Kendama: Japan’s Traditional Ball and Cup Toy
A kendama (けん玉) is a Japanese toy consisting of a hammer-shaped handle connected by a string to a ball. Made of wood, the ends of the base and the crosspiece of the hammer are cupped so that they can catch the ball, and the ball has a hole in it that can fit on a spike on the end of the hammer.
To play with a kendama, the ball is jerked or swung and caught in one of the cups or impaled on the spike. More advanced tricks involve sequential catches, juggles, and balances often not even involving the cups or spike.
Did you know?
Kendama is a combination of two words
- Ken means sword in Japanese and refers to the stick
- Tama means ball
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