Basic tricks
| 1. Bug cup /O-zara/ | 2. Small cup /Ko-zara/ | 3. Middle cup /Chu-zara/ | 4. Candle /Rosoku/ |
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| Keep big cup upwards, throw the ball up and land it in big cup. | Keep small cup upwards, throw the ball up and land it in small cup. | Kepp the spike downwards and then land the ball in middle cup similiar to tricks 1 and 2. | Hold the spike with middle cup upwards, and land a ball on it. |
| 5. Up and inside /Tome-ken/ | 6. Airplane /Hikoki/ | 7. Swing and inside /Furi-ken/ |
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| Keep spike upwards, make sure that the bal isn't rotating, throw the ball up and land a hole in the ball on the spike. | Hold the ball in hand, let the handle hang and then swing the handle in front of your arm to stab it in the ball's hole. | Hold the handle, swing the ball and when it's half way upwards, slightly pull the handle to give the ball rotation, turn it once and land it on the spike. |
| 8. Around Japan /Nihon-ishu/ | 9. Around the world /Sekai-ishu/ | 10. Lighthouse /Todai/ |
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| Land the ball first in small cup, then in the big one and stab it in the end. | Start with small and big cup like you do with "Around japan" but land the ball on the middle cup before stabbing. | Hold the ball in hand and throw the handle up in order to land it with the middle cup on the ball. |
Japaneese kendama association trick table - begginer level
| č. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| O-zara | Ko-zara | Chu-zara | Rosoku | Tome-ken | Hikoki | Furiken | Nihon-ishu | Sekai-ishu | Todai | Moshikame | |
| Big cup | Small cup | Middle cup | Candle | Up and inside | Airplane | Swing and inside | Around Japan | Around the world | Lighthouse | Mošikame | |
| level 10 | 1 | ||||||||||
| level 9 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| level 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| level 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| level 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| level 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| level 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| level 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| level 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| level 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50* |
Legend:
* Use kendama with Japanese kendama asociation mark only.
* Start with number 1.
* You have 10 attempts to succesfully do a trick as many times as it is written in the table.
* If you want to reach the rank 1, you need to succesfully do in a row moshikame 50 times in 2 attempts.
Table of advanced tricks