I got the police called on me yesterday as I was leaving the mall on the way to the park to go jam for a while for having a supposed weapon but it was just my kendama. Has it ever happened to you guys? Or something similar?
LOL Security was about to deny my entry to the Xcel energy center, even though I had paid for my ticket because, "I could use my kendama as a weapon", Pc culture moving us forward one day at a time I guess...
Was at a friend’s concert at this local venue about a year and a half ago. Brought it with me but had to leave it in the holster in my jacket pocket because security thought it was too close to a weapon.
The funniest part was they put me in the back of the car. Looked at it for 5 minutes. Googled it made sure I didn't have a criminal record and were like shit its just a kids toy. Sorry for your inconvenience have a good day lol. They felt pretty bad
I kinda had the image of some old man being like, "Damm these punk kids, first it was skater boards and now its these darn stringy flippers."
I think I might call it that when people come up to me to ask what it is, "this here is a stringy flipper, it is a Japanese skill toy that takes a lot of practice. Would you like to stringy flipper with me sometime?"
Yes! That’s hilarious you should definitely do that. It’s probably a more memorable name than kendama tbh
it could be a pretty good weapon though. lol now I'm imagining someone actually robbing a shop using only a kendama. like eyes wide open, doing some ninja style hurricane's in front of the cashier, shouting all kinds of japanese terms with like the highest voice possible.
It's more deadly for your teeth than a cashier in my opinion. I mean doing a hurricane in a place high enough for the cashier to get scared would mean it up by your head which seems like a good way to knock yourself out.
might be more effective if you just give it to the cashier and try to get them to do a lighthouse. DISTRACTION
"HEY!! HEY, I GOT IT!!!" He looks up the see a completely empty shop except for a few loose items scattered on the floor, vacant racks from wall to wall. A tumbleweed rolls out the front door, carrying with it a long plume of dust. He just shrugs his shoulders and keeps grinding.
@Morgan Boucher you probably should have mentioned it was the ninja version of the kendama you had on you.
Man that's rough, but I kinda understand why. Pointed tip + Wooden ball on a string seems like a hazard to the uninitiated. :/ At one point in time, I was kinda hesitant to bring a kendama on my carry on baggage on a flight because I thought airport security would think it was a weapon lol.
One Punch Man!!! Fun fact: Su Lab, a pretty famous kendama shop and cafe in Japan, is in Saitama Prefecture.