Glad you had fun! I'm so excited for this to air and good luck to all the skaters today!
Omg, mushroom yuzu made an appearance again?! Its like we've teleported back to 2010-2011 with that hair and Change 
So cuteQuick review of TOI on 13th, Friday.
Part 2
1. Girls from Sendai’s local skate club, Let It Go.
2. Music performance by BREATHE
3. Javi with BREATHE. He looked little nervous, as he said in the video message “It is the first time to perform with live music.
4. Johnny, Schindler’s list. He was wearing simple black out fit and black shoes with red soles.
5. Honda, Talking to the Moon. Excellent performance by my emotional favorite skater, who are from Fukushima, and so am I
6. Verner, New York New York. Excellent Veteran skates know how to use the link, very well.
7. Plushy. He was on! It was Plushenko. People were so excited and he looked happy.
8. Music performance by Monkey Magic.
9. Yuzuru, Change. It was very exciting performance, even with a fall at steps. He said it’s a killer program, which requires so much stamina to perform.
10. Yuzuru’s speech. He looked more than happy.
11. All skaters with Panda-Lion’s music, no Plushy
12. Emerging of Emperor of Russia! He did triple jump with Yuzuru, side by side.
13. Farewell with Monkey Magic’s music.
That’s all I saw.
I wonder how ladies in SS seats were able to maintain their sanity during the show, because they were so close to the skaters, all of them were good looking men who, especially veterans were very good at appealing to the audiences. (Unfortunately my seat was far enough to maintain it.)
Good Night.
He will be on top of his abilities propably in next olympics, as 23 is average age for peak of skaters. Second, he definitely can handle his LP layout. If he would not be able then he would have diffrent layout. He can do it perfectly in practice. Only quad salchow mostly was causing problems, but he is the type that will not accept removing problem by removing jump but by mastering the jump, and I am sure it will happen.
Frankly, I don't know if Yuzuru can master more quads and improve his artistry at the same time. I hope he can perform with all his strength, without any regret in the end.Let's start from the point, that he not reached his peak yet
It actually didn't took him 2 years to master his SP because he made it great in first outing in SA 2012, but his overall skills developed hugely over the year, and that is where from his scores raised up.
I am not so hyped over the unclear future as you about Yuzuru. Because in this sport we never know. But it's true that Yuzuru hasn't reached his true potential yet. If he stays healthy for the next quad, then he will become a legend.
Yup, that is also the reason Plushenko admires Mao Asada.
you only live one, why not go for it? Frankly, I don't know if Yuzuru can master more quads and improve his artistry at the same time. I hope he can perform with all his strength, without any regret in the end.
You can only choose one at a time, your jumps or your artistry? If he can do both, then he might be an alien.
Anyways, frankly as a fan I don't care much about gold medals for him anymore. OGM and world champion, he already has them all. Medals are important, but the state of your mind worths much more. Choosing this sport, all skaters know their career will not last for long. Someone as stubborn as Plushenko you can't find everywhere. And frankly even Plushenko's fans hope for his retirement (because of his health).
Yuzuru knows this, definitely. In a recent interview he said, even though he was just 19, the number of competition he can enter could only be counted by hands. The kid also planned to retire at the age of 23, which sounds reasonable, given the demanding layout he has been choosing. Actually it's his choice, he knows this very well, who are we to judge?
My best wish for him is: stays healthy, performs without any regret.
Name one person who can consistently deliver a program as difficult as his. Patrick, who is the closest in terms of difficulty is also never consistent.
If you don't challenge yourself then what's the point in FS being a sport? No one is ever consistent when they first put in new and more difficult elements like quads. As for dominant skater, look to Patrick as a case in point.
Actually yes. Because men usually peaks at 21-23. And he has not peaked yet. And jumps get more consistent with time.
How's his skating falling apart? He's more consistent than last year, and most of his falls are on his 4S which is a mental block, which he overcame in WC.
Do you not watch his programs? He is improving in different aspects. His basics are better, his jumps are more consistent (4S aside) and his stamina's also improved. How do you know he's not comfortable with his programs? He sure seems to enjoy his PW.
Have you not watched men's FS the past quad? This is not new, not with the way men's FS is increasingly getting more and more technically demanding. Everyone else falls too FYI.
Asthma doesn't "go away". That's just ignorant first of all. Why should he water down his programs? If everyone else was afraid of falling and watered down their programs then the sport would move backwards and not forward. Sport means to constantly challenge the limits.
10 times better? Oh really. Well, that's your personal perspective but your stating it like its a fact. (FYI, its not)
Again not true. He broke the SP records in 2012 too, but I guess you're blinded by your opinion that he's gotten so incompetent.
I'm inclined to believe that you won't see any improvement in his performance ability no matter how hard he works on it. And he doesn't need to work on it A LOT. To each's own I guess.
Oh really? Which direction would you have liked him to go? He's always been a technician (even as a junior) so I'm not sure what you were expecting cause he was never going to be the best artistically.
He's 19. Your speaking as if he's 25+ and past his peak.
My only wish is for him to stay healthy and relatively injury-free until he decides to retire.We will see how things develop over next years. Even changing quad salchow to quad toe combo he still would be winning by big TES margin, but he just seems to be person that can't accept situation to play safe game. He would regard that as his own loss
Let's start from the point, that he not reached his peak yet
It actually didn't took him 2 years to master his SP because he made it great in first outing in SA 2012, but his overall skills developed hugely over the year, and that is where from his scores raised up.
Hi! I can only translate Plushy's words from the news video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-phXJ5dYxJA&feature=youtu.be. He says: "First of all, I'm happy that I've been invited by Yuzuru to skate with him at all the shows (he meant those in Sendai, I think. I have no idea if there are other shows planned together with Yuzuru). I hope people will like the program (I'm going to skate). I'd say it again- it's my favorite program." That's all he says.
He is who he is and it is what it is. Can't stand it/him anymore? Leave. No one is forcing you to watch him because your obviously going out of your way to follow his news and watch his performances. You vaguely remind me of a past poster who was also bitterly invested in everything Yuzuru Hanyu did.
The ladies have puberty, the men don't. Some men have problems as their body get taller, gaining weight... But I don't see that with Yuzuru. His body is natural that way. He doesn't have to force his body to gain or lose weight. Yuzuru has passed the growth spurt so his current body might stay like that for at least 5-8 years. I am Asian and I have friends who has the same body type as Yuzuru so I know what I am talking about. My friend is even thinner than Yuzuru, poor fellow.
Frankly, his SP at SA last year was already perfect. The score was 95, compare to the second skater's 87 point, which means it was nearly perfect. His SP at Sochi was much better because his skills mature, he was faster but it has nothing to do with the level of that program. He was perfect in SA, which is why they gave him that score. PW simply suites Yuzuru's style very well, that's it.
That applies for all skaters, not only Yuzuru. Why should he use all his energy in practice right before the competition? So he have no breath to jump in real competition? Seriously I don't get your point at all. If all the skaters skate with their full potential, then Mao should have been the Olympic Gold Medal and Plushenko would be a 4 times gold medalist. But that didn't happen. If Javi skated to his full potential at Saitama, he would have been the world champion, not Yuzuru, but Javi singled a jump and lost 6 points.
Personally I think Yuzuru has already did his best with a program that doesn't suit his artistry. (hello, this is where David Wilson joins the group of my least favorite choreographers).
Wrong, his most perfect one was at Finlandia where he landed a huge 4S. And he was not even in perfect form at that time. The WC 2014 is tiresome for him because he has to deal with Olympic and lots of stress from media. Next year they don't have Olympic, his self-confidence is boosted, and he is gaining maturity. It's true that only time will tell but he can be better.
He is who he is and it is what it is. Can't stand it/him anymore? Leave. No one is forcing you to watch him because your obviously going out of your way to follow his news and watch his performances. You vaguely remind me of a past poster who was also bitterly invested in everything Yuzuru Hanyu did.
I'm gonna google that and get back to you
I always thought they also had some kind of hormone thing going on
