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Umebachi
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Yes he is truly inspiring!! Wow axel jump on the ground!- 609 replies
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This is so fascinating and educational! I just had my training session with my Canadian sports trainer, and she was interested in learning about Yuzu’s warm up routine. I sent her the link to the livestream. We may start incorporating some of these into my routine. (I am over sixty yo but in better shape than in my twenties. In training for dressage (equestrian event) and serious about showing.)
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Good morning! Yes, this Mr Shinya Kobayashi, sports journalist, who is explaining that JSF is keenly feeling the loss of his presence, and will likely face a severe decline in revenues. In 2010 when Yuzu started competing JSF net asset was about 1.1 billion yen, and the most recent figures indicate their net asset to have grown to 3.5 billion yen. Mr Kobayashi says JSF's "face is turning blue", i.e. feeling sheer panic, knowing that they will lose the 10% take on all of Yuzu's revenues from his sponsors and earnings, but also they will face difficulties attracting the same level of spectators and sponsors. Sadly, as many of you know, this type of institutional bullying is not unique to JSF - I found the same attitude and behavior in others, e.g., I have had many dealings with the Japanese Ministry of Finance in relation to development finance, and I have personally witnessed and experienced how they bully and intimidate staff from other ministries and other institutions, including international organizations. I don't think it's unique to Japan - power over other people's lives often makes humans behave in these despicable ways, and when it is institutionalized, the individual members don't even recognize it as such - they just go along with the flow. I am so glad Yuzu decided to extract himself from this toxic relationship and to create his own place where he can heal his heart! I am eternally grateful for his courage and wisdom to take this brave step forward, and I am also amazed and humbled by his compassion and strength never to lose his integrity in the face of such cruelty. Many of us would have let the anger and bitterness eat away at our heart and become hardened and even cruel in response to such abuse and violence to our well-being. Yuzu is showing us the way to deal with difficulties - and we will need his leadership and guidance in what will likely be a very turbulent and unstable world. I am hoping he will step up beyond the skating experience and take a larger leadership role on a global stage!
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ISU office in Switzerland, not in Japan. Also, he represented Japan in international competitions, so it would make sense for him to thank his own federation and the national olympic committee. I found this tweet (in Japanese) which very precisely articulates what I, and many of us on the Planet, have felt about the ISU judging system over the last quad, especially since GPF 2019. It's a long thread but worth translating. I will try to do so later unless someone else beats me to it. I'm afraid Google translate does not work well here - it's ends up with word mash that makes no sense at all.
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Sharing my thoughts on what yuzu might be planning. I can’t imagine he would be satisfied with just the traditional style ice shows. He wants the thrill of competition.
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I think it's very nice to learn that Ilia is a Hanyu fan, so thank you for sharing. One hopes this reflects his appreciation of the finer points of figure skating - only time will tell!
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That was a public emergency warning about the earthquake that hit the area. It's mandatory for all TV broadcasters to show these emergency notices. Not a very strong quake, though.
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Love this performance by Nobu! Powerful and expressive!
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Keiji worked a lot with Machida Tatsuki on his musical expressions and performance skills - and it shows. Nice and smooth!
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it says they will resume at 14:46. In 20 minutes
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Gorgeous Shizuka! Still so supple and athletic. She works hard to stay in shape - saw a program sometime ago where she talked about her routine to maintain her skating skills. Quite a challenge being a mom and having other duties…
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Lovely Mai. Like a fairy - almost transparent and luminous.
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Nobu is staying in great shape!
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Yes it brings positive associations. I love that program, too.
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Oh it’s one of my favorite songs! Glad to see Keiji skating to this.
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Love Kaori's short hair - suits her so well, looking lovely! Costume is elegant, too. Argh, camera work is worse this year!! Too many close ups!
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Really enjoying Eladj! Great moves!
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Well, I am reminded that FaOI is not the place for musical refinement... At least the singer is not wailing off tune this time!
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Wow, Shizuka is 40 now and looking great!
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Hi, I've been away for a while - been busy. Joining for FaOI - finally!
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I totally agree with you. This was a deliberate strategic move by Yuzu, throwing down the glove (a la Masquerade) to the ISU world. His efforts at 4A might lie but it will never be in vain. Yuzu has also made 4A to be his goal, so if he does not land a perfect GOE++ 4A at the Olympics, he will continue to work on it until he does. He has his sights on the larger goal of creating a PERFORMANCE that will remain in history, not some tactical juggling act that might squeeze out a few extra points but will end up diluting and contaminating the beautiful programs. Roncapu is a primary example - some fans are asking why he doesn't place the combination in the second half for extra points, but the program flow would be broken if he does that. The 3A at the end with the staccato entry transition is iconic: would he break this in order to achieve an extra point or two? Probably unlikely. Here he is also throwing down the glove at the judges to dare give the appropriate PCS for such an incredibly refined. beautiful and complex program. The challenge mirrors that of 4A for the Free Program and complements the technical challenge with the PCS/artistic challenge. He may not "win" gold at the Olympics, but his performance will be analyzed and reviewed by many people afterwards for years to come, and these two programs will thus be remembered as "legendary".