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Nah. he's done warhorses. Besides, are there any that are 4 mins instead of 4min 30? Jazz seems to be a bit of a theme at TCC. If we're talking warhorses, it would be cool to see Yuzu try his hand at Rhapsody In Blue.

...but waiting is it's own fun too.

There's nothing that says he can't do another Prince song. There's plenty of nose-bleed inducing goodness there to choose from. I already cast my vote for Little Red Corvette, but I could see Jeffrey trying to convince him to do When Doves Cry or Kiss too... envisions Yuzu 'not intending to be sexy' to the strains of Prince singing: You don't have to be rich To be my girl You don't have to be cool To rule my world Ain't no particular sign I'm more compatible with I just want your extra time and your Kiss, Oh oh .... dies.

Lord have mercy, that would kill us all...

How do you even get pictures like this? Just have a camera going non-stop with a high-speed shutter and hope you get lucky?

Italian greyhounds, IMO. Because of the delicate bone structure.

It would be awesome to have one by an English language channel, but I guess it's unlikely? God bless all the fans who toil to put English subtitles on the Japanese vids.

Competitive swimmers, who are training about 4 - 6 hrs a day in cold water, eat around 5000 kcal, so 3000 kcal for Yuzuru sounds about right to me.

Ah, thanks. Now I see.

Undoubtedly. And now I'm trying to understand what the mechanics of the Lutz jump are, that would make it extra painful for someone with an injured right foot to land. Especially if the take off is from the left. I get why it would injure the left foot because you're trying to apply extreme leverage on the left outside edge. I'm not yet clear on what it does to the right foot during takeoff and landing though.

Yes. This. And if you were a Canadian skating fan back in that era, it was painfully obvious what was going on. What comes to mind is Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay in ice dance. for the better part of a decade in the 80's-early 90's, they were the most innovative, exciting, and technically perfect dance team on the ice - and they could never, ever, ever score higher than third place in any competition. We all knew it, everyone watching them knew it - it was painful after a while. the Russians and Americans would always score ahead of them no matter what they put out on the ice. Even the uneducated eye could see it.... Matters came to a head at 2002 in Salt Lake City and after that everything changed. As Kurt Browning once said in an interview, "They changed the scoring and right away, boom, Stephane Lambiel is World Champion. A Swiss skater. Before that it was unheard of, a Swiss could never have won under the old system." IMO the only skater scored under the old system who's still around and actually deserved his wins was Plushenko.

I loved that interview. Found the whole thing somewhere on YouTube and watched it...I learned SO much myself. Nomura is a natural-born teacher, and Hanyu is like the ultimate student - he's just a sponge. It was electric watching them interact, and made me jealous that I don't have learning opportunities like that in my life. I feel like Nomura is going to do Tokyo 2020 proud.

Same. I know Keegan is the Canadian skater and I'm supposed to be patriotic, and it would be nice if he got it, but I'm a satellite for a reason. I really would love to see Yuzu do it first. So guys, am I missing something about 4Lz here? We're all talking about how the take-off would put too much strain on his ankle, and I can see how it would, but in the videos that have been posted, it looks like the take-off is actually from the other foot. In which case, then it really is the landing that's the problem. Has anyone ever calculated the relative angular torque on the ankles that each jump creates? I'd love to know how they rank in terms of the forces involved. @CupidsBow great pics! I absolutely love the ones of Yuzu with Soohoorang. So sweet!

I see this, I think 'perfect raw material for the LGC hair. Fetch the hair gel!'

Well, maybe. However, its very obvious that he really, really, really likes axel jumps and does them easily. Whereas his Lutz, even the 3Lz, never seemed like that to me, it seemed more like something he really had to work on. IMO that tips the balance in favor of sooner rather than later for 4A. But I would be shocked if we see any sign of it before December at earliest.

Welp, if anyone had any doubts about why Yuzu was assigned there, they can drop them. He's definitely the main selling point. Hanyuconomy strikes again.

Is this what they call a cryptid sighting?

Can anyone shed light on why, every time I try to respond to posts on the last page of this thread, the forum signs me out? *NVM, it's magically fixed.

It's all a bit pointless unless they go after the people responsible for letting the guy who stabbed Ten loose, when he was supposed to be in jail and/or in court. They should be held to account for their irresponsible act.

I guarantee you the waggy finger was no one's idea but Yuzu's. Who else would come up with that?

Based on what both Shae-Lynn and Jeffrey said at CiONTU, it seems Yuzu really collaborates with them fully. He'll come to them with an idea and they'll work at bringing him material and information that can improve his performance and make it more meaningful. Although he did say that LGC was Jeff's idea from the start.

Madness? Overcooked? Maybe it's my newness to the forum but I feel like this is just getting started... So, tell me *deep hypnotic voice* how do you Yuzu? Apart from being a satellite, that is. How do you manifest the inspiration you get from him, in your life?

Just for fun. Tune is 'Don't Fence Me In', an old cowboy song. Don't Cut My Jumps With apologies to Cole Porter Sweet Yuzu Hanyu, looking mighty sad, was standing by the ISU's side. and when ISU said, 'I'm changing all the rules' Yuzu threw back his head and cried: Don't Cut My Jumps! Just turn me loose, let me leap through those quad salchows Underneath the judge's eyes. With my 4A, you know I'll dazzle and I'll razzle til the scores begin to fly. I want skate to the place where no one else can do it, leap all the quads then sail on through it gokaiten toe loop, you know I just might do it! Don't Cut My Jumps!

Who even sees the costume when he's posed like this? 😍😍😍😍

My Japanese is not great, but does that go: Ice up and be right, 4A is in town, Eh, something-something go gold medal something-something win Yeah I could Google, but this is more fun and we got time to kill anyway looks like I was half there: Beyond the ice, to 4 A town Hey, come along. Pleasant gold medal dream.