Cereal Kendama Blog

In 2020 we released the Elevate shape, our attempt to push the limits of a KWC approve kendama size. It was 17cm tall and had a 75mm sarado. We did not make the ringstall and base cup size to the limit as it would have affected lunar play. The first version of the Elevate was not perfect. It's sarado was slightly too thin, resulting in a gap when using a 62mm tama. We fixed that in 2021, with a thicker sarado and introduced longer stall points. This both closed the gap and improved the lunar balance with additional wood making...

While most youth have stopped playing kendama, Justin never did. This weekend he will be Singapore's only representative at the Kendama World Cup (KWC).KWC is held annually every year in Hatsukaichi, Japan and takes place this year over Zoom.Cereal Kendama pro Justin Hernandez competed in the qualifying rounds on 21st August, landing all 10 of his planned tricks and scoring a whopping 81 out of 100 potential points.Out of 702 participants, only 41 will make the finals. Based on past data, we expect that Justin will qualify for the finals and be the first Singapore representative since 2016.A Slow BurnJustin...

What's good fam! This week (23rd Jul) we dropped the Entry Mods - our new series of simple kendamas with the intent of letting as many people try the Performer shape as possible.At $30USD for 2 kendamas - this is the most affordable kendama we've ever offered. Naturally it would raise certain questions and this blog post is meant to answer it all.tl/dr: slightly lower costs, and much less profit but more players can try our shape#1: The Price of Our GoalSince launching the Performer shape, we have received a ton of great feedback about how it jams. This made...

If you don't already know, Dama Fam Inc.! is one of the hottest kendama groups on Facebook, with vibrant discussions going on each hour. This week, a huge positive discussion was started after Artemis Kendama founder Matt Zanoni shared his list of shapes categorized into Small, Medium and Bigger. The original post can be found here. However, we are putting the details in this blog post in the event the post gets buried or deleted. First, however, we'll start with a lit picture of Matt so you can put a face to a name.The original post broke shapes off the top...