Welcome to the homepage of the British Kendama Association: the ultimate resource for all kendama-related information. You'll find the all latest kendama news below, and a wealth of other info on the pages linked above. If you're completely new to kendama, and don't know what it's all about, watch this. |
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-------> UK Northern Regional Championships <------- .-------> British Kendama Open 2012 <------- .Cheaper ticket for BKO! .Good news, clickers! For those of you who will only be attending the BJC for the day of the BKO, we have negotiated a cheaper 'kendama-only' day ticket for you. See the BKO2012 page for details. More grading opportunities .Void will also be at the Ballring and Upchuck juggling conventions, taking Kyu/Pre-Dan/Dan exams. The register of forum players is now live. Official BKA gradings .A new year, and a new grading system. The BKA is now issuing Kyu, Pre-Dan and Dan certificates to anyone who can pass an exam. The first examinations will be held in Bristol at BoB juggling convention on 21st January, with more held at the NRC if time allows. BKO 2012 news .The details, trick lists and videos for the 2012 BKO are now out on the BKO 2012 page. Start your practising now! Milton Keynes, & NRC 2012 .There will be some informal kendama jamming at the MKJC on Saturday the 12th. Come along and click. Also, check out the poster for the NRC. BKO 2012 .The 2012 BKO will be on Thursday April 12th, at the British Juggling Convention. More details in a few weeks. Southern Regional Championship Photos .Check out fak's photos from the SRC. Southern Regional Championship Results! .The full results are now up on the SRC 2011 page. Thanks to everyone who came. Photos to follow soon! Northern Regional Championships .We are pleased to announce the details of the UK Northern Regional Championships 2012, on Jan 28th. News roundup .Sorry for the lack of updates recently. Remember to keep following us on facebook, twitter and the forum! Speaking of the forum, we've been having fun with consistency challenges, and the third one just went live. The Czech open may have to be postponed. In more positive mode, KendamaUSA are running a comp to expand their team (open worldwide). If you think you've got what it takes, go and apply. There will be 3 of the brand new PLAY kendama up for grabs at the UK SRC. And keep your eyes peeled for an announcement about the UK Northern Regional Championships soon! SRC raffle! .There will be a raffle at the SRC, with a free ticket for everyone. Roundup .More EKO pics from Mirek. Jarrett hits some nice tricks, including Around The Valley in his new vid; Dave gets Inverted; Zack Yourd kicks it hard. EKO photos and video .The FULL video of the EKO is now online. Also, some photos are beginning to emerge online: 7 from Luke start here; TYM's start here; and 2 from Albapasser EKO review .Here is a review of the 2011 EKO. EJC and EKO .Congratulation to the new European Kendama Champion Nicolas Schopfer! A full review of the EKO is coming soon, but here is Void's review of the week. ---------->European Kendama Open 2011<--------- .Facebook and Twitter .BKA now has Facebook and Twitter accounts. Come and stick your social friend faces in our tweetspheres, if that's your sort of thing! UK Southern Regional Competition .The BKA is pleased to announce the first ever UK Southern Regional Competition. See the SRC page for details. Put October 30th in your diaries now! New Oozora colours .The JKA have just announced some new colours for the Oozora range. Presumably these replace the existing range (We know the light blue has already stopped production). From the google translation: "The technique is easy to do a variety of Kendama well-balanced.". We heard a rumour recently which suggests this might be a new paint finish, slightly grippier. Red, blue, yellow & grain. Expect to see them filtering in to your local supplier before too long. Video of the week .We're starting up a new feature at BKA - the Video Of The Week. To start off, we have a great offering by dutchkendama. Keep up to date on the forum's Video Of The Week board. Kendama Forum! .Well, we're not quite sure why it took us so long to get around to this, but the BKA is proud to announce that its new forum is now live! Head on over and join the clicking chat! Collectors' stuff .Goods From Japan have a couple of rare kendamas for the collectors amongst you. First of all, the Digi-ken is back, in a new guise as the G-Ken. Perhaps more exciting is the very limited quantity of original Sakuras they have sourced. NAKO 2011 .This year's North American Kendama Open is being held in Rochester, Minnesota as part of the IJA festival. Weds 20th July, 11am. Be there, and get your Speed Trick and your Best Trick hats on! News roundup .The location for the Rome battle is announced. Matt Hall has posted his photos from the BJC, including lots from the BKO, which start here. In video news, Guy Heathcote has released his follow up to Kendama Variations, ingeniously titled More Kendama Variations , featuring some new signature moves, with a little help from his friend Arthur. Keith Matsumura has some impressive moves in his 5th video. Four Japanese players are heading to the EJC for the EKO, so head along to see some 6th Dan action in person. Rome and shoes .Pavel has posted the tricks for the Kendama Roma battle on 23rd July, although we don't yet know the exact location. In other news, Mr Jumpshoe returns with his 5th edit, featuring yet more crazy-hard tricks. Marvel at him here! New hosting - update bookmarks .The BKA site has shifted its hosting, and we are now fully hosted on www.kendama.co.uk. Please update your bookmarks if you have any of the kendama.tlmb.net pages saved. The old pages will remain online, but that version of the site will no longer be updated. This should mean a few improvements to the site in the not-to-distant future, so look out for that! WJF, Czech Open, EKO .Sorry for the quiet couple of weeks - we've been taking things a little easy since the BKO. But we're back to bring you news of the Czech Kendama Open Trick Ladder. Also very interesting to note is that kendama is breaking into the hallowed halls of the World Juggling Federation! See the competition page or the WJF7 site for more details. Plus, of course, a reminder to keep practising, and spreading the word about the European Kendama Open! BKO photos .There are a couple of galleries of pictures up from the BKO. Check out Mr. Jumpshoe's and Mirek's. If anyone else has more photos, please let us know! BKO video and review .The full review of the 2011 BKO is now up, here. You can also watch the video here! Many thanks to all who came. |
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