I saw the thing a little and went to the conclusion that it's some kind of modern bilboquet. But what's the idea behind it? How do you determine a winner?
Similar, yes. And a winner is determined as follows: one person sets the "trick", and the others have three chances to copy it. If they fail, they receive a letter. (much like 'horse'). The person who sets the trick then rotates, and this continues until you're down to two people left, at which point you have to do it twice I believe (I'm sure dorkvader or Lingj can explain better).
There may be other competitive things too. I just started doing this two days ago, so I'm far from the expert. I'm just all aboard the hype train.
Can't believe I just now found this topic!
Just to be clear: that's just the "street kendama" rules, my room-mates and I made up for our first competition (over the last remaining pancake, which after 45 minutes of furious Kendama-ing, was rather cold. It tasted like victory.)
I rock an extremely heavily used ozora kendama in natural woodgrain. I'm currently saving up for another one though.
does the paint/ finish get worn out over time?
Depending on the quality of the kendama, it depends. Some of the paint has been wearing off where the hole of the tama is but other than that, just marks and indentations from my fail attempts.
It also depends on your technique. Mine is all beat up partially because my roommates and I weren't catching it softly enough.
Where is dorkvader aka kendama king aaka #1 during all this development??!
You gotta PM me! I can't read all of GH. sadly, I suspect hoffmanmyster and lingj have already surpassed me
how is the ozora compared to the tribute or classic? I'm not even gonna consider KROM until I feel like I know what I'm doing. I want the Ozora Horse haha
I believe dorkvader has an Ozora which was his natural color one. I think his string was super long but it felt just as light as the Krom.
Yep, ozora woodgrain. The string is competition length, as the kendama is JKA certified.
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Looking so fresh! We should all take pictures of our kendamas after they're worn in/battered up.
Need to photograph mine