This Japanese game of skill is similar to playing the traditional ball-in-a-cup game but is more exciting and fun! The wooden Kendama consists of a sword-like-handle with two concave cups on each side and one at the bottom, all of different sizes. by a string is a ball with a hole in it so the ball can be spiked with the “sword”. Challenge yourself by catching the ball with the stick or cup with an almost infinite number of trick-combinations to try!