Irish Kendama Open 2016 - April 9th - Dublin

[shalafi]

The gears have started moving. I am to get a confirmation of the venue, but it is very likely to happen in the same place as past year, as part of the Dublin Circus Festival.

All the info: http://kendama-ireland.org/irish-kendama-open-2016/

Date: 9th April 2016. (Dublin Circus Festival is 8th-10th in case you want to attend the whole convention)

Beginners Division

Trick Ladder, 3 attempts per trick.

* Big Cup
* Candle
* Moshi Kame (3 catches). (No rimshots allowed. Start from hanging.)
* Orbit (Orbit must be around the ball, in any direction)
* Spike (No spin on ball)
* Flying Top (Ball must completely leave the spike)
* Tap-back
* Aeroplane
* Around Japan
* Lighthouse (Hold still for 3 seconds)
* Falling Down (continued from lighthouse, only one try)

Advanced Division

Knockout. Only 12 tricks this year, early rounds (if any) tricks 1-8 and played to the first of 2 points, final tricks 4-12 and played to the first of 3 points.

Early Rounds
* Around the World
* Secret grip spike -> Flying top pivot
* [Weak Hand] Spike
* Fork catch -> Spike
* Swing to small bird
* Aeroplane -> Swap spike
* [One-Eye] Monkey Chair
* Spacewalk

Final

* Rotary Spike
* Hanging 1-turn aeroplane
* Stab -> Earth Stab
* Reverse Lighthouse -> reverse falling down



All the info: http://kendama-ireland.org/irish-kendama-open-2016/

I plan to update this post this week with more relevant information.

Who's coming? @kendamatty @KenDogma @The Void @donald grant @Dimensions

[The Void]

*pssst* typo in page title...

Oh, so the date changed from when you thought it was going to be? Well, I checked flights again, just on the offchance, and it turns out that...

See you there! Hats off for organising this again.

[The Void]

Just checked, and there are also cheap day return flights from Edinburgh, Glasgow, & Leeds. I wonder if that interests anyone....

[donald grant]

Will see if I can make it, was a shame to miss it last year!

[shalafi]

Yes, the dates of the circus festival have changed. They were announced a week ago.

Great to have you there. I bet this year trick list is easier... We'll see.

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[shalafi]

Bump! Video for the advanced division tricks.

Also: Royal Kendama is our first sponsor! Thanks @Royal kendama! #SponsorsRock

[The Void]

Thanks for the vid. Today I decided which of my Royals to start wearing in, and did my first run through the list. 3 of them provided me with various degrees of annoyance.

Minor name quibbles/pedantry:
There's no "Aeroplane" in "Aeroplane > Swap Spike", so I'd call it "1-Turn Swap Spike".
Strictly speaking, it's "Reverse *1-Turn* Lighthouse", and "Reverse Falling Down" is a.k.a. "Falling (Away)".
But you've done the video now, so it's too late.

Anyway... practice! Hope I'm going to have an opponent...

[shalafi]

Thanks for the clarifications on naming :-) yes it's a bit too late, but I think they are easy to understand.

Also, think about not giving tricks 1-4 too much practice, since they are only for early rounds, if any. ;-)

Worse case I'll play against you.

[shalafi]

For the annoyances, my bets are the one eye monkey chair and the fork catch spike. The last one could be a few, but less annoying than the rest.

[shalafi]

Location confirmed. Scheduled confirmed.

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[The Void]

Good!

Questions re…
* Fork catch -> Spike
…: Does it matter which fingers the ken is caught between?
Also, the sara-do seems to want to twist whenever I catch it. Does that matter, if it's forward-back, instead of side-to-side?

PS Nice hoodie!

[shalafi]

Good!

Questions re…
* Fork catch -> Spike
…: Does it matter which fingers the ken is caught between?
Also, the sara-do seems to want to twist whenever I catch it. Does that matter, if it's forward-back, instead of side-to-side?

PS Nice hoodie!

For the fork catch, the sara-do needs to be perpendicular to your fingers. I personally find catching between middle and ring the easiest, also for the continuation, but that's not mandatory.

You can trap the sara-do in any of the 2 sides, but I find myself it to be easier if the string hole is facing away from me.

Yes, it is a very nice and very exclusive hoodie

[The Void]

Okay, thanks for the clarification. More practice....

[SamB]

I'll still be stuck in France so I can't make it ((((((

[shalafi]

I'll still be stuck in France so I can't make it ((((((

Pity, it would have been great to have you over here.