If you've never seen a kendama before, you might think it's some sort of small wooden doll, or handheld weapon, or tool for assembling Ikea furniture. In fact, it's a Japanese toy made of two parts — ...

Do you know what a Kendama is? Kendama is a Hand Eye Coordination Game that originates from Japan and is loved around the world. Today, Matt “Sweets” Jorgenson joins Minnesota Live to tell us all ...

Matt Jorgenson, also known as “Sweets,” started Sweets Kendamas in 2010. Sweets took to the streets of the University of Minnesota campus and handed out Kendamas, hoping to gather a following. When he ...

PLYMOUTH, Minn. — Hundreds of people from around the world are in Minnesota this weekend to compete in North America's largest kendama tournament. Kendama is a traditional Japanese skill toy ...

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.

Huntington local Cody Booth is an instructor for 501(3(c)) educational non-profit, Kendama Institute, as well as a sales representative for the largest kendama retailer in the United States, Sweets ...