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▲ 42 r/begleri

Time flies! 3 months of slinging and the fun just keeps growing with every new trick

Three months ago, I decided to dive into a new hobby I had seen before, but at the time it seemed pretty basic. After finding some videos online of people who had been practicing begleri for years, I realized this hobby is far more complex than I had imagined. Every day I get more excited to learn new tricks and develop new combos and linkages.

Here’s a short combo I put together using some existing linkages.

u/WendersonBarros — 3 days ago
▲ 2 r/Kendama

I want to buy my first kendama, but after doing a lot of research, the ONLY somewhat decent option I have is buying one from AliExpress. From what I’ve seen, the most recommended choice would be a maple kendama, but that’s WAY above my current budget, and it doesn’t make sense for me to spend that much right away.

The options I found that seem good are:

Hun Kendama Pure Kylin Model Tasse Kendama TA Series

My concern is that these models are made of beech wood, and from what I’ve read on forums and Reddit, it made me worried because it sounds like the kendama might break in less than two weeks of use. Is it really that fragile? It wouldn’t make sense for me to even start if the only viable option I have won’t last at all :/

Note: In the country I live in, I don’t have access to any kendama stores, and importing from other websites would be much more expensive (2x or more compared to AliExpress).

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u/WendersonBarros — 8 days ago