World Open Kendama Festa 2016

[The Void]

Mr Yano has announced the dates/location for this year's WKO. Osaka, 16/17th July.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1090403661003826

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[LarsVegas]

I would so love to go ...

[The Void]

Me too, Lars. Need to earn some ££££!

[fiddletriks]

Need to win bko haha what actually happens there? Never heard of it


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[The Void]

Here's my 2012 write-up: (continues later in the thread)
http://kendama.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,429.msg3965.html#msg3965
Or here are some vids from last year's event:
http://kendama.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,2564.0.html

[BKA]

The tricklist is out! But only in Japanese, and no video yet. We'll try to work on the translation soon.

[Dimensions]

If anyone's interested, I stuck it in to google translate, and here's what I can decipher

2) Whirlpool Candle
3) Juggle to Spike
4) hanging 1-turn lighthouse insta somersault (?)
helicopter
9) whirlwind
10) Lunar > swap in
11) super flamingo aeroplane

and that's all I can work out. I guess I'll wait for the video then

[BKA]

Working assumptions:

①逆天地二段　
Gyaku tenchinidan
Scoop Spike~Lighthouse~Scoop Spike ("Reverse Heaven And Earth")
②うずしおろうそく　
Uzushio rōsoku
Whirlpool Candle
③ジャグリング～とめけん
Jaguringu ~ tomeken
Juggle to Spike
④つるし一回転灯台（インスタ）とんぼ返り　
Tsurushi ikkaiten toudai (Insuta) tonbogaeri
Hanging 1-Turn Lighthouse ~ Insta Somersault
⑤二回転飛行機　
Nikaiten hikōki
2-Turn Aeroplane
⑥扇風機ふりけん　　
Senpūki furiken
Spacewalk Handroll Spike (? Assuming it is this trick: http://www19.atwiki.jp/shakemid/pages/32.html )　
⑦中皿金魚すくい～秘龍のぼりけん　
Chūzara kingyosukui ~ hi ryū nobori ken
Base Cup Scooping Goldfish ~ Curl ~ Spike
⑧ヘリコプター　
Herikoputā
Helicopter
⑨ふりけん～一回転けんフリップ地球まわし
Furiken ~ ikkaiten ken furippu chikyū mawashi
Swing In ~ Whirlwind Earth Turn
(But if I have understood the trick correctly, I think it should be ふりけん～つむじ風地球まわし ?)
⑩月面着陸～（スワップ）けん
Getsumen chakuriku ~(suwappu) ken
Moon Landing ~ Swap Spike
(Or "Lunar ~ Swap Spike")
⑪スーパーフラミンゴ宇宙遊泳　
Sūpāfuramingo uchū yūei
Super Flamingo Spacewalk
⑫飛行機～タップ裏はねけん
Hikōki ~ tappu ura haneken
Aeroplane ~ Tapback Reverse Jumping Stick

[BKA]

If anyone's interested, I stuck it in to google translate, and here's what I can decipher

2) Whirlpool Candle
3) Juggle to Spike
4) hanging 1-turn lighthouse insta somersault (?)
helicopter
9) whirlwind
10) Lunar > swap in
11) super flamingo aeroplane

and that's all I can work out. I guess I'll wait for the video then

1000th post. Welcome to Universal Ken Warriorship!

[shalafi]

Lunar swap is cool. It's a surprisingly uncommon trick.

[Dimensions]

Does anyone have even the smallest idea how to scoop up base cup in Ken Grip?
Help!!!!

Oh, and does the whirlpool candle a fast hand or is it more trapeze-acrobats style?

[The Void]

Does anyone have even the smallest idea how to scoop up base cup in Ken Grip?
Help!!!!

I *think* the "with a pirouette" version is acceptable, but I'm not sure.

Oh, and does the whirlpool candle a fast hand or is it more trapeze-acrobats style?

Pretty certain that has to be Fast Hand version.

[The Void]

Found this playlist of the first 8 tricks...

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOgfX7HObhfC3aB532e622ObAIw5-RgfM

(Not sure what the embed will do to that...)

Notes on it:
#3: Sweets catches with his fingers in the cups. Pretty sure that's a JKA no-no.
#4: This is an older video, missing the "insta" part of the somersault
#8: This video does not include the Body Catch first. That is required.

[The Void]

Scratch that, @Dimensions , I found this video:


It shows the variations of each trick that are allowed.
I *think* it may also be showing the variations that are *not* allowed. @Craftybuddy can you confirm this please?

Edit: some text updates on http://kendama-festa.net/category/guidelineengrish/

[Dimensions]

Thanks for all that, clarified a lot