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I have seen that in the recent interview, Mirodi Ito mentioned that she learned her 3A from Brian Orser. :eeking: (I didn’t know that )
After the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, she says she had repeatedly watched his 3A…over and over again.

Then Mao learned her 3A from Midori and Yuzuru learned his 3A from Mao! What a wonderful way of ties-string (結弦). :agree2:

This means Brian Orser's 3A is great grandparent to Yuzu's 3A.

Brian Orser's 3A: Great grandparent
Midori Ito's 3A: Grandparent
Mao Asada's 3A: Parent
Yuzu's 3A: Child
 
I admire Yuzuru's constant eagerness to learn from everyone regardless of age, sport, and accomplishments. But I can't imagine how it feels to be on the receiving end of the "machine gun" lol :dbana:
 
I admire Yuzuru's constant eagerness to learn from everyone regardless of age, sport, and accomplishments. But I can't imagine how it feels to be on the receiving end of the "machine gun" lol :dbana:
I kind of can :laugh: I had my share of small children to deal with. When they want to know something, they often just ask away again and again. Things like, oh, I don't know, so who are you getting married to??? :biggrin:
 
That's cool that Midori learned from watching Brian...she learned very well. IMHO, she still did the best 3A ever in women's skating but she learned from the best too. His 3A was the best in the business when he was competing. Wasn't he the first to do one at the Olympics... and then the first to do 2 in a long program? And you know, he still gets great height on his jumps when he cheers on his students during competitions, despite not being in his physical prime, lol.
 
That's cool that Midori learned from watching Brian...she learned very well. IMHO, she still did the best 3A ever in women's skating but she learned from the best too. His 3A was the best in the business when he was competing. Wasn't he the first to do one at the Olympics... and then the first to do 2 in a long program? And you know, he still gets great height on his jumps when he cheers on his students during competitions, despite not being in his physical prime, lol.

I believe he was the skater to put two triple Axel jumps in the same program and the first skater to land three triple Axel jumps in the same competition.
He was nicknamed "Mr. Triple Axel", definitely the best in the business when he was competing.
 
About Dai, I remember sometime around 2014 when Yuzu talked about Parisienne Walkway and manliness, he was asked who is in his mind is an ideal example of manliness, he said Daisuke Takahashi. And interestingly, when asked who is the most manly guy on TJ, Dai said in contrast to his delicate appearance, Yuzu is actually the most manly guy. :luv17:

They talked about different things there, skatefan22. While Yuzuru was asked about sex appeal (and he mentioned Daisuke), Daisuke talked about Yuzu's personal qualities like courage and fighting spirit there.
 
Yutaka Higuchi (Coach, editorial supervisor of the book "Team Brian") said in an interview,

"Yuzuru did not know Brian was a quad jumper (when he was a competitive skater). After seeing the video, it made him have respect for Brian (laughs)"

Sorry, I did not know either :biggrin:

I just knew he was famous for his 3A.
 
Yutaka Higuchi (Coach, editorial supervisor of the book "Team Brian") said in an interview,

"Yuzuru did not know Brian was a quad jumper (when he was a competitive skater). After seeing the video, it made him have respect for Brian (laughs)"

Sorry, I did not know either :biggrin:

I just knew he was famous for his 3A.

He never tried in competition ( the first man to land a quad was Kurt browning after orser retired) but it seems he had landed more then a few in practice...
 
Is it just me? or has Yuzu's tumblr tag been cleaned up? Yay!
and once again it lasted all of 2 days :palmf: congratulations, internet, you suck.


But those tumblr tags do make a lot of sense :sarcasm: let's see...

#john Watson #architecture #depression #yuzuru Hanyu #soundcloud #bobby #young #follow #harry potter #tab #public #dan howell #marilyn manson #shoujo #mature #music

What kind of post could be tagged like that, hmmmmm... well, my guess would be that this is a prediction for #Yuzuru's new FS next season. Some dude I've never heard of, #dan howell, heard this from a friend who saw something somewhere on the internet, so it must be true. #John Watson will be his choreographer. No, not the guy from Sherlock, that would be ridiculous, he's not real. Mister Watson said this program would me very #mature and the structure almost monumental, like a great piece of #architecture. I think he likened it to the Taj Mahal. Not putting in that tag seems almost criminal.
As his #music he'll use a mashup of the #harry potter soundtrack and the very best of #marilyn manson. His buddy #bobby edited the music for him and put it up on #soundcloud. A blogger said this bold choice was a clear sign of #depression, but the truth is that he got the idea from a #shoujo manga. I know, he's not exactly the target audience, but he's still #young. Let's call it an experimental phase and not talk about it anymore. We'll just have to #follow the white rabbit on this one.
He hasn't gone #public with this yet, but I already see the potential for a drinking game. The loser has to pick up the #tab.
 
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Finally, PhD defended :hap57:

Congratulations Farnaz! So happy for and proud of you. :hap36:

My being a fan of Yuzuru also roughly coincided with my graduate studies. I must say following Yuzuru's performances (and participating in this forum) served as a breathing point in the academic grind of this quite desperately homesick student then.

Our boy is so sweet :luv17: He sent a bouquet of roses to Igor Bobrin and Natalia Bestemianova for their 30th Anniversary (they helped Nanami and Yuzuru with R&J.1's final choreography)

I believe Yuzuru having a grateful heart is one of the reasons for him being as successful as he is. :yes:

I hope one day Yuzu will go to them again for full choreo because their style seems to suit Yuzu's dramatic flair :D

Even if that never happens (I hope though it will), I think IB and NB's influence on Yuzuru will always stay with him. SEIMEI seems to me to have traces of R & J 1 particularly the last "fighting" choreographic sequence. Igor himself commented: "[W]hen I look at the program now, I know some of the elements that we once more offered him. That is good, he has kept. And it is his honor." (Google translation, http://echo.msk.ru/programs/dithyramb/1666558-echo/)


http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3mjw0j_160115-ビッグスポーツ賞_sport
Video clip of the Award ceremony, Yuzu does a round-off on the red carpet. :biggrin:

Considerate of him to first motion to the camera person to back off or else he would have cartwheeled right into the latter. :biggrin:

More Gymnastics and Yuzu (making me happy today) Kenzo says that he likes talking to other atheletes at the Big Sports Award, and he and Yuzu got to talk this time. He said they have the 'quad twist' in common. https://twitter.com/kenzo8824/status/687971459315056641

Love, love Kenzo Shirai! He once said Yuzuru inspires him to up his (Kenzo's) difficulty so shall we see a quint twist in his FE later on? I would say that Kenzo is to Kohei as Boyang is to Yuzuru. ;)


Yutaka Higuchi (Coach, editorial supervisor of the book "Team Brian") said in an interview,

"Yuzuru did not know Brian was a quad jumper (when he was a competitive skater). After seeing the video, it made him have respect for Brian (laughs)"

Sorry, I did not know either

I just knew he was famous for his 3A.

I believe Brian made it a point to have Yuzuru watch that video of Brian doing quads. :laugh: I believe the link to the article with the video was posted much earlier in this thread so posting the video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2IaPXg6DaE.

ahh beautiful child , he is always the one having the most fun at galas whenever i see him imitate someone i always think "other skaters, none of you are safe from Yuzuru imitating you, its gonna be your turn sooner or later " :biggrin: i wonder when will he do aerobics class

Oh he already did but off ice and with Javier no less at WC 2014:https://youtu.be/9QphWd_Yf4A?t=154
 
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Thank you Maria Victoria for the link :)

This video may be the one Yuzuru was shown. Brian is young and SLIM in it :laugh: His jump is gorgeous.

I translated Higuchi sensei's interview just by memory, so sorry it might not be exact. But, one thing I remember is that he said in Japanese, literally meaning, Yuzuru saw the video and suddenly started respecting Brian (for the quad jump, I think). I could easily imagine Yuzuru's reaction; he was maybe with this face :love:

Of course, I know Yuzuru had respect for Brian before this. But his respect seems to have been intensified further by knowing Brian's technical ability, and I believe his words have become more convincing for Yuzuru.
 
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Yuzu did a really nice 4S in the finale, or that's what the announcer said he did...it was so blurry. I hope there will be a video soon.
 
I watched NYOI on live stream. It was a beautiful show. Yuzu did Final TIme Traveler and beautiful and perfect Quad Sal in the finale. But he was just positioned as one of many legedary skaters, so it would not give him mush burden. No group number for him either at the opening or finale, so he probably did not participate in the prepartaion either. My personal best was Johny's Creep and Kostner. They moved me somuch emotionally!! Yuzu's FTT was inspirational as always, but he looked bit tired to me.
 
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About Dai, I remember sometime around 2014 when Yuzu talked about Parisienne Walkway and manliness, he was asked who is in his mind is an ideal example of manliness, he said Daisuke Takahashi. And interestingly, when asked who is the most manly guy on TJ, Dai said in contrast to his delicate appearance, Yuzu is actually the most manly guy. :luv17:

In this post-NHK 2012 interview with Mao, Akko and Dai, they were asked how do they see each other's existence (Mao/Akko, Yuzu/Dai). He wrote "subete no akogare", that he aspires to be like Dai-chan as a skater, a person and as a senpai (still amused at Dai's answer though). As a skater I think Yuzu looks up to Plushenko and Weir but as a person, he more or less looks at Team Japan for guidance.

This thread moves too fast, I decided to just catch up with the entries at the start of the year.
:laugh:
 
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