Collected press articles

[BKA]

http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2013/jul/16/rufus-woods-matthew-ballard-turns-his-gift-at-kendama-into-a-job/

[BKA]

Google translated Japanese article about foreign interest is helping to make kendama cool in Japan.
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&tl=en&prev=_dd&u=http%3A%2F%2Fzasshi.news.yahoo.co.jp%2Farticle%3Fa%3D20131110-00000005-tkwalk-ent%26fb_comment_id%3Dfbc_764465626912892_8074291_765289870163801

[BKA]

[user]joris.schweppe[/user] in his local paper.
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=nl&tl=en&u=http%3A//www.destentor.nl/regio/zwolle/zwollenaar-s-lands-kendamakoning-1.4505688%23.U_3TyY4AWVA

[The Void]

[user]K.Cima[/user] in a Japanese newspaper:


Was this when you met the mayor, Cima?

[BKA]

Google translation of another article featuring Cima:
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tokyo-np.co.jp%2Farticle%2Fchiba%2F20141213%2FCK2014121302000137.html (original at http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/chiba/20141213/CK2014121302000137.html )

[shalafi]

Quite a terrible translation, but it's very nice to see Shimadera-san appearing in the newspapers so often :-)

[The Void]

He's really getting around.

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[LarsVegas]

Joanna Wai posted this on facebook:
http://www.ardmediathek.de/tv/ARD-Buffet/Sendung-vom-13-1-2015/Das-Erste/Video?documentId=25819300&bcastId=428628
The interesting part starts at 12:50. It's in German and they basically tell you that Kendama is a good sport for getting old (is that the JKA headquarters?) and a good exercise for Judo. It's for the masses but it's nicely made.