"...I maintain that the only moral to the scope of this century is the moral of the cup and ball. " - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, "Confessions" (1770) Le Bilboquet from Lone Coin on Vimeo. The other day I stumbled across an article...
1.) Wiz Khalifa - Studio sesh + spike Even Wiz Khalifa, a world touring rap superstar hailing from Pittsburgh, couldn't escape the kendama craze. In the original clip posted years ago you can see Wiz getting super stoked about getting...
The results are in! We had so many entries submitted for our Homegrown x Arbor Day Foundation Photo Contest! Kendama players really do love trees. Some great photos and even more fascinating stories were shared. It took some effort to...
Today we're giving a special shoutout to Reed Stark: BMX Pro + Kendama Player + Minnesota Local Reed has been on the come up (literally, the biggest BMX blog is called THE COME UP) in the BMX world and thankfully...
A couple months back we posted a blog titled 12 EDITS FROM 2011 EVERY KENDAMA PLAYER SHOULD WATCH and it got a lot of good feedback. 2011 was an important year for a lot of us around Sweets Kendamas. Sweets...
I'll never forget seeing Cam play kendama for the first time. We were at the 2014 Battle in Seattle and I saw a crowd of people watching this dude lacing. He was landing tricks I had only seen in videos...
Sweets Kendamas Focus Team member Alex Hirota does a lot for Kendama in his local community and he's getting the recognition he deserves in the local news. Alex has very quickly made himself known within the Kendama community. We took notice...
Did you know that Sweets Kendamas has a partnership with the Arbor Day Foundation that plants one tree for every Homegrown Kendama sold? Pretty cool huh? We started our partnership with them in October of last year and we've already...
We threw our first trick shot competition and had tons of awesome entries! The kendama community is so creative, you guys never disappoint! We chose a few of our favorites to be featured in the final edit! Thanks to everybody...
We developed Cushion Clear to play like a “broken in” Kendama right out of the box. The grippy, matte finish softens impact and increases control on balance tricks. Best of all – Cushion Clear keeps its superior playability throughout its...
Focus Team Member, Alex Hirota, busts out three tricks with two odd Kendama setups. Kendamas Used: Mini x Grapevine Micro x Grapevine Song: Pretty Sister - Drive
Time Well Spent: A Kendama Stop Motion Video Created by George Marshall Stop Motion animations are captured one frame at a time. Each frame of this video is an individual photograph. Over 10 hours went into the making of this...
Pro Team member Christian Fraser and Focus Team member Alex Hirota spent the weekend before Battle at the Border 2016 grinding out some technical tricks while trekking through the landscape of Atlanta. Check out the tricks they laced! Song: Nujabes...
If you are like me you always have an extra kendama to give someone when the time is right. If I met any of these dudes in person I would definitely be handing over a kendama then and there. These...
Luke Ford is back with his second installment in the Three Trick Thursday series. Fellow HG team member Ocean Mamalias edited this together for Luke. Enjoy! Song: dojo - HOURGLASS
Nadira Dol is the newest member of the Sweets Kendamas family! We are super excited to have Nadira on the team. She is a young slayer who shows a lot of skill and lives in the Kendama hotbed of Singapore....
Winter edit from the SWKT boys! Southwest (SW references Southwest High School in Minneapolis) Kendama Team consists of Sweets sponsored players Lukas Funk, George Marshall, Isaac Fine and Finn Loftesnes plus a couple of other friends. The SWKT crew is...