Bump! The mentality that not ending a trick with a spike invalidates a person's skill. Sure, you can call the trick "soft", but don't put down the player for missing the spike after a sick line. It's like hating on a well-made Sundae because they forgot the cherry on top.
Joking aside @Jedi_man @Emil Apostol and anyone else paying attention, on DS we've been *bumping old threads and combining threads with the same/similar topic to make it easier for people to use the past as reference material. Even in its relativity short life the board has developed a lot of good info scattered about and we're hoping to make it more easily accessible. (at least when our current search engine cooperates). *Of course "drive-by" bumps to rack up DS Hype Points is perhaps not ideal.
ima have to go ahead and say posting shirtless tricks. I understand its hot out sometimes but I'm not tryin to have ppl think im lookin at some NSFW shiz on my feed nahmsayinnnnn
*Bump* People calling spike tricks "in". For example, "bird over valley, in." Like no, that's a spike...You're holding the ken...
Nice thread. I've only read upto half of thes the thread and so I'm not sure if anybody has the same opinion as me. This is more like a critic to me than a trend. And so far, most of the 'critics' are meant to be constructive. It also made me reflective as at some point of my life -- I have experienced them first hand/second hand and third hand. I mean the observations mentioned here are not just exclusive to kendama but I can see/experience them in other sports, tournament, video. Noteworthy thread. It was a fun read. Will continue to read the second half at another day.
Hey @bencan, and everyone else, though it's a much shorter discussion we also have Best Trends in Kendama thread too.
But bro, what about my shredder abs and swole dama sesh muscles? Anyone else read this and only hear it in Will Smith's (the fresh prince of belair) voice?
Done reading with the thread -- all 8 pages. (Who does that?) except for the latter part where topics are being repeated in a way. What caught me and is alarming as a noob is 'yank spike' after watching a couple of youtube of what 'yank spike' is all about -- I definitely agree. It's a no no doing this on someone else's kendama. I don't mind others destroying my kendama doing legit tricks but never yank spike my kendama please or something similar -- is there any other trick that is similar to yank spike that you don't want others doing on your kendama? heck now I'm curious - .....ouch.... no no no...
spacewalks or similar string tricks don't like my kens flying around if they might hit the hard floor (on grass idc)
Totally. If you really want to throw it, Chuck it at a couch or carpet or a bed or anywhere where it won't be damaged like concrete. You still get the same satisfaction
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