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Singapore National Kendama Championship (SNKC) 2015, 20-21 June

Started by azleonhart, 17 June, 2015, 13:05:20

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azleonhart

Hello folks,

If you're in Singapore this coming weekend, please do check out their very first National Championship!
Also featuring appearances from Krom Pros Thorkild May and Philip Eldridge!




(I'll do my best to update the event, below)
What the trick?

azleonhart

The competition consists of a qualifying/preliminary round, and contestants are required to complete as many tricks on the list below (in order), in 2 minutes to determine their difficulty level for the next round.

Qualifier tricks:
1. Candle
2. Pull up spike
3. Airplane
4. Swing in spike
5. Around Japan
6. Around the World
7. Lighthouse, in
8. Moshi x10, spike
9. Slip in spike
10. Swing in spike, earth
11. Reverse swing in
12. Bird, in
13. Hanging pull-up spike
14. Airplane, J-Stick
15. 1-turn airplane
16. 1-turn Lighthouse, in
17. Airplane, UFO
18. Lunar in
19. Stilt in
20. Bird Over the Valley

From what was informed to me from the organisers, if you could only manage tricks 1-6, you'll be sorted to the Beginner category, 7-14 gets you into Intermediate, 15-20 gets you to Advanced.

Beginner ladder (finals):
1. Pull-up spike
2. Big cup spike
3. Small cup spike
4. Base cup spike
5. Candlestick
6. Airplane
7. Around the world
8. Lighthouse, in
9. Swing-in spike, earth
10. Around USA

Intermediate ladder:
1. 1-turn lighthouse, in
2. Around Europe
3. Swing-in spike, earth, whirlwind
4. Airplane, lighthouse, in
5. Bird, earth turn in
6. Lunar, in
7. Airplane, UFO
8. Big cup, kenflip big cup, spike
9. Small cup spike, earth
10. Reverse swing in spike, reverse earth
11. Downspike, trade lighthouse, in
12. Swing in spike (non-dominant hand)
13. Swing in penguin basecup, spike
14. Around the world
15. Pull-up spike
16. Big cup, switch grip base cup, downspike
17. Hanging pull-up spike
18. Stilt, in
19. Candlestick, big cup, in
20. Around Japan (non-dominant hand)

Advanced Ladder:
1. Spacewalk in, J-stick (2)
2. Downspike, down earth (2)
3. Big cup, turntable spike (2)
4. Gunslinger spike, gunslinger whirlwind (3)
5. Around Denmark (3)
6. Stilt, flip in (3)
7. Pull up lighthouse, LH flip, tradespike (3)
8. Airplane, J-stick, dub j-stick (3)
9. Lunar flip in, j-stick (3)
10. 1-turn airplane, UFO (3)
11. Bat, falling in (3)
12. Bird over the valley, trade 1-turn LH, tradespike (5)
13. 1-turn LH, inward stuntplane (4)
14. Inward 1-turn stuntplane, flip to LH, stuntplane (6)

(Tricks below are added after the end of Day 1)
15. Big cup kenflip, fasthand to LH, tradespike (7)
16. 2-turn LH, LH flip insta trade downspike (8)
17. 1-turn lunar, lunar flip, in (7)
18. Big cup LH, tradespike, inward whirlwind (7)
19. Big cup kenflip, penguin base cup, switch grip downspike (9)
20. Base cup (sara grip), kenflip downspike (5)
21. Swing-in spike, whirlwind (7)
22. Stuntplane, flip to LH, LH flip, stuntplane (10)
23. Juggle LH, moon landing, in (9)
24. Around bird (10)

Not too sure what the numbers mean, but i think they're a bit like the KWC format, using points.
What the trick?

The Void

That's neat idea for categorising players. I wonder if anyone would deliberately miss #15, for example. ^_^
Well, I guess prizes are better for higher divisions, so probably not.
If you don't want to BUY MY BOOKS 😉, then why not ask your local library to order them in, and read them for free? That would help too. Cheers!

azleonhart

@The Void , i had this discussion with the organisers.
For example, if someone with a very high level of proficiency gets stuck at say #7, and then zips past till 13 (and 2 mins ends), he would still be considered an Intermediate. Which may or may not be good for both the contestant and the organisers.
What the trick?

The Void

If you don't want to BUY MY BOOKS 😉, then why not ask your local library to order them in, and read them for free? That would help too. Cheers!

azleonhart

Day One (pseudo-live) update:

1:00PM - Performances by Thorkild and Philip
2:00PM - Preliminiaries
3:00PM - Prelims over, contestants sorted to their skill level
3:30PM - Beginner Ladder
4:00PM - Intermediate Ladder
5:00PM - Advanced Ladder.

Day One is a wrap. Results coming out soon.
What the trick?

shalafi

are there any other pseudo-live update channels, like twitter or instagram?
Spanish Kendama Champion 2010, 2012, 2014-16
Depth Perception is Overrated.

azleonhart

What the trick?

shalafi

Spanish Kendama Champion 2010, 2012, 2014-16
Depth Perception is Overrated.

azleonhart

Day 2 Schedule (all times are GMT+8):

2:00 - 2:30PM: Registration
2:45 - 3:00PM: Krom performance
3:00 - 3:15PM: Beginner finals
3:30 - 4:15PM: Intermediate finals
4:15 - 5:00PM: Advanced finals
5:30 - 5:45PM: Mini-games
6:00PM: Prize-giving ceremony
What the trick?

LarsVegas

Quote from: The Void on 17 June, 2015, 13:17:55
That's neat idea for categorising players. I wonder if anyone would deliberately miss #15, for example. ^_^
Well, I guess prizes are better for higher divisions, so probably not.

Exactly my thought. And I would have missed it. After comparing the ladders I would not stand any chance in advanced. It's not about not winning, it's about not mastering any of the advanced tricks. Even in advanced there are some tricks I can't do. So even if it might look like cheating it would actually be right and fair.
EKO 2012 - European Beginner Champion