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Over kendama’s

Battle/Grind
The long term of tries and frustration that goes into landing a trick.

Base Cup Hole
The drilled out section on the base cup.

Cop/Copped
To buy a new kendama.

Freshie
A brand new kendama that is ‘fresh’.

Hand Check
A photo of a players hand holding the current kendama they are playing,

Honed
A perfectly broken in kendama that helps you sharpen your skills.

Ken
The main body that contains the 3 cups, and the spike.

Mash-up
A custom kendama made up of parts from different brands.

Natty
A full wood kendama that doesn’t use any paint.

Tama
The ball that is paired with the ken.

Sarado
The piece of the ken that contains the big cup, and small cup.

Seshed
A well played and worn out kendama

Set-up
A kendama that is set up with a players personal preferences such as string length, paint type, etc.

Slayer
A kendama player.

Sword
The handle piece of the ken that contains the base cup, and spike.

Over tricks

Banger
A difficult and stylish trick.

Clean
When a trick is landed smoothly.

Dirty/No-hole
A stall trick that doesn’t use the bevel to stall on.

Dub
A trick that rotates the ken or tama twice.

Flow
A style of playing kendama play that is steady and continuous.

Lighty
A Lighthouse.

Lace
To spike after a long trick line.

Line
A combination of multiple tricks in one.

Lofty
When a tricks is performed high and slow.

Loon
A Lunar.

Quad
A trick that rotates the ken or tama four times

Rint
A clean trick.

Slay
To repeatedly land difficult tricks on a consistent basis.

Slapper
When a lunar or lighthouse trick makes a slap sound when it lands on the tama.

Soft
A trick that is deemed easy by experienced players.

Trip
A trick that rotates the ken or tama three times.

Tech
A very technical and complex trick.

Wet Tip
When the trick is spiked but immediately falls out of the bevel.

Credentials: Sol Kendama