2023 NHK Trophy Men's Free Skate

[TT_Fin]

Papa Fin in our house likes all the skaters who has control of the hands like Shoma. He keeps asking if there are bugs on the Arena but when Shoma skaters there is none of them.

But I was holding my breath for 4 minutes and now a deep take of it.

 

[4everchan]

Petition for Shoma's knees to be made one of the seven wonders of the natural world.

Say can you do a 3A-3A sequence?

possible of course... useful? maybe not as much because skaters like to use the 3a twice in other combos.

 

[icewhite]

almost perfect

but I can't with that program

 

[ana]

Wonderful! The crowd loves him.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Petition for Shoma's knees to be made one of the seven wonders of the natural world.

Say can you do a 3A-3A sequence?

You can, but it's not really beneficial, particularly with how big of a risk it is.

 

[anonymoose_au]

He seemed to be in a trance when he finished but the crowd woke him up!

The flags! The towels

And my steam died...

 

[Sai Bon]

He's not taking it lying down, that's for sure

 

[YuBluByMe]

This was much better than in China, but my opinion of the program is the same. Uno excels at body movement and so the first half is beautiful. The second half - starting at the step sequence - is sleep-inducing.

 

[lileychristie]

Now that I know what to expect from Shoma's FP, I did find it way more enjoyable

 

[TT_Fin]

Was it time violation? Looked Shoma stopped after the music.

 

[YuBluByMe]

Go Kagiyama go!

 

[anonymoose_au]

Yumajesty has decided to bring us Rain in Your Warhorse Eyes

I guess he can be forgiven, especially for that quad sal.

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

Yuma KAGIYAMA
Rain In Your Black Eyes

4S
4T+1Eu+2S
3Lo
FCSSp4
3A+2A+SEQ
3A (fall)
3Lz+2T
ChSq1 +2.00
3F
StSq4
CCoSp4
FCCoSp4

FS: 182.88 (2nd)
TOT: 288.39 (1st)

What a treat to see these two skaters back-to-back, shame about the axel fall but Yuma was still sublime

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Such soft landings, and just look at his hands The 3A still out to get him - Last time he popped one, today he fell on one, next time he'll land both It will be close, so close.

 

[tsuyoboogie]

Nice skate, Yuma!

 

[icewhite]

His GOEs.

 

[anonymoose_au]

Unless there's a downgrade surely Yuma's got the gold? He's got 5 points in his pocket!

 

[TT_Fin]

Yuma and Shoma should teach to many other skaters how to use your hands.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

His GOEs.

To be fair, his 4S for example is stunningly good, and very much deserves huge GOE.

 

[Ruthypegs]

For me one of the aspects is that his programs seem rather empty, and I wonder if he would have more time, nerves and energy for more complex transitions if he didn't have to focus on the jumps as much, or if his programs would still look the way they do. I simply can't say.

I wouldn't agree that his programmes are empty - I'd argue the reverse, that they're filled with interesting transitions (it's fascinating that we all see such different things in programmes).

But I do agree that if he wasn't having to focus so much on jumps that he's uncomfortable with, he could improve transitions and performance further still.