Kendama Berlin welcomes Sachi and Kentaro

[the milky oolong]

So as I said in the 'Today I...' section, we've managed to find some Japanese players to join our crew, the wonderful Sachi Tamiya and Kentaro Arai, who have even started a monthly kendama event in Berlin! Here's a little intro-edit we made of our first afernoon running together as a pack. Hope you like it, we sure do:

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[donald grant]

Yay, enjoyed that (the line-up of faster than gravities was sweet!)

Hope I can make it to Berlin sometime this year to play with you all!

[Icemonkey]

The line at 1:30 was soooo smooth. Sweet edit, looks like you guys (and gal!) had a ton of fun!

[The Void]

Lots of fun. Nice FTG line, liked the bounces, the underarm backcross, and the Hook combo.
Good stuff! Regular jams rock.

On the constructive side, I find the "follow the kendama" camera-work quite dizzying. I understand the desire for dynamism in the shots, but it can go too far, I think. The "tracking" shots worked well, but for the "follow" shots, a little less up-and-down of the arm is required, I think, which would still keep the feeling of movement, but less so the seasickness. YMMV.

[the milky oolong]

Thanks Void, noted. We were just experimenting with what works best, but in retrospect I see what you mean. I think the tracking shots work best of all.

[LarsVegas]

The overall atmosphere of the video is extremely positive. Makes me wish to join you ...

[KenSan]

Cool video, looks like your getting a nice little team together there.

[s070s]

awesome vid ... awesome players !!

[kendamatty]

Very nice and relaxed edit. The sponge-like floor looks a great laugh!