Started playing beginning of this year March, I am from Hong Kong, and living in NorCal currently. One of my friend in California was introducing kendama in some event like a talent show, and I was so into it after then. In Hong Kong, there are community that jamming on weekly basis, also have weekly challenge for difference level of kendama players, so we will always chase for specific new tricks weekly. feel free to search on youtube to know more about it "Dama.hk" and "southkendama". It is a great way for people to stay connected in a community even tho I am not in Hong Kong. Kendama in cantonese is Gim Kau, same as Japanese, Gim is sword, Kau is ball. IG: @kfdama
Well I'm quite late to see this post, hope I still make it XD And hi DS comm, here's Allen (IG: allen_barkenta). I'm 22 years old and have been slaying for only 11 months approx. I'm from Malaysia, but I started my crush on Kendama when I was still studying in Taiwan. And as I returned to my hometown after the studies, I found that there was no one playing, not even know about Kendama. So I tried to get some from TaoBao, and promoting them at local art festival and even flea market. I aimed to grow a community here, at my hometown Sabah, trying to influence people around me to start playing Kendama. Eventually I might open my own store or even better, my own brand, like how Matt, Matthew, etc did. They keep inspiring me on how can we grow our community, and spread the damalove among the publics. So that's my Kendy story, nice to meet y'all here in DS, have a nice slay and stay with your flows!
Ehh yooo Ya I know exactly how you feel supp bang haha sure why not, I will like to when I on a trip to visit KL once more xD