Cris is a kendama artisan, player, and designer from Spain.He is also a CREATOR in every sense of the word. Film, photo, graphic design, 3D printing, handturning kendamas, making fingerboards, making his own clothes...you name it, he's most likely at least dabbled in it.
Check out Cris's work here!
https:/instagram.com/perspective.kendama
https://www.perspectivekendama.com/
Enjoy the episode
Who is Cris (•pk•)? (1:10)
Making it easy to talk to strangers (4:15)
Origin story as a kendama player, meeting Cooper Eddy and Reed Stark in a random club (8:45)
“Why buy kendamas, when I can just make them?” (12:30)
From making kendamas to creating a brand and beautiful, valuable kendamas to serve the community (18:15)
Realizing he is meant for more / wanting different experiences than the norm (21:40)
It’s not supposed to be easy (28:40)
Why people don’t know what they want (31:30)
The kendama community (family) in Spain (36:50)
Everyone in the kendama community helps each other; lack of contest behavior in the community (40:10)
Spanish kendama scene making Zack’s entire trip in Spain (44:50)
Do with what you have FIRST || advice for people who want to start creating but haven’t started yet (50:55)
Learning border balance in 2 weeks (56:40)
There’s no “right” way of playing/progressing kendama (1:00:00)
Cris’s favorite creation he’s ever made (1:04:05)
Cris’s top 5 creatives in kendama (1:10:50)
Soma Fujita: a skilled player, filmer, editor, and photographer (1:17:40)
Law of attraction examples between Kendama Players (1:20:25)
Cris’s 5 year vision for the kendama world (1:25:00)
Any kendama tricks that are named differently in Spanish than English (1:31:50)
Did Cris have any art schooling? (1:34:00)
Inspiration behind the first pk kendama shape (1:36:10)
Cris’s favorite kendama trick (1:38:10)
