Inwards?

Why are forward flipping tricks called "inward" and not "outward"? I mean the ken is flipping in an outward motion, not an inward one. For tricks like inward lunar and inward stilt, the ken is on the outer half of the tama relative to the body. It's not a big deal at all but it's a small nomenclature thing that's been slightly bugging me since day one.

 

When you are facing someone and, for example, they do a regular lighthouse flip the bottom cup flips up and faces you before flipping to face them, then lands on the ken. The gymnastics equivalent would be a backflip. But as it’s easier to spot it as it’s flipping to land (whether it’s a half flip to in or a full flip back) it’s just a regular flip for kendama, especially since it’s essentially the same movement for a J-stick.
An inward flip (lighthouse or lunar or j-stick) you are bringing whatever cup it’s sitting on in towards you to flip it up, which is the equivalent of a front flip in gymnastics. That inward push to initiate the trick is why it’s called an inward flip.

 

Makes sense although I think outwards or forward makes more sense (especially for lunars and stilts). But if everyone knows them as inward, then it is what it is.

 

Yeah, I always went with what everyone else said, but it would make more sense what you are saying

 

Good point, I honestly have no idea

 

Now this makes dollars! (more than cents) ((ik it was bad)) (((really bad)))

 

The term comes from the direction the tama is moved.... for normal flips you push the tama outwards, for inward flips you pull the tama inwards towards yourself

 

mindblown

 

This makes my feel dyslexic. Lighthouse pull inward to flip outward is called inward, push outward to flip inward is called outward. I just remember that inward anything is generally the harder of two versions of a given trick.

 

Simple solution - call them ‘reverse’ instead