Help Adrian Vilau get to the Kendama World Cup

Yo! What's up kendama family! We're throwing a GoFundMe campaign for Adrian Vilau, this year's Open Division champion for EKC, to send him to KWC!

A little backstory from Adrian's journey to the EKC. Adrian used to be on the Krom Romania team but after a while the team dissolved and everyone went their own way. Adrian quit kendama for a while, and fellow teammate Berindean Mihnea started his own event in March 2024 called Coterie Session. Adrian attended the event after years away from the game, and managed to make it to the Open finals against Tiblex. The EKC was a sponsor for the event, represented by Teo. He announced before the final that the winner would win a flight to the EKC. Tiblex won but he couldn't make it out so we asked if Adrian could go and Teo said yes!!

So here we are, on the day of the EKC in Leiden, Netherlands and Adrian came swooping through the competition beating amazing players like Yasu, Nonoka, Nobu and Johnny Kress to make it to Grand Finals against Nick Gallagher. The match was tight, beginning with 4-0 for Adrian and Nick making a comeback at 4-4. But in the end, Adrian prevailed!! Making him European Open champion and the first European player to win the EKC.

Winning Open meant that he was seeded in this year's Kendama World Cup, thanks to the Global Kendama Network (Gloken). The event is held every year in Hatsukaichi, Japan the last weekend of July.

We are asking you the community to help him get out there and represent Europe at the Kendama World Championship. One of the most prestigious, and highly competitive competitions in the kendama world.

LET'S GET A EUROPEAN ON TOP