SHOWCASE Vol.10 in Pictures

**Photos by: Andrew Lin

Throw Revolution X Spinworkx Trick Tutorials #4 - Kamikaze Whip

Throw Revolution, together with us, will be releasing a set of 20 Trick Tutorials to get players, new or old, honed in for freestyles. This set of tricks to come include various modern elements that is worth a learn to rack up points during contests.

The trick-set for these trick tutorials was thought up by 2011 World Yo-Yo Champion, Marcus Koh, and the elements in these short tricks are still used by Marcus in his contest freestyles.

For the forth trick in the Trick Tutorials line-up, we have a classic string trick element that every advanced Spinner must know. The sidestyle Mach 5 mount, or better known as the Kamikaze Mount, was made famous by tricks like Kamikaze. So back in the early 2000s, a quicker way to get into the Kamikaze Mount was thought up, and the Kamikaze Whip was featured in tricks like Kamikaze 2: Yellow Airplanes and other advanced tricks from that era.

The Kamikaze Whip is getting into a regular Trapeze, then wrapping the string around your throw-hand index to 'whip' the string loop around the yo-yo (on the Trapeze), getting into the Kamikaze Mount. This trick looks really cool, and is very fun to do. Practice it, and you'll get it in no time!

If you have any questions, you can hit us up on Facebook, Instagram, drop us an email, or come down and ask us (or the Throw Revolution team) on how to perfect this trick!

Have fun practicing, and keep spinning!
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Throw Revolution X Spinworkx Trick Tutorials #3 - Suicide

Throw Revolution, together with us, will be releasing a set of Trick Tutorials to get players, new or old, honed in for freestyles. This set of tricks to come include various modern elements that is worth a learn to rack up points during contests.

The trick-set for these trick tutorials was thought up by 2011 World Yo-Yo Champion, Marcus Koh, and the elements in these short tricks are still used by Marcus in his contest freestyles.

For the third trick in the Trick Tutorials line-up, we have yet another classic string trick that every advanced Spinner must know, the Suicide! Suicides are not something new in the skill toy world. Suicides have been done in things like Diabolo and even kendama, and was translated into a yo-yo trick way back around the 1999-2001 era. Players in the USA were messing around with tricks and Paul Escolar, trick innovator, realised that instead of always holding onto the yo-yo string, you could actually release it and that was how the yo-yo Suicide was born!

The Suicide is essentially just getting the yo-yo onto the string into a Trapeze and swinging it over your throw-hand and catching the loop back again. Sounds and seems easy, but alot of practice is needed to perfect the Suicide trick.

Well, if you don't already know this trick, give it a try and add it into your freestyle (if you dare)! If you have any questions, you can hit us up on Facebook, Instagram, drop us an email, or come down and ask us (or the Throw Revolution team) on how to perfect this trick!

Have fun practicing, and keep spinning!
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SHOWCASE Vol.10 Freestyles

1A Champion: Ian Loh

X Champion: Sean Hung

Check out the rest of the Freestyles here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgjCTH_Essz1orpidFiFMKpAFcwAEFHzN

SHOWCASE Vol. 10 Results

SHOWCASE Vol. 10 Sequence List

SHOWCASE Vol. 10 Sequence List!

For more information on SHOWCASE, check it out on the SHOWCASE page.

http://www.spinworkx.com/showcasefs/SHOWCASE/Divisions.html

Summer Kendama Jam 2016 Advanced Videos

Advance Champion - Yip Waihao (530 Points)

 
Advance First Runner-up - Anson Yeo (468 points)

Check out the rest of the Advanced Category videos here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgjCTH_Essz0UW71d8AYMscYl6kmoNXYc

Throw Revolution X Spinworkx Trick Tutorials #2 - Kwijibo

Throw Revolution, together with us, will be releasing a set of Trick Tutorials to get players, new or old, honed in for freestyles. This set of tricks to come include various modern elements that is worth a learn to rack up points during contests.

The trick-set for these trick tutorials was thought up by 2011 World Yo-Yo Champion, Marcus Koh, and the elements in these short tricks are still used by Marcus in his contest freestyles.

For the second trick in the Trick Tutorials line-up, we have a classic string trick that every advanced Spinner must know, the Kwijibo! The Kwijibo was a trick that was created back in the late 1990s by players over in the USA. Back then, string tricks were still open to lots of creativity and one of the earliest string tricks was the Kwijibo. This trick got its name from an early Simpsons episode, when Homer made up this word during a Scrabble game and tried to convince everyone it was a real word.

The Kwijibo basically takes 3 different mounts and puts them all together. The Trapeze, the 1.5 sidestyle mount and the Double or Nothing. Hoping from one mount to the other makes up the Kwijibo trick.

Well, if you don't already know this trick, give it a try and add it into your arsenal of tricks! If you have any questions, you can hit us up on Facebook, Instagram, drop us an email, or come down and ask us (or the Throw Revolution team) on how to perfect this trick!

Have fun practicing, and keep spinning!
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Asia Pacific Yo-Yo Championships 2015 Official Clip Video

Summer Kendama Jam 2016

 

The Summer Kendama Jam is back again but this year, we are teaming up with the great people from Jam Republic, Recognize Studios, 37thdama, Cereal Kendama & SFB Kendama to bring this to you.

Date: 16 March 2016

Place: Scape Outdoor Tent

Time: 12pm to 7pm

Entry Fee: $10 (Online) / $15 (At door) (Free Limited Edition T-shirt)

So what is going to happen?

Everyone taking part in the Jam competition will need to undergo a Preliminary trick list.

Upon completion of the Preliminary trick list, we will announce the competitors who are streamlined into the Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced categories. Do note that competitors DO NOT GET TO CHOOSE which category they belong to. It solely depends on their Preliminary tricklist results.

For the Beginner category, all beginner competitors will need to complete a list of tricks (Ladder) and the ones who complete the fastest will move on to the Finals which is also a list of tricks that they must complete.

For the Intermediate category, all intermediate competitors will have to undergo a Consistency Ladder challenge. In each group of competitors, each person will need to do this list of tricks in sequence. The competitor who complete the list of tricks in the fastest time will move on to the finals.

For the Advanced category, all advanced competitors will have to do a 3-minute challenge/freestyle based on a fixed list of tricks in the same way the Kendama World Cup is scored.

Unsure of how these advanced tricks look like? Well here are the videos.

Advanced Level 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EAqdBWcgxs

Advanced Level 6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brWdBw-wK2I

Advanced Level 7: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v50KsDU6kw

Advanced Level 8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgHhvDkGSWE

So that was the breakdown on how each category will work.

Of course the top 3 from each category will go home with awesome prizes!!

To join the Summer Kendama Jam 2016, you will need to register online here:

Register Here

So be sure to register NOW & join us for the Summer Kendama Jam 2016!
See you soon, and keep shredding!

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Throw Revolution X Spinworkx Trick Tutorials #1 - 1-Hand Rejection

Throw Revolution, together with us, have released a set of Trick Tutorials to get players, new or old, honed in for freestyles. This set of tricks to come include various modern elements that is worth a learn to rack up points during contests.

The trick-set for these trick tutorials was thought up by 2011 World Yo-Yo Champion, Marcus Koh, and the elements in these short tricks are still used by Marcus in his contest freestyles.

First up is the 1-Hand Rejection. These rejections were made popular by Singapore Spinners back 2010/2011. At his 2011 Asia Pacific Yo-Yo Championships freestyle, Christopher Chia made these rejections popular and since then, it makes for an interesting element to add in any combo trick.

Give it a try, learn this trick and add it into your arsenal of tricks! If you have any questions, you can hit us up on Facebook, Instagram, drop us an email, or come down and ask us or Marcus Koh how to perfect this maneuver!

Have fun practicing, and keep spinning!
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SHOWCASE Vol.10 (19 March 2016)

SHOWCASE Vol.10 is coming up next, and is the first for 2016! Back to some serious stuff! Time to start practicing, honing and prepare yourself for the 2016 contest season.

What:  SHOWCASE Vol.10

When: 19 March 2016 (Saturday)

Time:  2.00pm - 6.00pm

Where: Level 5 Recognize Studios at Orchard Central

Who: Absolutely anybody can take part
Fee: Free!! (But if you want to sign up after registration has closed, there will be a $10 fee)

There will be the regular 2 main events for SHOWCASE Vol.10. They are the 2 minute freestyle divisions, namely the 1A Division and the combined X Division.

Read up more info on the webpage here:

http://www.spinworkx.com/showcasefs/SHOWCASE/Divisions.html

Register for SHOWCASE here:

http://www.spinworkx.com/showcasefs/SHOWCASE/registration.html

SHOWCASE Vol 10. registration and music submission deadline is 17 March 2016.

For SHOWCASE Vol.10, the rules are simple and just like Vol.9 without the mystery rule. Full Evaluation scoring (if you don't understand this, go to the more info link above) and Major Deductions only.

We are excited to see everyone come together again for SHOWCASE and throw-down and chill before embarking on practice for the new season. Remember, at SHOWCASE, we wanna see your very best tricks, to have fun and to get in some crucial practice time in front of an audience. 

As always, we are requesting for community-based volunteers to judge at the event. So please do us a favour and sign up as a judge if you do not wish to compete!

***This benefits the volunteers as they get to learn how to judge AND they get to learn how to improve on their own freestyles by understanding how freestyles are clicked and scored. (If you wish to volunteer as a judge, fill in the registration form as well). ***

Sign up today for SHOWCASE Vol.10 and we will see y'all soon!