas. Basically, Hiroyuki being involved in this is a pretty big deal and it’s a fantastic opportunity for the yoyo community to put one of its best players forward to represent us.

Huge congratulations to Suzuki-san for his TEDx performance!

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: chiyoda, featured, hiroyuki suzuki, japan, TED, TEDx

Sponsor News – Rotofugi Releases Abominable Mini Marshall

December 20, 2012 By Steve Brown




Our friends at Rotofugi have just broken the Cute-O-Meter with this new vinyl toy designed by 64 Colors…the Abominable Mini Marshall. Is it even possible to get any cuter than a mini yeti marshmallow man? Seriously?

Following the adage that smaller=cuter, we’ve teamed up with Squibbles Ink and taken the popular Marshall character by 64 Colors and created a new, tinier version: Mini Marshall! Standing just over 2 inches tall, Mini Marshall has a much smaller footprint than his older sibling. To kick off the Mini Marshall line we’re coming out of the gates with a new design by 64 Colors just in time to celebrate winter and all things snowy, Abominable Marshall!

Marshall was a little boy who enjoyed watching TV and eating marshmallows…lots of marshmallows! One day he ate so many…POOF!…he turned into one…True Story!

Please enjoy this special limited edition mini-sized Abominable Marshall…The Wild Boy of the Snows!

Please note: Toasted Marshall shown for size reference only and is NOT included. Thanks!

Filed Under: Art & Toy News Tagged With: 64 colors, abominable mini marshall, art, bigfoot, kidrobot, marshall, rotofugi, sasquatch, squibbles ink, toy, vinyl, yet

How To YoYo On TV w/ Bryan Jardin

December 20, 2012 By Steve Brown

Bryan Jardin, the 2012 Asia-Pacific Champion in the counterweight division, just popped up on Hero TV, a cable channel based in Quezon City, Philippines. It’s a great appearance for a yo-yo player (8 minutes long!) and also VERY instructive for any player out there who wants to be on TV for their yoyoing. A few things to note:

1. They flashed his titles across the screen, and managed to turn his 7th Place finish at the World YoYo Contest (a big deal) into 7th Place National Champion of Florida. If you’re a yoyo player and you’re on TV, they are either going to screw up whatever you give them, or they’re going to ignore it and call you a World Champion. Just be ready to smile and nod and be totally fine with whatever they make up.

2. The hosts of a majority of the programs that are willing to book a yoyo player are generally going to be of the loud & wacky variety. Look at that guy’s hat! They are going to exaggerate everything and go out of their way to act loud and wacky. DO NOT try to match them. These people are loud and wacky for a living, and if you try to match their volume it’s going to look awkward. Bryan did a great job of being dignified and reserved, and that gives him a degree of gravity unmatched by that woman’s shorts. It makes him look like the calm in the eye of the storm, and as a result he stands out way more and in a positive way.

3. Keep your tricks simple, and stick with single tricks. What Bryan did was give them individual tricks, with names, that featured a specific and singular movement. Too many players get on TV and just start talking and playing, and the host inevitably asks for the name of the trick and they mumble “It’s, uh, well, it doesn’t have a name really” and it’s super hard for an audience to relate to that and latch on to it. If you’re showing something to people that they’ve never seen before, you need to package and label it for easy consumption so that they can process the information better. Otherwise, it’s just “Did you see that one swingy thing that he did that was like a swingy thing?” and they will automatically assume that it’s completely beyond their reach to even try. Keep it accessible…demonstrate mastery without making it look beyond the reach of the average person.

Bryan did a fantastic job with this interview, and it’s a great reference point for any of you who might need to be on TV to promote your sponsor or a contest or your local club.

 

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: 5A, bryan jardin, counterweight, duncan crew, featured, freehand, philippines, video

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