The takeover happened so quickly – because of a little ball on a string with a cup and a spike. One minute, he was just a kid at Mater Dei High School in 2014. The next minute, kendama happened.

TikTok has found its latest obsession: kendama, a centuries-old Japanese skill toy now fueling leaderboard rivalries and TikTok fandom wars through an app called Kendamanomics. Featured Video Kendama ...

Sixteen Orchard Prairie third- and fourth-graders watched with rapt attention as Jacob Schultz spun his kendama through the air, under his leg, twirling the string from his fingers before landing the ...

SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - It seems every generation has a toy to challenge and frustrate children - whether it's a paddle ball, a yo-yo, or hacky-sack, recently, kids are having a ball with Kendama. Kendama ...