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Archives for December 28, 2012

East Japan Block A Contestant List Announced

December 28, 2012 By Rafael Matsunaga

The 2013 Japan Yo-yo League website has the list of contestants for the upcoming East Japan Block A regional contest.

The 1A division is traditionally strong at East Japan, and this year is no exception. Names like Tatsuya Fujisaka, Chris Makita, Yusuke Ootsuka, and even former World Champions Kentaro Kimura and Shinji Saito (!) should make things very interesting indeed! Another former World Champion competing at EJ-A is Makoto Numagami, although he will remain in his familiar 5A division.

Here’s the full lineup:

1A

  • Takahiro Yamada
  • Gensuke Ishikawa
  • Tooru Miyazaki
  • Chris Makita
  • Yuuta Shimazaki
  • Ayumu Harada
  • Kotaro Okuda
  • Yusuke Ootsuka
  • Kento Noda
  • Touya Sakurai
  • Yamato Murata
  • Tatsuya Fujisaka
  • Youhei Kanabe
  • Masaki Iida
  • Hitoshi Ono
  • Yuuichiro Mitsui
  • Kenta Tokita
  • Shinji Saito
  • Hinata Yamada
  • Kotaro Ooi
  • Mizuki Takimoto
  • Yasuhiro Sakamoto
  • Yuuya Yatani
  • Kentaro Kimura

2A

  • Satoshi Yamanaka
  • Toshiaki Oonuma
  • Ginji Miura
  • Hiraku Fujii
  • Ryota Hara
  • Kairi Honma
  • Ryo Enomoto
  • Yamato Fujiwara

3A

  • Mizuki Takimoto
  • Kentaro Kimura
  • Takumi Yasumoto

4A

  • Takumi Yasumoto
  • Tadashi Kon
  • Junya Kamimura
  • Tomofumi Morita
  • Youhei Kagawa
  • Keita Kido
  • Yuichi Tominaga
  • Yuichiro Mitsui
  • Naoya Takeuchi
  • Takashi Naito

5A

  • Naoya Takeuchi
  • Masahiro Shiburaya
  • Takahiro Yamada
  • Makoto Numagami

EJ-A will be held on January 5th in Tokyo.

Via yoyonews.jp.

Filed Under: Contests Tagged With: 2013, east japan, eja, japan

Kendama USA Japan Tour 2012

December 28, 2012 By Steve Brown

This is easily one of the best kendama videos I’ve ever seen…it’s just packed with solid tricks and more smiles per capita than the last five yoyo videos I watched. Amazing stuff from the Kendama USA folks!

In November 2012 the Kendama USA Pro Team traveled to Japan to explore Kendama’s roots, players, and experience the homeland of this game that has changed all of our lives. This is the full length edit of our travels and tricks. Edited by Colin Sander.

Filed Under: Kendama, Skill Toys Tagged With: 2012, japan tour, kendama usa, skill toys, video

Sponsor News – Vannen Watches x Blink 182

December 28, 2012 By Steve Brown

Our friends at Vannen Watches have teamed up with Blink 182 and artist MUNK ONE to release the super limited “El Conejo” watch. Available in two colorways Blue (available only direct from Blink 182 SOLD OUT) and Grey (available only from VannenWatches.com) and limited to 182 pieces per color, each box is numbered and features full wrap-around art from MUNK ONE.

Watches are only $82 each, and Vannen only has a few left….grab one quick before they’re gone!

Filed Under: Art & Toy News Tagged With: art, blink 182, designer toy, munk one, sponsor, vannen watches

YoYoJam Edge Prototype on eBay (UPDATED)

December 28, 2012 By Steve Brown

Looks like Valerie from YoYoJam is selling a rare, unproduced prototype yoyo called the “Edge”
that was “designed in cooperation with Japanese players”. Was this going to be another signature model for Mickey before he left YoYoJam? (EDIT: Just got word from Takahiko Hasegawa that this was originally intended to be a signature model for Tomonori “Black” Ishiguro, but the shaped changed from what was eventually produced and offered in limited quantities at the World YoYo Contest.) No idea, but it sure is shiny and if there’s one thing we like here at YoYoNews….it’s stuff that is shiny.

Only five of these were ever produced, and this auction is for what appears to be the only one remaining in Valerie’s personal collection. The auction is only going for another day and change, so get your bids in soon!

Filed Under: Manufacturer Tagged With: auction, ebay, edge, prototype, YoYoJam

sOMEThING x Christopher Chia – ANGLAM Ver.CC

December 28, 2012 By Steve Brown

2011 AP Champion and 2012 3rd Place World Champion Christopher Chia’s new signature model ANGLAM Ver. CC by sOMEThING is releasing this year, and sOMEThING just dropped this teaser video to hype it up.

I’d like to think that everyone who gets a signature model from sOMEThING also gets brightly colored plastic sunglasses that they are required to wear while playing, but I’m sure Christoper just brought his own.

And here is Christopher’s special performance freestyle at the 2012 Malaysian YoYo Championship, in case you forgot how awesome he is.

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Video Tagged With: ANGLAM Ver.CC, Christopher Chia, sOMEThING, video

Ahmad Kharisma x Ray Tambunan

December 28, 2012 By Steve Brown

Ahmad Kharisma is an up-and-coming young player from Indonesia, sponsored by YoYoRecreation, and Ray Tambunan is a member of Indonesia’s SpinMe YoYo Club. Together they do not come together and form a giant robot, but they do make for a pretty good battle video.

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: Ahmad Kharisma, indonesia, Ray Tambunan, spin me yoyo club, video, yoyorecreation

Team C3YoYoDesign China – C3 Chapter

December 28, 2012 By Steve Brown

C3 YoYo Design just dropped this great video featuring Chan Xuan, Ma Yi and William Nga from their Chinese team. Yoyos used are the Berserker and Master Galaxy. What’s it going to take to get more of these Chinese players to the US and Europe for contests?

Filed Under: Players, Video Tagged With: berserker, c3 yoyo design, china, master galaxy, video

Fixed Friday: Stop-N-Go Eli Hops and Stalls

December 28, 2012 By Ed Haponik

Hi, Kids! If you haven’t heard, I’m working with [The] Drew Tetz to bring some added Fixed Friday action to Yoyonews.com. Drew has been a friend and source of inspiration for years, and I’m stoked to be able to continue pushing and sharing alongside him.

For today’s segment, I wanted to share a move that’s near-and-dear to my heart – the “Stop N’ Go Eli Hop”. For those even remotely experienced with yo-yoing, the trick sounds like the most self-explanatory thing ever. However, it’s deceptively sketchy to get consistent, and even more so to incorporate into the context of a longer trick.

I first remember seeing this trick at IYYO in New York. It was late Saturday night, and a throng of yo-yo players had descended upon Washington Square Park. Paul Han was skating, other folks were chatting, and Justin Weber and Adam Brewster were sharing trick elements. Adam had been throwing one of my No Jives all weekend, and Justin had sequestered it to do some of the silly-hard responsive tricks that only he can do. The conversation shifted to Stop-N-Go, and specifically how there wasn’t much you could do once you stopped (other than, of course, GO). Justin said something like “Well, I guess you could just Eli Hop out of it.” He did it, spontaneously and beautifully, landing it before the yo-yo ran out of spin. I was dumbstruck.

It really is a great move, partly because it’s so explosive. Audiences of all sorts and sizes love Stop-N-Go, because you can really milk that John Cage-esque moment of silence before SLAMMING the yo-yo back into motion. With the Eli, it’s even better, because the yo-yo is sucked up on the Stop, and then blasted FURTHER up on the Go.

In the first trick, which is the basic foundation, the key point is keeping the yo-yo straight when you pull apart. In regular Stop-N-Go (which works from either an under-mount or Trapeze), the free hand doesn’t have to do much. It kind of just holds the yo-yo aloft while the throwhand plunges down, restarting it. With the Eli, the free hand determines the direction the yo-yo will take AND whether the yo-yo will come out straight or slanted. You’ve got to keep your hands in line or the trick will just laugh at you. With a responsive yo-yo, you also have to keep the slack string out of the gap. Otherwise the Eli will go out and then come right back to your hand, robbing you of your hard-earned trapeze. With some control, this becomes a pretty crazy regen-repeater.

By ‘08, I had been working on Eli Hopping into stalls for a while, and applying the Stop-N-Go version seemed a natural, but there’s a pretty hefty catch. As you know from Drew’s last entry, spin direction is an essential consideration in working out stall tricks. You really have to be aware of positive or negative spin before you try to stall something out, or the stall won’t work consistently. Since the spin direction is reversed during the Stop-N-Go (which is, itself, a regeneration), whatever stall you land in has to be reversed (i.e. Man-and-His-Brother, as opposed to Trapeze).

Thus, in the second trick, you have two solid options shown (there are obviously more). In the first Eli, I grab a segment with the throw-hand and landing in a Man-Bro Stall. You can regenerate that back to a standard trapeze and (if you’ve got enough spin) get it to Stop again. On the 2nd Eli, I’m flipping the free hand over to land in between the thumb and middle finger in a Reverse Chop-Stall. This is another cool (but challenging) option which works since the yo-yo is spinning opposite its normal breakaway direction. Experiment with some other reverse-stalls out of that Eli. The options are limitless, and popping straight out of Stop-N-Go can add a neat feeling of continuity and staccato flow to your freestyle sessions.

Filed Under: Fixed Friday, Trick Theory, Video Tagged With: drew tetz, duncan toys, ed haponik, featured, fixed axle, fixed friday, kinopah, spyy, trick theory, wood

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