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Not every culture or every person loves the style of bowing so often, you know.
Hanyu sees Chan as inspiration and not a rival.
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Not every culture or every person loves the style of bowing so often, you know.
...I've personally never been offended by or felt Patrick offensive; that's how average North American guys express determination and competitive spirit. I mean, if you were, I guess you might be shocked by hiphop artists' genuinely friendly demeanour. It's not balletic enough, perhaps? Where is young boiling blood, everyone!
Sweet Hanyu and dude Patrick are just boys being different.
Sweet Hanyu and dude Patrick are just boys being different.
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:scratch: You get these three sentences off of three fortune cookies?
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obviously.
didn't say anything about bowing. sheesh, this is a tough house tonight.
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It IS tough when a skater couldn't even say let someone win without being picked on. It is a way to speak, like to say, "I'll let you have it. I'll have that."
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I did not take part in that discussion except to agree with someone who said that they had no problem with what Chan said. If you have a personal issue with me, let it slide. okay? peace
So totally agree!
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Phaeljones, I am sorry. I don't even know you or your positions. Why should I have personal issue with you? It's hard to understand why have I offended you? You were talking about more places should adopt Japanese style. I said not everyone likes that style and want to follow the suit. You said it's a tough house here. I said yes it's tough for skaters. If you had said up front not to quote you, I would certainly not have quoted you.:sarcasm:
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peace bluebonnet. thanks. misunderstandings abound.
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Wow, even in this kind of thread the regular poster find a chance to bash Yuzuru again, I'm seriously doubt if some people here has "problem" and need help.:disapp:
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BINGO! I love fortune cookies. You want more?
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True, true. This article is so reflective of how the male and female gender behave and react differently to similar situations. Love this bit:
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This is exactly the impression I get from Chan's 'let him win this' comment. A way to self-boost confidence.
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I hope you're joking b/c that's an annoying generalization to make... I must be a guy then b/c my friends and I act out the guy scenario more than the women scenario :scratch:
Back to topic. I think Hanyu's learned a lot from just competing with Chan the entire GP season. His competitive mentality really improved from SC to the GPF, and I think it had a lot to do with competing against Chan - someone he had a very small chance of beating. He had to adjust himself. Now he's focusing on himself and not on how Chan and the others score, it seems to be working for him. Hopefully he can take this mentality onto nationals, olympics, and worlds.
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Hah, that's probably a little worse than Patrick saying I'll let Hanyu have the GPF as long as I get the OGM (it's not like Chan said "I already have 2 GPF titles. So I'll let Hanyu have 1"). But, hey, it's Johnny.
Not that it really matters, but for the record he actually did kind of say that... (I've won a lot of competitions and finals in my career, so I'll let Yuzu win this one)
Anyway, I don't think it really has anything to do with competitive spirit or north american culture or whatnot. i honestly think it just came out wrong, and he didn't mean to stir the pot - you can't fault some people for the comment rubbing the wrong way though.
Re: the topic, in a sense, I think Yuzuru was pretty lucky to be skating with Patrick at both events. He got a chance to learn from him and also get a first hand look at his skating skills and practices.
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Yuzuru was very lucky to get to skate with Patrick Chan for three events. He learned that he can focus outside of the pressure and re-focus and continue even when there is a mishap. When Yuzuru's blade got caught in the ditch at BEP and he missed both of his quads, he still got up and re-focussed and never gave up. (Patrick did the same at GPF. Even when he was distracted by the sky cam, he never gave up and he fought really hard in that sp skate. One gets the impression that they both inspire each other.) When Patrick Chan gave the interview at Skate Canada and spoke of Hanyu's skating (describing Hanyu's transitions), Hanyu (according to Hanyu) was hanging on every word to learn as much as he could. If there has been any season where there has been shown the greatest improvement in Hanyu's performance, it is this year and having the opportunity to skate with Chan has to be a big part of that.
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BINGO! I love fortune cookies. You want more?
They are specifically meant for the person who gets them. You can read them (to yourself).
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Maybe a little credit for his new coach Brian Orser?
I think Yuzuru's stamina has noticeably increased which has helped his LP greatly.
I just wish Mr. Chan would learn to think before he speaks. But I've been saying that for many years now, so I guess it's a case where he just doesn't care if he comes off sounding like a mean-spirited jerk.
The only male skaters I can think of who mouth off like this are Chan, Moir, Plushenko, Majorov and Shabalin (who thought D/S should have won at least silver in Vancouver). Only two of these are North American.
The only male skaters I can think of who mouth off like this are Chan, Moir, Plushenko, Majorov and Shabalin (who thought D/S should have won at least silver in Vancouver). Only two of these are North American.
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