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That would make sense. For ballet technical rehearsals the costumes for this practice have similar feel to the performance costumes whilst sparing the beautiful performance costumes from undue wear and tear. It's important that the dancers 'feel' how the clothing will move because practice clothing would be very simple, bit like the under armour.

More fan video of Mewzuru Nyanyu

This artist creates the most beautiful works with Yuzu as the theme

Neko Zuzu or rather Mewzuru Nyanyu

Thank you for giving some positive sentiments to the Planet

Thank you for making contact with them and for sharing the response Then we will have to await the announcement of a fan mail address

This is pretty

Don't worry, the entrance to the salt mine is open. ISU will not even be worth negative publicity soon, as they head towards permanent irrelevance. Now that Yuzu is moving on to better projects, they will not loom over him with their menacing presence. They will shrink now that Yuzu has left their clutches, soon sponsors and broadcasters will stop paying them. Fanyus will not be donating to them any longer

Ice arenas with lots of vacant seats, will be a very cold dish indeed, the emptiness and chill will be a welcoming reception for the officials, like deep space.

My father, father and uncles came to all our ballet and drama performances if they could and my father organised all of our theatre outings, incl. the time we saw Nureyev. I think they would have recognised the genius of Yuzu, my mother and grandmother would have adored him. Grands both admired Curry and parents like Cousins and T&D

We are real FS fans!! I for one am from the Curry, Cousins, Torvill and Dean fan era. As a Brit, would not join a NA forum and glad to say, they most likely would not want me. Horror indeed

@Mary_kyo Your expertise in AI is tremendously appreciated. When you feel ready to share the analytical work that you have been doing, I would be very interested to see and understand how the AI could be used to judge the intricacies of fast rotations and angles of take off / landing etc Many thanks

Thank you again, for reaching out to IceRink Sendai, it is very much appreciated.

@turquoiseblue Thank you very much indeed for volunteering to approach Ice Rink Sendai Let's hope that they will be willing to help us. I have sent gifts to Yuzu via the service provided by JSF in the past. The information page on the JSF website clearly states that this service cannot be used for retired skaters. Given that Yuzu has made his change of status to professional athlete, the JSF forwarding service is now closed with regards to Yuzu. This is a long standing policy and it is clearly published on the website, so that is fair and should be respected.

This might mean that Canada could be one of the first tour dates if Yuzu produces a show outside of Japan. Please save me place in the ticket queue I was pondering this earlier. Then if Finland is next stop, Yuzu and Pooh san will be able to visit the Nature and the forest see the other Poohs who have returned to the forest and then on to Moomin Valley. What a happy thought

Dear Fellow Satellites Hope that everyone is feeling better It would be a huge understatement to describe the last few days as having been an emotional roller coaster. It was a considerably more drastic one than even seasoned fans have had to experience before. Even though a few days have passed, some if us are still reeling from the shock and I myself have been asking should this have been predicted. In some ways yes, timing wise, maybe less so Some of the interviews have confirmed many fans suspicions that Yuzu was very aware how he was being scored, what that message was all about and how he had at first thought that by trying harder, proving that he could still challenge new quad jumps, he might have turned that tide and received appropriate scores. Sadly, Yuzu has revealed how awful it had felt not to have been rewarded for the efforts and the pain when the realisation came that irrespective of the quality of his performances the scores would never truly reflect the reality. Something, that I would like to express is gratitude First and foremost to Yuzu, for just being the most magnificent competitive skater and all round wonderful, kind hearted, thoughtful person. The gift os his competitive and ice show programmes and all of Yuzu's achievements cannot be erased, because there are records and we, the fans will remember and cherish everything given to us by Yuzu. Yuzu in his new professional skater self will in time give even more to the FS world and that is something to be thankful for. Yuzu has a close and loyal circle of support from family, friends fellow skaters, past and currently active, other celebrities, media persons to name a few. There have been notable detractors, but it is useful to know who not to trust as much as who can be counted on. There will be 'fly by night, fair weather fans who might decide to leave the fandom, that's fine. There are many other staunch supporters who will continue to follow Yuzu and await the announcements about new venture and endeavours that Yuzu will bring soon Volunteers in Beijing - Yuzu was shown a great deal of kindness and consideration in Beijing. It was a difficult time and Yuzu has now described that he felt under a lot of pressure, was suffering with doubts and suffered another injury. Even if perhaps those volunteers had not been FS fans or Yuzu fans before. The volunteers made Yuzu's time in Beijing something that he can look back on with pride and some contentment If anyone here on the Planet was a volunteer or knows someone who was, I'd like to tell them thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for taking care of Yuzu, when fans could't travel to support him. The 20,000 postcards shows how much love Yuzu received. A thousand thanks again Thank you for your indulgence

When Yuzu revealed during interview that Old Man Pooh san had had to be left behind in Canada, this fanartist was super quick to produce a touching little cartoon. Wishing Satellites good cheer today, hope this lovely drawing helps to heal your heart

IIrc, In an old interview ha mentioned coaching but more along the lines of mental preparation and the mind set to cope with elite level sports, which would not necessarily be limited or exclusively geared towards FS. Given how Yuzu had to cope with a natural disaster and it's aftermath, injuries and illness and be away from training during recuperation, the awful issues of not being rewarded Yuzu fully understands the sacrifices and resilience needed to overcome such challenges and pressures and succeed. He would be an excellent coach for anyone needing the right mentality to be a champion. This would also mean that the athlete(s) Yuzu worked with would not need for him to have dealings with ISU, because this type of coaching is generally more behind the scenes as part of the wider coaching team

I can see Yuzu competing in Summer games, archery or trap shooting Discovering the translations of the interviews, please never ever again let Yuzu be subjected to that kind of mental cruelty. If Yuzu decides that he wants to compete in FS in the future. By all means. but only after a complete investigation and overhaul of the IJS, with robust safeguards to ensure that bias in judging is removed by use of high def multi angle camera system and AI movement analysis with a review and instant appeal system, for GOE, like Gymnastics and transparent judging and refereeing process. ISU should be placed on probation, having to demonstrate strict adherence to a pre agreed code of practice, good governance and external audit for all competitions and competition results, having to report to and be subject to regular review by a larger International Sports governing body or ombudsman.

.Something to ponder courtesy of Astro Physics When a star has consumed all of its fuel, Hydrogen. The next chemical in the chain is Helium. Once the Helium has been consumed the gravitational forces overcome the now failing fusion reactions. As the dying star collapses the intense gravity forces the atoms together to produce heavier elements. Only super massive stars can become supernovae and these are the only stars which can create the heavier elements which create the building blocks of life. These building blocks are dispersed through the universe as the star explodes. Only from the total destruction of these super massive stars can something new be created.

For the sake of context, here is a currency conversion 1 billion Yen = £6 million = $ 7.5 million = 7 million Euro ISU deficit approx $4.5 million per annum, latest figures from the congress. Further information for your consideration: ISU income is mainly derived from Figure Skating, yet this income is split between Figure and Speed for various funds for skating related projects, skater support, prize money etc. ISU council is mainly comprised of ex speed skaters. You will be able to deduce what the main driver of cash coming in to ISU coffers was,( for the past 10-12 years ) and also think about whether the distribution of monies within ISU was at parity for the 2 branches of skating.

Well it seems as there are already 2 places with a pin on the World map for the Yuzu show tours. Lucky Helsinki, Finland and Toronto, Canada. Yuzu will most likely want to retrieve Old Man Pooh San and then visit Moomin Troll. Canadian and Finnish Satellites, we are relying on you to help acquire good group tickets

@Anabel Good Day Lovely Satellites It seems that people are interested to send a support messages to Yuzu. Anabel and I have investigated using a high quality photobook service to compile messages A separate thread will open shortly to discuss the project General idea, take a photo of Virtual Pooh Rain with a written message for Yuzu and in which country you reside. We will put a Pooh on a map to show that support is Global. Send photo, for inclusion in the project. Of course if you don't have a Pooh any visual tribute for Yuzu will be just as good The most important aspect of this is that we would like Yuzu to see that lots of fans are excited about the future projects that Yuzu is planning and will continue to support him. We want everyone orbiting the Planet to be included, if they would like to be involved. The intention will be to send the completed photo book to Ice RInk Sendai *As a matter of courtesy, we are appealing to any of the Japanese speaking satellites.* Please could one of you volunteer to approach them, to check if it will be alright for the Planet to ask for their help to ensure that the gift reaches Yuzu.

@birnasan @SummerMemories Thank you for the translations It is very kind of you to take the time and make the effort to help non Japanese speakers access the important interviews from Yuzu

These fan tributes are so intense but made with lots of affection for Yuzu