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  1. Martina
    There's no doubt that when Yuzu does something, he does it big, and that he also thinks of so many things that we would never think of. Whatever you choose to do, we will be ready to support you. Today I received the second part of my contribution to Prologue.
  2. Martina
    I've read about Mao's rink too, and I know that even she's well loved, Yuzu has a superior following. Yuzu has it in Japan, but he has it mostly with international fans. I don't know how many tweets I've seen from international fans who went skating at the Ice Rink during a vacation in Japan. Aside from selling merchandise, Yuzu can sell advertising space, because we all see the ads around the rink in his videos. I'd say those ads are seen by more people than they saw the ads at the last World Championship. However, the costs are very high, also because if he skates during the day, during those hours the rink would be closed to the public and to any type of course. As with everything...we'll see. The only thing I'm sure of is that he'll do his math before deciding anything, and we know he's got a world-class brain.
  3. Martina
    At the end of the show he said clearly that this story will always be with us, that we can go back to it whenever we want. In my opinion this means that he intends to make a DVD, Blu ray, or allow a download in a legal way... I have no idea what medium he will choose, but I think he will somehow make GIFT purchasable. An ice skating rink has very high costs, so it is unlikely that another will be built. I too hope they will be able to do it, because Yuzu cannot continue to train forever at night and live isolated from everyone.
  4. Martina
    Exactly my thought. Here he agreed with the organizers as he has done for years for Fantasy on Ice, he said which music he skates on, opens the initial number of the show, skate his number, returns to say goodbye, and if he doesn't feel like it or feels tired, he does not must do something else. The shows are many and close together, but overall in the entire SOI he skates more or less as much as he skated in a single day for GIFT, making fewer jumps and fewer spins (but Ashura-chan's steps are breathtaking even just looking at them). I've seen some. Jason and Piper are very nice. I don't know if Alex was the first skater who made funny videos to joke about the figure skating community, but he was the first one I saw. That twist was brilliant, even if maybe now Yuzu would like to be lifted in Riku's place, like when he was lifted by Ondrej Hotarek. There are some people at SOI that I would rather not see, but I think there are enough people that Yuzu gets on well with, and it helps him relax.
  5. Martina
    Yes, if they want to make some videos, they will find someone to film their jokes. The important thing is that Yuzu is relaxing, because in the last period he has done so many things. Here he is "just" one skater among many, even though we know that most of the audience is there for him. He doesn't have to worry about every detail of the show, and skates only one program, however extraordinary. Both physically and mentally, compared to his shows this is a piece of cake. It would be nice if young skaters studied him carefully to understand what figure skating really is, because he is teaching everyone.
  6. Martina
    but the ShibSibs are not there. Ryuichi and Yuzu's paths have crossed at least since the fall of 2006, when Yuzu finished 7th at the National Junior Championship and Ryuichi finished 17th.
  7. Martina
    Luckily his staff (his family?) convinced him to perform One Summer's Day outside GIFT as well. His entrance to the rink for the final greeting is more beautiful than the programs presented by the two skaters who reached the last world podium, and was he in doubt whether a program of his was suitable for the show? I hope television will air the whole One Summer's Day, from these few images it must have been an amazing program.
  8. Martina
    I am laughing and crying at the same time. To make that decision, the show must have had impressive ratings.
  9. Martina
    CoC 2014 is the only thing that makes me think "luckily I wasn't a fanyu at that time". I don't know how I would have lived that period. For some years work and family commitments prevented me to watch figure skating. I discovered Yuzu's existence with Romeo and Juliet at the GPF 2013, and then I saw him again during the Olympic free slatee. Had I seen Parisienne Walkways, I would have fallen in love with him instantly, however the first times I saw him it was with programs that attracted me less (I prefer rarely used music, Romeo and Juliet I've seen him performed countless times ) and/or he made some mistakes (as in the WC 2015 FS). I have no words for what he is doing. I was convinced that he didn't like he put his hands on the ice during the 4T in GIFT, and yesterday he finally managed to complete the jump as only he can. His program was by far the most difficult. Yes, Malinin did a lot of jumps too, but Malinin only jump with a background music, Yuzu interprets a story. And today he showed everyone that there's no need to jump to create programs that are extremely difficult and at the same time capable of involving the public.
  10. Martina
    It's not the complete layout of the competition, he eliminated the first three jump elements, and in 3S he did a step out, but that's okay. The important thing was the 4T. And, to a lesser extent, the final 3Lz, as he had several problems with the final triple lutz that season, both in the free skate and in the short program. After winning Skate Canada 2019 and 4CC 2020 he had talked about the fact that there were some competitions that he hadn't won, some things that he had to complete. He's doing it now too, he's rewriting positive memories over negative ones from the past. He did it with Rondo at GIFT, he did it with Phantom now. And he did it with Notte stellata two and half weeks ago, and with Requiem on his channel. There is no one like him.
  11. Martina
    You're welcome. I'm afraid I'm a nerd on these things. I transcribed all his layouts to check the changes he made from time to time, adding difficulties or sometimes improvising after a mistake.
  12. Martina
    Yes. In the 2014-2015 season Yuzu wanted to open the second half of the program with the 4T+2T combination, but at the Cup of China there was the incident that we all know and for the rest of the season he was never healthy enough to try to do three quadruples in the same program. He had to postpone that layout to the 2015-2016 season and to SEIMEI (even if in SEIMEI he did 4T+3T, and put the 2T in a combination with the 3A). He did that 4T on 14 February 2022 in the first free practice in Beijing, but it was practice, with no audience beyond the rink staff. In GIFT he tried to do that 4T, but after Ashura-chan he was tired and put his hands on the ice. This time he completed the 4T perfectly. True, he didn't skate the first minute of the program, with 4S, 4T and 3F, but in shows it's quite rare to see an entire free skate. And none of the other skaters came close to the quality of what he did.
  13. Martina
    I too hope Max is right, it would be a nice way to remind everyone that Yuzu is Yuzu and why we follow him so passionately. Apart from that, Yuzu has skated so many programs that if he wanted he could do a different one every day and there would still be a lot unskated.
  14. Martina
    It took a few more years than expected, but he finally managed to make that 4T. I hope that with today he has managed to put all the bad memories aside. The moment when he spreads his arms on layback ina bauer is overwhelming.
  15. Martina
    I too have seen a number of comments that seem excessive to me. Yuzu is 28 years old, he is not a child, and he has amply demonstrated that he knows how to use his brain. If he has agreed to participate in SOI, he have his reasons. This is enough for me.
  16. Martina
    I've been a fanyu for long enough now (January 2019) to have seen quite a few absurd attacks. For me any gratuitous attack on a person makes no sense, an attack on Yuzu makes even less sense due to his generosity and sensitivity. But nonsensical comments about the scores are one thing, attacking him when he just wants to share the pain with tons of people is… I don't even know how to describe it. I could actually write many things, but since you too have self-censored yourself for diplomatic reasons, you are able to imagine what the tone of my comments would be.
  17. Martina
    To read that Yuzu has been attacked in some way for a program that just wants to share the pain of a tragedy that has affected so many people is terrible. Not even on the pain the haters leave him alone. I hope that the fact that he made the video for us and shared it on his channel means that the problems are overcome, and that he is feeling a little better. The 11th was a painful day.
  18. Martina
    I think everyone who watched Beijing live started to feel the same nervousness of the competitions Yuzu entered the rink for warm up. I know that I felt the nervousness of the competitions every time he was about to do a quadruple even in the SharePractice, and that the final SEIMEI was really intense. It's actually a very common sentiment. We've all been impressed by the skater, we all agree he's the GOAT, but we also probably all agree the man Hanyu Yuzuru is far more amazing than the skater.
  19. Martina
    I echo the others, thank you for this wonderful video.
  20. Martina
    It's the beginning, the moment when everything is possible. The start of a program then, the start of a new journey in life now. Beyond the difficulties, beyond the disappointments, what you have done over the years and what you are continuing to do now is extraordinary. Your path is beauty, it is courage, it is love, it is inspiration. Follow your dreams, Yuzu, and be happy. Happy Birthday Martina from Italy (Sono stata io a fare il disegno, quindi non ci sono problemi di copyright).
  21. Martina
    Thanks. I would like to came here more often and to chat a little, unfortunately I'm always in a hurry...
  22. Martina
    After the Men's short program I've written a little about the PCS. If you're interested... Warning: the contents can cause pain in the liver. https://sportlandiamartina.wordpress.com/2021/03/25/world-championship-2021-judges-in-the-mens-short-program-the-components/
  23. Martina
    Thanks for your welcoming. I've appreciated a lot all the translations Japanese-English and I know how much can be frustrating to see something that seem interesting and can't understand it because of the foreign language. So, if anyone want to translate in English what I write, he can do it freely.
  24. Martina
    Hello. It's my first post here. I knew the site before, I've read a lot of very interesting things but for me to read in Englis is much more easier than to write, so I've never written anything here. Now I've followed a link in my blog and I've come in this forum. If anyone have some question about my articles because Google translate don't work well, feel free to ask me, I will try to answer (hoping that my English will support me). For the problem of the language, Beverley Smith has written "Some potential judges may fall afoul of the ISU requirement that all communications be done in English." She has written her book in 1994 (my copy was updatend in 1999), but I fear that the language is still a problem.
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