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Takeshi Kamisato Joins 44RPM

February 29, 2016 By Steve Brown

Takeshi Kamisato 44RPM

44RPM, the start-up toy company from Drew Tetz and Hank Freeman, just announced their first sponsored player: scene legend Takeshi Kamisato! With Takeshi’s history as a yoyo trick innovator and filmmaker, and his recent (and pretty awe-inspiring) jump into the world of absurdly hard kendama tricks, he’s a perfect fit for 44RPM.

In addition to their line of flatpack yoyos, kendamas, and spin top, 44RPM recently released a budget metal yoyo called the Rhythm, and have started showing photos of it’s companion yoyo, the Blues. The Rhythm, designed by National YoYo Master Rafael Matsunaga with art by Rodrigo Yokota is in stores now. There is no release date set for the Blues.

Congratulations, Takeshi and 44RPM!

Filed Under: Manufacturer, Players, Video Tagged With: 44rpm, blues, drew tetz, flatpack toys, hank freeman, kendama, rhythm, spin top, takeshi kamisato, yoyo

Takashi Hinata – sanDWIch

January 20, 2016 By Steve Brown

We haven’t posted up much kendama stuff lately because, well, it’s been a little on the stale side and I quit paying attention. But then this video popped up! Featuring some really interesting new tricks from Takashi Hinata, this little gem will totally make you want to rummage through your bag and find that kendama you forgot about.

Filed Under: Kendama, Video Tagged With: deal with it, kendama, kendama tricks, kendama video, takashi hinata

Dave Mateo – Singapore

August 4, 2015 By Steve Brown

Dave Mateo is easily one of the most gifted and effortlessly brilliant kendama players and performers in the world. Watching him hang out in Singapore during the 2015 Asia Pacific YoYo Championships is basically like being handed a gift. So, enjoy your gift.

Kendamas used are by Kendama USA.

Filed Under: Kendama, Video Tagged With: asia pacific yoyo championship, dave mateo, kendama, kendama usa

44RPM – The Penny Video

June 16, 2015 By Steve Brown

44RPM has come out of the gate as easily one of the strangest and most creative new companies in the yoyo/skill toy market. The brainchild of Drew Tetz and Hank Freeman, all of their products are laser cut from a single flat piece of wood and you assemble them yourself. And they really work. It’s kinda nuts, really.

Their latest kendama release, the Penny, is a flatpack kendama that uses pennies to add extra weight, and the difference in play from their standard model kendama as the result of adding 7¢ is crazy!

Check out this video from Takeshi Kamisato, showing off what the 44RPM Penny can do in the hands of a bunch of kendama players.

Filed Under: Kendama, Skill Toys, Video Tagged With: 44rpm, drew tetz, flatpack, hank freeman, kendama, penny, takeshi kamisato

Deal With It Kendama – Hinata Takashi

May 14, 2015 By Steve Brown

Deal With It dropped a new video for kendama player Hinata Takashi, and his skill is just stupefying. The first few tricks alone had me throwing kendamas all over my living room and swearing loudly. It’s just insane what this guy can do!

Filed Under: Kendama, Video Tagged With: deal with it, hinata takashi, kendama, kendama tricks, kendama video

Grain Theory Prospect Mods

March 17, 2015 By Steve Brown

Grain Theory kendamas finally destroyed the universe and made what is possibly the best kendama video ever. It’s got killer tricks, art by Paul Escolar, bears, Japanese astronauts, and cosmic brainsplosions.

Ladies and gentleman, the winners of all time: Grain Theory!

Filed Under: Kendama, Video Tagged With: grain theory, kendama, paul escolar, video

Dave Mateo – Spike Hard, Catch Low x Gloken – Edit 3

February 5, 2015 By Steve Brown

Once again, Dave Mateo proves that he’s quite possibly the most awesome kendama player who has ever lived.

Damn, dude.

Filed Under: Kendama, Video Tagged With: dave mateo, gloken, kendama, video

Kendama USA – Japan 2014

January 20, 2015 By Steve Brown

Kendama USA has a pretty amazing roster of players, and every video they drop is better than the last…amazing tricks, beautiful locations, and top-notch filming and editing. Enjoy a peek at the absolute pinnacle of modern kendama play!

Japan this year was a unique experience. We were deeper into the country than we had ever been before. The entire team was together for the very first time. With obligations like the Kendama World Cup, it wasn’t easy to find time to just play and lace some tricks. We worked in some stompage for the sake of having memories of this classic era of the team. We are stoked to see it evolve.

Featuring Keith Matsumura, Haley Bishoff, Jake Wiens, Matt Ballard, Dave Mateo, Zack Yourd, Colin Sander, Alex Smith, TJ Kolesnik, and Turner Thorne.

Filed Under: Kendama, Video Tagged With: kendama, kendama tricks, kendama usa, kendama video

44RPM Toys Launches Flatpack YoYo & Kendama

December 8, 2014 By Steve Brown

44RPM Flatpack YoYo - The Moon

44RPM Toys, the brainchild of 2014 Trick Innovator of the Year Drew Tetz and World Champion Hank Freeman, is finally launching!

Their first two releases, a flatpack yoyo called “The Moon” and an amazing flatpack kendama, will be available Tuesday, December 9th at 8:30 PM EST, at 44RPMToys.com. The kendama retails for $25, and the yoyo retails for only $7. Flatpack toys are a pretty amazing concept…the pieces are laser cut out of a single piece of wood, and shipped flat. Then you pop them out and assemble them, like a 3D puzzle that ends up being a functional skill toy. Crazy!

44RPM Flatpack Kendama

Be sure to follow 44RPM on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for updates.

Filed Under: Kendama, Manufacturer Tagged With: 44rpm, diy, featured, flatpack, kendama, kit, skill toy, video, wood, yoyo

Kendama USA – San Diego Cliff Session

November 14, 2014 By Steve Brown

Kendama USA dropped a crazy good new edit, packed with a ton of tricks that make you jump up and yell OOOOOOHHHHHH! Featuring TJ Kolesnik, Dave Mateo, Jake Wiens, Harald Boyesen, and David Mock.

 

Filed Under: Kendama, Video Tagged With: dave mateo, David Mock, edit, Harald Boyesen, jake wiens, kendama, kendama usa, tj kolesnik, video

Charles Haycock – Herding Cats

October 23, 2014 By Steve Brown

CLYW team manager Charles Haycock finally released his kendama video…it was worth the wait.

That trick at 1:23….holy crap!

CLYW also released new kendamas today. Good timing.

And if you want to dissect the tricks a little…here’s a slo-mo edit so you can see every. little. thing.

Filed Under: Kendama, Manufacturer, Video Tagged With: charles haycock, clyw, kendama, video

LearnKendama.com Kickstarter Project

October 17, 2014 By Steve Brown

The folks from YoYoTricks.com are launching a new website, and they’re looking for your help!

They’ve got a Kickstarter project online right now to fund their new site, LearnKedama.com, and they’ve got some great rewards including new kendamas from Catchy. Check out the details below, and then head over to Kickstarter.com to support the project.

For the last 5 years we have been running YoYoTricks.com and filming tutorial videos to teach people how to yoyo. We even launched our own yoyo, the Civility, through Kickstarter, which has helped us take our tutorials to new heights. It has been our pleasure to hear story after story of kids and adults finding our site and mastering tricks they never thought possible. We have been amazed and humbled at how meaningful our site has become to our users. We often receive emails from customers who share with us how the yoyo has helped them gain personal confidence, stem the tide of boredom, and even how parents are connecting with their kids as the whole family learns to yoyo together. While this certainly reaches far beyond any goals we had for the site when it launched, it has made the work more gratifying than we ever thought possible. Our hope is that through LearnKendama.com our users will experience the same joy and camaraderie others have through YoYoTricks.com.

Our Goals

Our long term aim with LearnKendama.com is to build the most thorough and engaging place to learn kendama on the planet. In the short term, through this campaign our goal is to get kendamas into the hands of interested people, and have enough tutorials released on LearnKendama.com by Christmas to familiarize those players with the fundamentals. The funds we raise through this campaign will not only help us launch LearnKendama.com by Christmas, but will supply us with our initial stock of products so that we can continue to run this business and make tutorials for the foreseeable future.

 

Filed Under: General News, Kendama Tagged With: kendama, kickstarter, learnkendama.com, video

Gloken Mugen Musou Sessions – Kendama World Cup 2014

October 16, 2014 By Steve Brown

Gloken presents the ‘Mugen Musou Sessions’ from the Kendama World Cup 2014 trip. Some of your favorite kendama players performing on some of the finest kendamas; Kazuma Iwata’s Mugen Musou.

Kendama play by:

Christian Fraser
Chris Do
Connor Miller
Thibaut Arcos
Bonz Atron
Nui Wong
Colin Sander
Max Norcross
Keith Matsumura
Rodney Ansel
Haley Bischoff
Yukka Hyuga
Jake Wiens
Tamotsu Kubota

(Film & edit by Colin Sander)

Filed Under: Kendama, Video Tagged With: kendama, kendama world cup, mugen musou, video

Jake Wiens in Tokyo

September 16, 2014 By Steve Brown

Jake Wiens shook off the jet lag during a recent trip to Tokyo, Japan to get in some filming. He’s pretty good at kendama, that guy.

Filed Under: Kendama, Video Tagged With: jake wiens, japan, kendama, kendama usa, tokyo, video

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