Daily Kendama

22 May 2020 - tom

Kendama tricks

There are different categories or classes of tricks if you will. It depends on your grip, which part of the Kendama you hold, and what movemnts you perform.

The wonderful aspect of these different classes means the toy offers a variaty of perspectives, and enables you to switch from one to another when things get stale.

I will brain dump some categories and some beginner to intermediate moves in each area that I have found.

Trick Classes

KEN TRICKS

the standard in my eyes

Sara grip (pencil grip), and standard grip

Big, Small, Bottom, and Penguin catch**

** tricky one, kinda fun to learn.

Ken Flips

regular inward

Earth Turn

back forward, sideways* UFO

*dont see this very often, kinda wonky

Spike

pull up swing down

Juggle

single to spike multiple

DAMA TRICKS

lighthouse

standard one turn ghost (so sick)

airplane

standard one turn x turn

from spike

j turn trade spike

IDEA

Kendama training game/app

Could have assignment type things. You take courses let’s say.. curriculm builds on eachother. You have swimlanes in each of these classes of tricks. You could actually personalize your skill level at the begining. Total beginer starts with basic tricks. They get a page with pictures and an embeded youtube video. They can record from the page/app (optional) :o

Once you complete an asignment, you get… points? gold? (could it be actual gold?)

bit of a quick digression about actual gold:

• if someone submits a video, they could earn actual gold… idea is shot because people who are already good would game the system… unless you could get people to apply to the application saying when they got the toy :D

so they just get points in the end. Could also lead to successful streaks, emojis on their home page.

Anyway back to the mechanics of the app.

You could have different options when asking the app to give you a trick

• Edge
• Comfortzone
• Random
• Specific Class:
  • Ken
  • Tama
  • Flip
  • Juggle
  • String
  • etc…

The JAM

Once you select one of those options you enter a “Jam” The jam shows you a trick, with the video and some fun tips. Maybe cycling nice quotes that relate to persistance and how you pick up things with time, inspirational (haha)

Different styles of proceding from trick to trick

Stitch a Line (optimised once you use the app a bit and it learns your skills) Suggest strings of moves that you know. Moves that combo together nicely. Potentially find the the video as well. Or string diagrams together.

Down in difficulty trick feels bananas hard, drop me down the a more foundational trick if possible (data structure of difficulty and class somehow connected is important)

Up in difficulty I am lacing this bad boy, take me up a notch. (e.g. airplane -> one turn airplane)

Shake it up Getting tired of something, take me to a new class.

Take the reins Specialized to keep you jamming hard. Sometimes shaking it up, sometimes throwing you a line you love, sometimes geting you something new or been strugling on

Work to be done

• search for list of kendama tricks in this tiered classed list
• search for icons/drawings of kendama tricks as seen on Kendama USA pamflet
• Find list of combos in skill order
• figure out strucure of trick classes better
• Research how to store tasks in difficulty order if they coorespond/build on eachother.
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