Sweets Kendama introduces us to three teens who dominated the Kendama World Cup
Picture from KARE 11 web site
Lukas Funk and George Marshall, both from Minneapolis Southwest High School placed 2nd and 4th, and Brandon Meyer from Champlin placed 27th. The three of them, along with Matt Jorgenson from Sweets Kendama, stopped by KARE 11 Saturday.
Sweets Kendamas is located in Bloomington at 9743 Humboldt Ave S. You can find the big, green "SWEETS" sign on the corner of the building.
Stay tuned for the 2015 Minnesota Kendama Open to be held at the Mall of America Rotunda on November 15.
This is North America's largest Kendama Competition, gathering players from across America and around the world.
-- http://www.kare11.com/story/entertainment/events/2015/08/01/mn-teens-dominate-at-kendama-world-cup/30980827/
Kendama (けん玉 ?, also written as 剣玉 and 拳玉) is a traditional Japanese toy. The ken has three cups and a spike which fits into the hole in the ball. Basic kendama tricks consist of catching the ball in the cups and on the spike. More advanced tricks such as the airplane require you to hold the ball and land the spike in the hole on the ball.
Kendama bears similarities to the classic cup-and-ball game, and the Hispanic world toy known as boliche or balero. The principle of these toys are the same: catching one object with another, where both are joined by a string. However the modern kendama style takes influences from a diverse range of skills including yo-yo, diabolo, juggling and dance. -- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thank to KARE 11 for picures and stories and Wikipedia from additional details
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