Lunna Posted July 16, 2020 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetwater Posted July 18, 2020 Share Posted July 18, 2020 Mitsuki Sumoto visited Sendai to make his new FP. His FP for this season is "Mission" choreographed by Nanami Abe. (Source is Quadruple Axel) According to his comment, he says that at Ice Rink Sendai, people are wearing masks both during public sessions and private sessions. He says that he isn't sure when he will debut his new program, but he will rehearse it to be able to perform it anytime he can. By the way, he has left Coach Yoshinori Onishi and has been training under Takeshi Honda since this February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Umebachi Posted July 19, 2020 Share Posted July 19, 2020 On 7/18/2020 at 10:38 AM, sweetwater said: Mitsuki Sumoto visited Sendai to make his new FP. His FP for this season is "Mission" choreographed by Nanami Abe. (Source is Quadruple Axel) According to his comment, he says that at Ice Rink Sendai, people are wearing masks both during public sessions and private sessions. He says that he isn't sure when he will debut his new program, but he will rehearse it to be able to perform it anytime he can. By the way, he has left Coach Yoshinori Onishi and has been training under Takeshi Honda since this February. Great photos of Sendai station and the iconic beef (tongue?) dish. I hope he will be able to stabilize his jumps under Coach Honda - he has so much potential but struggled with some of his jumps... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvsk8 Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 18 hours ago, Umebachi said: Great photos of Sendai station and the iconic beef (tongue?) dish. I hope he will be able to stabilize his jumps under Coach Honda - he has so much potential but struggled with some of his jumps... I think his spins are more terrible... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingCamel Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 this thread basically... Mai!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceWings Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 So glad that Mai is back on the ice training! I hope we can get some news clips of all the skaters at the training camp. Also happy that Kaori is keeping her Matrix free skate. I really want to see her do a clean skate of that program, so hopefully we'll get to see that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetwater Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Not sure how I should feel about JSF gathering skaters for this training camp under the current situation in Japan. I pray everyone stays safe during and after this. It seems that only four or five skaters can be on the ice for each practice session. According to Sponich, each media can send only one person there, and the photos are taken by only one photographer that represents all the media. Let me share some summaries of skaters' comments. Kazuki Tomono: He is looking forward to training with Sota Yamamoto in the same group as it would be stimulating. He resumed on-ice training at the end of May after the state of emergency got lifted. Until then, he had been training off-ice for about 1.5 to 2months. The off-ice training made him realize his weak points, so he focused on working on such points. For example, while doing one-foot squats, he found an imbalance in the strength of muscles and the ability to maintain the balance between left and right. After working on it off the ice, when he got back on the ice, he felt better than before. He says the period he had to stay off the ice gave him a chance to be aware of his physical condition, and it was unexpectedly meaningful. He is going to keep both of his programs from the last season, and aiming to include 3quads constantly. He says he isn't sure what will happen in the future, but if there is a chance to compete in a competition, he will aim for the podium. https://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/202007210000378.html Sota Yamamoto: Since he has switched coaches and has been training in Osaka, Nishinomiya, and Kobe now, he is trying to adapt himself to the new situation taking one step at a time. He will have two new programs, so he wants to work on and refine every element of his skate. He resumed on-ice training at the end of May. He hasn't lost the feeling of skating but is still trying to regain stamina. He is thinking about learning 4F or 4Lz. Now he is practicing 3F and 3Lz from a different curve. He is now taking a leave of absence from school to pursue his skating. The Dark Eyes, his SP will be a gorgeous program. As to the FP, he chose to revisit Dragon which he used 8years ago. He is aiming to present a new Dragon with a new music cut and choreography. https://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/202007210000393.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetwater Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Wakaba Higuchi: She had to stay off the ice from April 8 to June 1. After getting back on the ice, she gradually got used to being on the ice again. Now she can do everything she could do before thanks to what she did off the ice. After Worlds got canceled, for the first few weeks, she was feeling uneasy not knowing how to train, and then she accepted the situation and tried to focus on staying healthy, trying not to think about fs, and did off-ice training, mainly running and jumping. She is planning to keep and refine both programs from the last season. She is trying to maintain focus on what she can do now, such as to solidify her 3A instead of thinking about the Olympics. https://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/202007210000414.html Kaori Sakamoto: She sees this training camp as a chance to take a close look at quads done by men and learn from it. It was the first time for her to remain off the ice for such a long time. Since she got back on the ice, she has been driven by the feeling that she had to catch up. She tried to figure out how she could make good use of each day, and she thinks that was a good experience for her. She will keep Matrix for FP. As to SP, Benoit Richaud choreographed it via video chat using LINE. The process was a bit confusing at first. She doesn't remember the French title of the music, but she will portray a mature lady in the program. She is happy to be able to train with Mai again. https://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/202007210000389.html ETA: According to Figure Skating Life, a reporter/reporters at the venue searched Kaori's SP music, and it seems to be this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetwater Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Yuma Kagiyama: His SP for this season will be Take Five, and the FP will be Princess Mononoke OST, both choreographed by Misao Sato. He wants to present these programs at this training camp and receive feedback to improve them. He was nervous about taking part in the senior training camp, but now he is relaxed being welcomed by friendly senpais. He had to stay off the ice since before the declaration of the state of emergency. He got back on the ice a few days after it got lifted and is getting back in shape. During the time off the ice, he watched the videos of his performances from last season to remind himself of how he skates. and swore to himself to surpass them. He also did rope jumping to maintain the muscles that are necessary for taking off and landing of jumps. He is aiming to include two types of quads in both SP and FP. As to the Olympics, he says it will be held someday, sometimes, so he is going to work on every element of his technique to be able to compete in it. https://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/202007210000492.html https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2020/07/21/kiji/20200721s00079000284000c.html Shun Sato: His SP this season will be Pirates of the Caribbean, and FP will be Battle of the Kings, both choreographed by non-Japanese choreographer/choreographers. He was also nervous about joining the senior training camp but is enjoying training with senpais. He could not train on the ice from the beginning of April until the end of May. When he got back on the ice, he felt the amount of the time off the ice, but now, he is feeling good about the way he skates. During the time away from the ice, he did many things he had never done before, including taking dance lessons. Before this pandemic, he was taking it for granted that he was able to skate, but the frustration he felt while being off the ice made him realize how important figure skating has been for him. He had a plan on practicing 4F during this offseason, but since things haven't been going as scheduled, he hopes to work on it step by step. https://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/202007210000513.html ETA: Shun's programs are both choreographed by Benoit Richaud. https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2020/07/21/kiji/20200721s00079000293000c.html ETA2 (07/22/2020): Fuji aired snippets of their interview in their midnight news show, and it looked like Nikkan's transcription of Yuma's comment was partly wrong, so I revised the corresponding part of the summary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetwater Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Yuhana Yokoi: Her SP for this season is Nandemonaiya (English version) choreographed by Akiko Suzuki. FP is an orchestrated version of Tom and Jerry choreographed by Misao Sato. It is not clear whether she had to stay completely off the ice or she at least had very limited ice-time, but the change of situation affected her as well, and she is a bit struggling to regain the jumps she used to be able to do. As to the SP, she thought about skating to Carmen or tango as well but chose Nandemonaiya that sounds very different from Ten Dark Women. As to the FP, her mother suggested skating something funny. https://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/202007210000442.html https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2020/07/21/kiji/20200721s00079000273000c.html Tomoe Kawabata: She wants to work on expression in this training camp since there is a lesson/are lessons aiming to strengthen it. Although her home rink is setting a limit on the number of people on the ice for each session, she can skate roughly as much as she used to do. She had been working on maintaining her muscles and stamina according to the training menu given by her coach, focusing on stretching to heal her back injury. Now she doesn't feel much pain. She is planning to keep her FP for the last season. As to SP, she is practicing the SP for the last season and Twilight Waltz skated by Yuki Nishino before but hasn't decided which will be the SP for this season. She is still aiming for Beijing, but things are uncertain, so she wants to train while focusing on smaller goals. https://www.nikkansports.com/sports/news/202007210000462.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetwater Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Mai Mihara: Her SP for this season is It's Magic that she skated in the 2018-2019 season. FP will be Fairy of Forest and Galaxy choreographed by Lori Nichol. She seemed to have answered to the questions from the media online. She says it was a surprise for her that JFS invited her to this camp. She is happy to be able to train with skaters who she had been watching on TV during the last season and says she is motivated by that. Her home rink closed soon after she got back on the ice, and she had trouble getting back on it once again after the rink re-opened, so she hasn't been able to skate much. While she was staying at home, she worked on rebuilding her muscles and regaining her core strength. What made her go through this process was her feeling toward figure skating. She says her love for figure skating has never changed, and she had spent every day to get back on the ice as soon as possible. When she got back on the ice, she thought, "Ice is this slippery!" She has regained her jumps up to be able to land 3Lo until now. Her goal at the moment is to be able to do 3F, 3Lz, and triple-triple combinations without a mistake. She says she can't share the details of her physical condition but assured with a smile that she is getting a lot better. https://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2020/07/21/kiji/20200721s00079000315000c.html ETA: That's it for now! Sponichi and Nikkan is still uploading articles about others so I'll catch up later if others don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuzupon Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 My dearest Mai, why It's Magic again? sobs Never mind me, I am so so so glad she is back. She can skate to Mahna Mahna for all I care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fyere0 Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Scrolling the timeline after Team Japan training camp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veveco Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Please take care Kaori Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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