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Dama in the D3! Exhibition and Competition
Saturday, May 21st Noon-8pm
$5 to enter $10 to compete. Beginner, intermediate and open divisions with a bonus catch and flow freestyle competition. Sign in for the competition is from noon to 1. Come see some of the best Kendama players in the WORLD including Wyatt Bray winner of 2015 Kendama World Cup, Jake Wiens, Matt "Sweets" Jorgenson, Chad Covington, Kevin Desoto, and Jake Fischer. Sponsors include KendamaUSA, Sweets Kendamas, KendamaCo, Flow Kendama, Sol Kendama, and more. Raffles! Prizes! Vending provided by our sponsors. Food provided by "Smokies". With special guest Kendamalicious. And a special thanks of course to the Downriver Kendama Team who makes this event possible. For more information go to the "Dama in the D3" facebook page or click on the Kendama Tournament drop down under Kendama in our menu (trick list available here).
Location: DCA building, 81 Chestnut Street, Wyandotte, MI 48192
Dama in the D3! Exhibition and Competition
Saturday, May 21st Noon-8pm
$5 to enter $10 to compete. Beginner, intermediate and open divisions with a bonus catch and flow freestyle competition. Sign in for the competition is from noon to 1. Come see some of the best Kendama players in the WORLD including Wyatt Bray winner of 2015 Kendama World Cup, Jake Wiens, Matt "Sweets" Jorgenson, Chad Covington, Kevin Desoto, and Jake Fischer. Sponsors include KendamaUSA, Sweets Kendamas, KendamaCo, Flow Kendama, Sol Kendama, and more. Raffles! Prizes! Vending provided by our sponsors. Food provided by "Smokies". With special guest Kendamalicious. And a special thanks of course to the Downriver Kendama Team who makes this event possible. For more information go to the "Dama in the D3" facebook page or click on the Kendama Tournament drop down under Kendama in our menu (trick list available here).
Location: DCA building, 81 Chestnut Street, Wyandotte, MI 48192
Tournament trick lists:
Like last year, beginner & intermediate divisions will have a five trick speed ladder as opposed to the 1v1 format in Open Division)
Beginner 1st round:
1. Sara grip base cup
2. Big cup, orbit
3. Around the block
4. Candle stick
5. Spike it!
Beginner advancing rounds (2nd round and on):
1. Around Japan
2. Moshi Kame x7
3. Airplane
4. Spike, earth turn
5. Lighthouse, falling.
Intermediate 1st round:
1. Sara grip Around the World
2. Airplane, jumping stick
3. One turn lighthouse, tradespike
4. Big cup kenflip, spike
5. One turn airplane
Intermediate advancing rounds (2nd round and on):
1. Faster than gravity
2. Downspike, base cup, downspike
3. Slip on stick, earth turn
4. Swing spike, regular whirlwind
5. Lighthouse, lighthouse flip, 1.5 flips in.
OPEN DIVISION (1v1 format)
1st round tricks:
1. Around Europe including penguin base cup
2. Airplane, double inward jumping stick
3. Inward lunar, trade downspike
4. Nightingale, nod off nightingale, in
5. Stilt, flip to in
6. One turn tap back to lighthouse, in
7. Candle stick, flip to in
8. Bird, double earth to bird, in
9. Around USA sara grip
10. Inward one turn lighthouse, falling penguin
11. Around the bird
12. Base cup, down spike, base cup, fast hand in
13. Lightning drop trade spike
14. Airplane, double UFO
Advancing round tricks (to be added in the 2nd round)
15. One turn lighthouse insta flip to lunar, in
16. Double gunslinger
17. Airplane, 2.5 flip trade spike
18. Three turn lighthouse, falling in
19. Swing to handle stall, in
20. Stunt plane, double inverted jumping stick
Before asking questions on OPEN DIVISION tricks:
- Any trick that doesn't specify a flip in or earth turn in can be done with your preference, (so you can earth turn in from a bird if it's more comfortable than just dropping in)
-Remember there will be a video released to demonstrate each trick
-If a trick doesn't specify you can do it inward, then you have to do it regular, NOT inward
-There's no whirlwind or dub whirlwind tricks because it's played out, yo.
-The further you advance in Open, the harder the tricks will get, and earlier tricks will start to be removed at random
-There are FIVE surprise tricks that are unlisted. Each of the judges helped picked one trick of their own style to throw into the bunch, these are the most diverse and arguably some of the hardest tricks we came up with. These tricks will only get pulled late in the competition for the last several competitors, they won't be demonstrated in the video either, so if you know DKT's style, it will probably help wink emoticon
PRIZES:
We have a plethora of prizes coming in from our many, many sponsors. Some of them won't arrive until the day before the tournament so we won't have them sorted until the 21st. Stay tuned for further updates. I can assure you there will be no shortage of kendamas, t-shirts, hats, stickers, and more!
Like last year, beginner & intermediate divisions will have a five trick speed ladder as opposed to the 1v1 format in Open Division)
Beginner 1st round:
1. Sara grip base cup
2. Big cup, orbit
3. Around the block
4. Candle stick
5. Spike it!
Beginner advancing rounds (2nd round and on):
1. Around Japan
2. Moshi Kame x7
3. Airplane
4. Spike, earth turn
5. Lighthouse, falling.
Intermediate 1st round:
1. Sara grip Around the World
2. Airplane, jumping stick
3. One turn lighthouse, tradespike
4. Big cup kenflip, spike
5. One turn airplane
Intermediate advancing rounds (2nd round and on):
1. Faster than gravity
2. Downspike, base cup, downspike
3. Slip on stick, earth turn
4. Swing spike, regular whirlwind
5. Lighthouse, lighthouse flip, 1.5 flips in.
OPEN DIVISION (1v1 format)
1st round tricks:
1. Around Europe including penguin base cup
2. Airplane, double inward jumping stick
3. Inward lunar, trade downspike
4. Nightingale, nod off nightingale, in
5. Stilt, flip to in
6. One turn tap back to lighthouse, in
7. Candle stick, flip to in
8. Bird, double earth to bird, in
9. Around USA sara grip
10. Inward one turn lighthouse, falling penguin
11. Around the bird
12. Base cup, down spike, base cup, fast hand in
13. Lightning drop trade spike
14. Airplane, double UFO
Advancing round tricks (to be added in the 2nd round)
15. One turn lighthouse insta flip to lunar, in
16. Double gunslinger
17. Airplane, 2.5 flip trade spike
18. Three turn lighthouse, falling in
19. Swing to handle stall, in
20. Stunt plane, double inverted jumping stick
Before asking questions on OPEN DIVISION tricks:
- Any trick that doesn't specify a flip in or earth turn in can be done with your preference, (so you can earth turn in from a bird if it's more comfortable than just dropping in)
-Remember there will be a video released to demonstrate each trick
-If a trick doesn't specify you can do it inward, then you have to do it regular, NOT inward
-There's no whirlwind or dub whirlwind tricks because it's played out, yo.
-The further you advance in Open, the harder the tricks will get, and earlier tricks will start to be removed at random
-There are FIVE surprise tricks that are unlisted. Each of the judges helped picked one trick of their own style to throw into the bunch, these are the most diverse and arguably some of the hardest tricks we came up with. These tricks will only get pulled late in the competition for the last several competitors, they won't be demonstrated in the video either, so if you know DKT's style, it will probably help wink emoticon
PRIZES:
We have a plethora of prizes coming in from our many, many sponsors. Some of them won't arrive until the day before the tournament so we won't have them sorted until the 21st. Stay tuned for further updates. I can assure you there will be no shortage of kendamas, t-shirts, hats, stickers, and more!
