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Moshikame - a beginner must

Discussion in 'Beginners' started by Cheech_Sander, Nov 28, 2016.

  1. Cheech_Sander

    Cheech_Sander Administrator Staff Member

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  2. Mr.Bishop

    Mr.Bishop Member

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    This is helpful.

    I really need to get one of these things and start practicing. ;)
     
    Nov 30, 2016
  3. Ben Lowe

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    For sure, moshikame is a must.

    I'm curious, does anyone have more info on the relationship between moshikame the trick and the Japanese children's song "Usagi no Kame?" Like I understand that the first line in the song says "moshi kame moshi kame" and that the song can be sung to the beat of moshikame, but is there anything more to this? Did it just happen?

    If anyone knows, do tell!
     
    Dec 1, 2016
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  4. Joel Clayton

    Joel Clayton Honed Member

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    do it!!
     
    Dec 1, 2016
  5. Mr.Bishop

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    I will, promise!

    Right now one of the guys at the office has one kicking around so I've been fucking with that. Need my own though.

    I'm thinking maybe that Colin Sander pro?
     
    Dec 1, 2016
  6. Joel Clayton

    Joel Clayton Honed Member

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    yes!! that was my first kendama! it is a great beginner kendama
     
    Dec 1, 2016
  7. Mr.Bishop

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    Perfect. Where should I buy it from?

    Sorry... totally new at this.
     
    Dec 1, 2016
  8. Mr.Bishop

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    Between the advice in this video and help from @dama.hon I just successfully got this trick!

    Stoked.
     
    Dec 2, 2016
  9. Mr.Bishop

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    I'm getting much more consistent at these. I think my record now is about 6 in a row. Its a pretty cool feeling when you get in the flow.
     
    Dec 7, 2016
  10. lategreat808

    lategreat808 DS Legend

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    If you master the big cup moshi I would try the small cup...it feels really weird once you have been doing the normal big cup one for a while
     
    Dec 17, 2016
  11. Mr.Bishop

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    Small cup is still not consistent. I'm getting rallies of 12+ Moshikame pretty consistently but it's all big cup.

    I think that i just need loads more practice. Only been a couple of months since I actually started playing.

    How long have you been playing?
     
    Dec 28, 2016
  12. goenKendama

    goenKendama Administrator Staff Member

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    Yes the Japanese song about the Tortoise and the Hare is kind of the timing song for the trick Moshikame. As I recall the JKA uses 135bpm as the speed required for the trick and the song helps. Here's an example of the trick and the song together.
     
    Jan 2, 2017
  13. azleonhart

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    To add to this, moshikame didn't have a name until this folk song came about.

    The first line is :
    "Moshi moshi kame yo, kame san yo"

    Which literally translates to :
    "Hello, hello tortoise, mr tortoise!"

    As goen puts it, the song maintains the tempo needed (135bpm) for the trick.
     
    Jan 16, 2017
  14. Congarranza

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  15. azleonhart

    azleonhart Moderator Staff Member

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  16. Almostgets

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    Dat ken though. Looks like cherry. Never seen his pro model with a cherry ken.
     
    Jan 20, 2017
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  17. Congarranza

    Congarranza DS Legend

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    It's Padauk. I thought the same thing. I would have gotten that pro mod rather than the beech. I had to watch that video a few times just because I was too busy looking at the ken rather than seeing what he had to say.
    @Jake Wiens you should release this pro-promod at some point!!
     
    Jan 20, 2017
  18. lategreat808

    lategreat808 DS Legend

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    On the Dan levels, when you are doing the moshikame counts, does each hit count as one or does going from big cup to base count as one "moshikame?"
     
    Jun 19, 2017
  19. Sirwillcode

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    I always thought it was every catch counted as one. But now I'm not sure either.
     
    Jun 19, 2017
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  20. lategreat808

    lategreat808 DS Legend

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    That is what I thought too but for some reason I am now not 100% sure. I am honing in on the basics, going through Dan levels and I just want to be sure.
     
    Jun 19, 2017