Summer Kendama Jam 2015 Advanced Videos

Advanced Champion - Marco Wong

Advanced First Runner-up - Nasrullah

Check out the rest of the Advanced Category videos here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgjCTH_Essz3Nw2DbNM1UWgel2DEH3Hfv

West Coast Classic 2015 Freestyle Videos

Spinner 1A Champion - Kendrick Hu

Spinner 4A Champion - Roland Tay

Spinner 5A Champion - Benjamin Chia

Pro 1A Champion - Christopher Chia

Pro 2A Champion - Chong Yichen

Pro 4A Champion - Sean Hung

Pro 5A Champion - Malcolm Chiu

Check out all of the freestyles here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgjCTH_Essz0FWjoE9yGnc_9jI9IP025a

Summer Kendama Jam 2015 Results

The Summer Kendama Jam 2015 was a blast! There were so many participants at the event and it was heartening to see more and more young ones picking up kendama.

From the preliminaries, participants were sectioned into their respective categories. If the participant managed to complete Moshikame and above, they were in the Intermediate category. If they managed to hit Bird and above, they were in the Advanced category. If not, they remained in the Beginner category.

Each category had participants battling it out to be crowned the champion, and here we have the results.

For the Beginner Category, the finalists were:

1) Fitri

2) Ivan

3) Nicholas

4) Haroon

5) Julian Segar

6) Daniel

7) Aqmal

After a tough battle of seeing who could complete the beginner trick list the fastest, the top 3 were crowned.

Beginner Champion: Ivan

Beginner First Runner-up: Fitri

Beginner Second Runner-up: Julian Segar

Next up was the Pick-a-trick for the Intermediate finals. The finalists were:

1) Rushdan

2) Nizam

3) Hamzary

4) Aniq

The Intermediate tricks that were picked were not easy tricks, but the competitors gave it their all and the top 3 are as follows.

Intermediate Champion: Nizam

Intermediate First Runner-up: Aniq

Intermediate Second Runner-up: Rushdan

The Advanced finalists were all powerhouses and there was no surprises on the people making it into the Advanced category. They were:

1) Khairul

2) Md Haikal

3) Nasrullah

4) Syamil

5) Jeremy Tan

6) Ian Loh

7) Marco Wong

8) Chua Wei Xuan

9) Preston

10) Jalimi

11) Zhorfan

12) Jericho

Each Advanced finalist was given a list of tricks that they could perform during a 3 minute freestyle. This was similar to how the Kendama World Cup was conducted and the Winners are as follows.

Advanced Champion: Marco Wong

Advanced First Runner-up: Nasrullah

Advanced Second Runner-up: Jeremy, Wei Xuan, Jericho (3-way Tie)

With that, we would like to thank everyone who came down to support the Summer Kendama Jam 2015 event. We hope everyone had fun at the Jam and we hope to see everyone again soon!

Huge shoutout to SFBkendama for hosting and organising the Jam with us. Thank you guys for putting in the hardwork to make the event awesome!

Till next time,

Keep shredding!~

Photos by: Colin Wan

West Coast Classic 2015 Results

West Coast Classic 2015 Sequence List

Summer Kendama Jam 2015

The Summer Kendama Jam is here and we are teaming up with the great people from Jam Republic, Recognize Studios and SFB Kendamas to bring this to you.

Date: 20 March 2015

Place: Scape Dance Studio (Level 4)

Time: 5.30pm onwards

Entry Fee: $2

So what is going to happen?

Everyone taking part in the Jam competition will need to undergo a Preliminary trick list.

Upon completion of the Preliminary trick list, we will announce the competitors who are streamlined into the Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced categories. Do note that competitors DO NOT GET TO CHOOSE which category they belong to. It solely depends on their Preliminary tricklist results.

For the Beginner category, all beginner competitors will need to complete a list of tricks (Ladder) and the ones who complete the fastest will move on to the Finals which is also a list of tricks that they must complete.

For the Intermediate category, all intermediate competitors will have to 'Pick a Trick'. In each group of 5 competitors, each person will need to pick a trick out of a random trick box and everyone must do the trick that each person picked. The competitors who complete the most tricks amongst the tricks picked will move on to the finals where they will do the same thing.

For the Advanced category, all advanced competitors will have to do a 3-minute challenge/freestyle based on a fixed list of tricks that will be announced tomorrow. The scoring for this will be the same as how the Kendama World Cup 2014 was scored.

So that was the breakdown or simple explanations on how each category will work.

Of course the top 3 from each category will go home with awesome prizes!!

There will be mini games and a lucky draw as well.

So be sure to join us for the Summer Kendama Jam 2015 and keep SHREDDING!

The Spinworkx Kendama (Stained Black Ken / Glitter Orange Tama)

In 2015, Spinworkx released our very own kendama in our signature colorway. It has been in the plans for awhile now, and for our very first kendama, we could not be happier with it.

We knew that when we did a kendama, we wanted one to be in our colors. So we got our Ken to be stained black, our Tama to be a glittery solid orange and keep the string in white to reflect the 3 colors of our logo. What's more, the glittery orange Tama was made to be very slightly tacky out of the package, but with more play and more wear, it would be perfect.

We are still undecided if we will continue to have future editions of the Spinworkx Kendama, but as of now, we are mighty pleased with this one. So before we head on out, here is a short Clip Video of the footage we got from filming some of the guys lacing with the SXK!

Thanks goes out to Ian, Jeremy, Marco, Wei Ting and Wei Xuan for hitting their tricks and for being awesome in the video. Also, the superb photos were taken by our very own Mr. Colin Wan. Till next time, keep shredding!

West Coast Classic 2015 Registration & Information

West Coast Classic 2015 is up in just over a week, and it is the first official contest here in Singapore for 2015. WCC is yet another platform for Spinners here to showcase their tricks, but now they stand a chance to get medals, prizes and even a coveted seed for the Singapore Yo-Yo Championships 2015.

Come join us at WCC 2015 at the UPCC Bomb Shelter and watch the exciting freestyles that will be on show on that day!

The East-side guys will be taking part in 1A & 4A and the West-side guys will be taking part in 2A & 5A Divisions.

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Where: Ulu Pandan CC (170 Ghim Moh Road), Bomb Shelter on Level 1

When: 21 March 2015

Time: 12.30pm

Registration fee: $10 for each competitor

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WCC 2015 has the following divisions available for participation.

- Professional 1A & 4A Division (East Side Competitors) (3 Minute Freestyles)

- Professional 2A & 5A Division (West Side Competitors) (3 Minute Freestyles)

- Spinner 1A & 4A Division (East Side Competitors) (1 Minute Freestyles)

- Spinner 2A & 5A Division (West Side Competitors) (1 Minute Freestyles)

Spinners Promoted to Professional Division from SYYC2014:

- Brena Cheong (Champion at SYYC2014 1A Spinner Division)

- Wee Teng Ee (Qualified for AP2014 finals)

**For newly promoted Spinners, take note that if you do not wish to be promoted to Pro, or feel that you should still have more practice before moving on to Pro/do not have enough tricks to make up a 3 minute freestyle, you may choose to remain in Spinner Division for the 2015 Competition Season. However, you still have a shot at qualifying for the 3 minute freestyles at SYYC 2015 should you decide to remain in Spinner. (Format for Singapore Contests)

Getting there:

To register as a competitor for WCC 2015:

REGISTER HERE!!!

After submitting your registration, please send/submit your music to customerservice[at]spinworkx.com (change the [at] with @) with your music labeled as follows: Name_Division_Category (E.G. ColinWan_4A_Pro 3min)

For any enquiries regarding this event, or if you wish to volunteer during the event, feel free to drop us an email at customerservice[at]spinworkx.com

Register today, practice hard, and we will see you soon!!

Keep Spinning! ~

Photos courtesy of: Tony Wong-Jensen (Uncle Tony)

SHOWCASE Vol. 6 Freestyles

1A Champion: Marcus Koh

X Champion: Kwan Jun Jie

Check out the rest of the freestyles here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgjCTH_Essz3oxidAM8H5rHKxt0WN9gzV