Downspike
Kendama Entertainment Network

A community for the balanced lifestyle.

Why can't I hit this?!

Discussion in 'The Sesh' started by Qonnor, Jul 12, 2019.

  1. Qonnor

    Qonnor Slayer

    Joined:
    Oct 6, 2017
    Location:
    Portland, OR
    What are some tricks that you've either 1)never landed or 2)only landed a few times that you feel like should be well within your skill level to hit consistently?

    The two huge ones for me are lunar tres and juggle to airplane
     
    Jul 12, 2019
  2. Epatts

    Epatts Member

    Joined:
    Aug 14, 2018
    Location:
    Duluth
    I can’t hit a lunar backflip to save my life; I can do inward lunar backflip occasionally but have yet to do a normal
     
    Jul 12, 2019
    Qonnor likes this.
  3. Qonnor

    Qonnor Slayer

    Joined:
    Oct 6, 2017
    Location:
    Portland, OR
    I feel that. I still haven't hit inw backflip but for some reason it makes more sense to my brain than the reg backflip
     
    Jul 12, 2019
    Epatts likes this.
  4. Dre_11

    Dre_11 Honed Member

    Joined:
    Jan 30, 2019
    Location:
    West Covina, CA
    spacewalk, idk how i can never spike it! the catch is there and the spike just misses or the ken flips around everywhere & juggle to spike/multiple juggles/jug to anywhere but big cup... i can’t seem to get the hole around to spike the jug lol but i got lucky once & multiple juggles i guess my hand gets too eager and i flip the ken too early and the string tightens, or i can’t consistently catch the bottom of the ken. don’t even get me started on a double j stick ...
     
    Jul 12, 2019
    5kwid and Qonnor like this.
  5. jimgrude

    jimgrude Member

    Joined:
    May 21, 2019
    Location:
    Tokyo
    For some reason, tama grip swing to trade spike is impossible to me. I can do lots of other trades that would be considered much harder. Jumping stick trade spike is super easy, even though it's almost the exact same trick. I don't understand what the hangup is. Even juggle to spike is no problem in comparison.
     
    Jul 12, 2019
  6. KeeganS

    KeeganS DS Legend

    Joined:
    Dec 6, 2016
    Location:
    Boise, Idaho
    1.5 Swap Spike.
    Have gotten it maybe 3 times, and the tama swap is the same movement as a trade spike which I have down pat but for whatever reason I can't do it when trying this trick.
    Also Juggle to Spike. Single or Double whether it's pull up or from spike or cups. It's a trick that I am confident I can get 1 out of 10 tries as opposed to 1.5 Swap Spike which would be more like 1 out of 30, it's just the tama control/tracking that I'm still working on.
    There are more but these I've been working off/on for the last few weeks after slowly starting to play more after stepping away from it for a while.
     
    Jul 12, 2019
    Qonnor likes this.
  7. JHard502710

    JHard502710 Slayer

    Joined:
    Oct 1, 2018
    Location:
    Louisville, Ky
    Juggle to spike.. lightning drops.. and def Whirlwinds! I catch a whirley once in a blue moon it seems maybe 1/50 or so. The trick should be so easy for me, earth turn with a Ken flip.. But it’s not ‍
     
    Jul 12, 2019
    Dre_11 likes this.
  8. Dre_11

    Dre_11 Honed Member

    Joined:
    Jan 30, 2019
    Location:
    West Covina, CA
    i feel you on the whirlies dude lol but i still do them after a trick like i’m really gonna land it
     
    Jul 13, 2019
  9. Kyriakos

    Kyriakos n00b

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2019
    Location:
    Athens
    1.5 j stick downspikes and whirls are my nightmares.
    I am jstick to big cup small cup to see where the hell this bevel goes i hope i get it sometimes
     
    Jul 13, 2019
  10. dondante23

    dondante23 Member

    Joined:
    Dec 4, 2018
    Location:
    Oregon, USA
    Where do I start?
    1.5 swap spike
    Around USA downspike
    Double UFO
    1-2-3 J stick
    Juggle anything (haven’t grinded much tho)
     
    Jul 13, 2019
  11. ttocsic

    ttocsic Slayer

    Joined:
    Sep 28, 2017
    Location:
    Atlanta, GA
    Handle jug handle probably. I think I've got it like once. Also candle handlestall. I haven't ever hit that.
     
    Jul 13, 2019
  12. slothymane

    slothymane Slayer

    Joined:
    Sep 28, 2017
    Location:
    Austria
    Lunar Tré (Inwards are managable but normal ones not lol)
    Rovers
    Ghost Jugs
     
    Jul 14, 2019
    Qonnor likes this.