Sayu93 Posted March 11, 2018 Share Posted March 11, 2018 Since it is the 11th of March I thought I'd share this bit of trivia : Ever since that day in 2011 the japanese National Team of table Tennis wears jearseys with "wasurenai 3.11"(not forget 3.11 ) written on them. https://www.gettyimages.co.jp/イベント/table-tennis-world-championship-day-7-700054747 The link is to a galary of images it may be that you have to click through the images a bit to get a good frontal short of a japanese player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sombreuil Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 Off topic but I don't know where to put it - I loved Nao Kodaira's haircut - reminded me of Mai Murakami's - wish some of the Japanese ladies would follow Weijing and Vanessa and be a bit more adventurous with their hair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralucutzagy Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 JM Delpotro wins his first ATP Masters 1000 final at Indian Wells! Congrats!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralucutzagy Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Congrats, Naomi!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaeryth Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Ayumu! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparkleSalad Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Not sure if this is considered a sport but I think of it as one (well, the Japanese edition.) Sasuke (Ninja Warrior) will be on on the 26th of March. Anyone else a fan? http://www.tbs.co.jp/sasuke_rising/ Also wondering if any Kohei Uchimura fans could point me in the direction of some good videos to watch. I just saw that video posted on the Olympic Channel of him and Yuzu and he's so elegant! ETA. Oh my lord. I've been loving under a gymnastics rock! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaeryth Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 45 minutes ago, SparkleSalad said: Also wondering if any Kohei Uchimura fans could point me in the direction of some good videos to watch. I just saw that video posted on the Olympic Channel of him and Yuzu and he's so elegant! He's known for his precise and perfect form and 'stuck' landings. HERE's a nice ppt presentation of the TJ men's gymnastics team. 2012 Olympics Spoiler 2013 Worlds Spoiler 2014 Worlds Spoiler 2015 Worlds Spoiler BONUS: Kenzo Shirai's quad twist Spoiler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparkleSalad Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 38 minutes ago, kaeryth said: He's known for his precise and perfect form and 'stuck' landings. HERE's a nice ppt presentation of the TJ men's gymnastics team. 2012 Olympics Reveal hidden contents 2013 Worlds Reveal hidden contents 2014 Worlds Hide contents 2015 Worlds Hide contents BONUS: Kenzo Shirai's quad twist Hide contents Sasuga Encyclopedia-san. I just watched the 2015 clip then the 2014 clip and my goodness, he sure seemed (to my untrained eyes) to have levelled up considerably in 2015! Absolutely incredible. My memories of gymnastics are of very heavy men straining themselves. This feels like the first time I saw Yuzu: "I didn't know it could be like this. He's so light!" All it really is for one athlete with effortlessness, efficiency, and elegance to sell me on a sport, though I can't see myself following it as deeply as FS. I might take the off season to educate myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaeryth Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, SparkleSalad said: Sasuga Encyclopedia-san. I just watched the 2015 clip then the 2014 clip and my goodness, he sure seemed (to my untrained eyes) to have levelled up considerably in 2015! Absolutely incredible. My memories of gymnastics are of very heavy men straining themselves. This feels like the first time I saw Yuzu: "I didn't know it could be like this. He's so light!" All it really is for one athlete with effortlessness, efficiency, and elegance to sell me on a sport, though I can't see myself following it as deeply as FS. I might take the off season to educate myself. I'm far from an expert in gym as I only follow Kohei and Kenzo... and discovered both indirectly because of Yuzu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sombreuil Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 i was the other way round - discovered Yuzuru because of Kohei and Ryohei Kato, who were asked for their opinion on the CoC disaster - both said that if they were the coach they would try to dissuade him from carrying on, but as athletes they would want to continue, which Kohei demonstrated last October ☹️ Here are links to the 'Miracle Bodies ' documentary- it's in Japanese but the diagrams etc show how he makes those perfect landings. https://youtu.be/2y67gxvptMM https://youtu.be/gQGV9znESyE https://youtu.be/Qdy8OCUPshw https://youtu.be/cby_aZQ57L8 Also the documentary about how he improved his rings technique to make it onto the team for Beijing where he won silver in the AA on a wonky ankle (sound familiar?) which was just before the start of his extraordinary 2 quad run. https://youtu.be/nIqP2Ib0tLA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sombreuil Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 Two for the price of one - Takahashi interviews Uchimura. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sombreuil Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 It's been 5 months since he injured his ankle at the World Championships - similar injury to Yuzurus.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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