Sipa is a Tagalog word which means to kick. And as its name says, the idea of the game is to see how many times

you can kick the toy in the air until you make a mistake and it falls on the ground..

The toy used in sipa is called Takyan in Cebuano,thus the game is known asTakyan in Cebuano-speaking

areas in the Philippines.The game is commonly played by schoo lchildren before and after classes and also

during recess breaks inthe morning and lunchbreaks in the afternoon.

The sipa toy is made with a washer, which is a small round metal witha hole in the center. When the five-cent

Philippine coin came out, it was used by the students as well because it has a hole in its center. A “tail” is

passed through the hole so that the sipa becomes aerodynamic.