For those that haven’t heard of these wonderful items before - The kendama (けん玉, "sword [and] ball") is a traditional Japanese skill toy.

It consists of a handle (ken), a pair of cups (sarado), and a ball (tama) that are all connected together by a string.

On one end of the ken is a cup, while the other end of ken is narrowed down, forming a spike (kensaki) that fits into the hole (ana) of the tama. The kendama is the Japanese version of the classic cup and ball game.

The Kendama can be held in different grips, and the tricks and combinations that can be done are limitless.

This is seriously fun for all ages (ideal age might be 8+ but there are some amazing 6/7 year olds our there who totally rock these kendamas, so for how old is too old let's just say you are never too old to learn how to play the kendama