Sixteen Orchard Prairie third- and fourth-graders watched with rapt attention as Jacob Schultz spun his kendama through the air, under his leg, twirling the string from his fingers before landing the ...

The takeover happened so quickly – because of a little ball on a string with a cup and a spike. One minute, he was just a kid at Mater Dei High School in 2014. The next minute, kendama happened.

KOLOA — Matthew Myerson, 13, captured the Best Trick trophy, a new kendama, during the first Kendama Battle 2012, Saturday across from Sueoka’s Store in Koloa. Jaeda Dabin, coordinator of the kendama ...

The kendama is a Japanese variant on cup-and-ball games. It is enjoyed by both children performing simple tricks and adults completing much more complex ones. The kendama has a long history, but the ...

If you've never seen a kendama before, you might think it's some sort of small wooden doll, or handheld weapon, or tool for assembling Ikea furniture. In fact, it's a Japanese toy made of two parts — ...

Many of you may remember the sudden rise in popularity of a particular game-sport resembling a ball on a stick from almost a decade ago. That toy was none other than the skill toy, kendama. Back then, ...