Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Pen Spinning- A New Hobby

Pen spinning….ummm…does this ring a bell? Yes, maybe… Maybe you tried doing this in your high school days to impress the students and get into the amazingly famous group…or maybe you tried it after seeing the guy next door doing it with ease! Anyway, have you ever imagined that this funky pastime actually has a group devoted it to it?

Pen spinning is much more than a hobby in Japan. The Pen Spinning Association of Japan holds many contests in the honor of this game! Surprised? I too was, when I heard about his…but behold! There are more surprises to come!

A sixteen year old high school student, Ryuki Omura, emerged as the champion of the recently concluded contest organized by PSA of Japan. He was chosen along with 16 other finalists from a 276 videos to show his talent in Tokyo. The participants were to do a regular 30 second routine of spinning a pen in the hand, flicking it from the little fingers to the other fingers then tossing it and bouncing it off the thumb before twirling it miraculously in the palm.

So, looks like the young brigade it out on the toll once again! If not in major sports (actually they have earned reputation in many of them too) many teenagers like Omura, are doing their parents, friends and nation proud by actively participating in these subsided competitions.

And now I take your leave…..Little finger to other fingers, tossing it…Ahhhh! I’ve been trying for an hour but it’s all fruitless…Looks like I have got to try even harder! Bye……






33 comments:

Vineet Rajan

as a kid i remember i always tried doing it, and was simply amazed at others who could. with great practice i managed half a rotation. last two years, i dont even remember holding a pen! :D

abinash

Hi, these days I am more into gadgets so I am into mobile spinning. :) a yet new hobby. Liked your blog and adder to my blog list on my site. :)
Don't mind but I read your profile and the blog too. Are you sure you are a 12 year old kid?

aneri_masi

Hi Meghna, thanks for visiting my blog, and your sweet comments :)

--xh--

he he - that is really intresting. me too hv treid it whn i was in school.. tryt hard, l'll sis.. and master the art of spinning the pen...

Anonymous

I've too tried Pen spinning but always failed ! :(
All my friends @ school keep doing it.
I'm surprised to know that they actually hold compititions for this too ! :O

Vishesh

ho ho! now in my skl spinning pens is a sin :) it will be taken away...

Meghna

Hi Vinni,
I'm glad those childhood memories flooded back to you and that you shared them with me :)

Meghna

Hi Abhinash,
Another strange hobby that you come up with! Mobile spining...wow! I'm sure my dad won't ever let me do that ....he...he...Best wishes for that! :)
Thanks for the add and I'm glad you liked my place! I actually don't mind that question because it has now become too regular a question to answer! I'm really 13 now but I feel like a granny already giving answers to many such queries! :D

Meghna

Hi aneri,
Thanks for dropping by here too and hope you liked my place :D

Meghna

Hi Anoop,
Still trying , Big Bro but haven't been able to do it :(
How did you fare at it?

Meghna

Hi junk,
I too was surprised when I heard about it! hanks for dropping by :)

Meghna

Hi Vishesh,
aw....that is bad! But hope you tried it out at home or did you lose some pens :) ???

Jaggu

Good. I wish you become master in this. Now I remember one of my friends doing this well in my school days.

abinash

Well cool. :)

Meghna

Hi Jaggu,
Thanks for the best wishes and I've been trying hard but now I've abandoned it as it has been fruitless! I hope to get hold of that friend and learn something from him :)

Meghna

Hi abinash,

Thanks again!

Anonymous

I was reading your profile.. You mean you're only 12 years old?.. Correct me if I am wrong..ok.. Thanks for dropping by my site

Anonymous

I was reading your profile.. You mean you're only 12 years old?.. Correct me if I am wrong..ok.. Thanks for dropping by my site

WritingsForLife

wow... that is interesting... i never knew it was that competitive :-)

Meghna

Hi Dreams,
Thanks for dropping by here too! I'm 13 now, so you are a bit wrong :P

Meghna

Hi Raaji,
I didn't know too, until I read about it! :D

Jeevan

I never did pen spinning and don’t know will I able to do, let me try. For many after out of schools and collages is rare to find with pen, where everything is in digital.

morinn

I remember I used to do this a lot in high school. It formed part of cheerleading practice too. :D But I was not that good at pen spinning. It's a great activity when one is bored in class. :D

Meghna

Hi Morinn,
Thanks for sharing your thoughts with me. I will certainly try to master the art, especially when I'm bored with my studies. Hope you do well too :P

Meghna

Hi Jeevan,
Hope you do try and do well. I agree, with so much digitalization, it's only the students who indulge in such pastimes! The world has changed, eh? :p

Sandeep

weird Japanese..
my tries in school days were useless..

after reading this post, i tried my pen at the desk.. and even this pen seems to hate me :)

Meghna

Hi Sandeep,
He...he...Looks like you weren't really lucky with the pen :D

Jaggu

Hey, dont give up. You try it and become master..:). I really dont remember that friend. I have a vague idea.:)

Angel

Hi Megnak,

I think I am good at pen spinning until now. Even my boss is amazed how I do it. I have been addicted to it since I was 17. During practice, we put our hands outside the window of our classroom. So if the pen will fall, you got to buy a new pen.

By the way, you can follow me now at Twitter. But I use pandong as my username coz guardianangel is already taken.

See you there.

Meghna

Hi Jaggu,
Hey...Ive already given up cause its too hard for me:0
Hope you get in touch with that friend soon and master the trick....please teach me too, then :D

Meghna

Hi Angel,
Wow! Glad to find one person who can do it....DO teach me too!
I'm glad you joined in there! I'll add you as friend :P

Anonymous

Wow I think pen spinning is pretty much a talent. Its too hard and too thin to be spinning around perfectly with a human beings non-steady 5 fingered hand!
But I'll tell you what, if it becomes popular some day and people really entice them selves into 'pen spinning' challenges, then it will be world wide known!!!!!

Meghna

@ EP- you are absolutely correct...i've been trying it long but haven't succeeded. Dunno how otrs do it :)

Can u do it too???

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