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Stream link! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SRuml8UXN0
I'm mostly happy with his performance but HOW CAN HE GET 6s and 7s in PCS, WHAT ARE YOU THINKING JUDGES? :curse:
I know TSL is not everyone’s cup of tea, but I was very happy that in this week’s You Tube, they were very complimentary of Kazuki and his skating.
I am just paraphrasing, but they were saying he has some of the best all-around talent. He could be a contender with 4S, 4T, and 3A and by being clean and consistent. He is like a Frank Carroll dream –the Japanese qualities of a Sato, the Frank Carroll refinement like Denis Ten only with even more artistry. He has an exquisite presence on the ice.
https://youtu.be/fnvY3Klo8OA?t=3862
I have been feeling terrible for our boy over the past days (can't imagine how he feels himself), I couldn't even watch the whole performances till now (just watched cuts)
I know TSL is not everyone’s cup of tea, but I was very happy that in this week’s You Tube, they were very complimentary of Kazuki and his skating.
I am just paraphrasing, but they were saying he has some of the best all-around talent. He could be a contender with 4S, 4T, and 3A and by being clean and consistent. He is like a Frank Carroll dream –the Japanese qualities of a Sato, the Frank Carroll refinement like Denis Ten only with even more artistry. He has an exquisite presence on the ice.
I don't think I agree with them regarding Kazuki having more artistry than Denis - he's different, and I'd say more expressive, but not necessarily more artistic. However, I agree on the rest, and it's good to see Kazuki getting the attention he deserves. I think his SP is great.
I'm so happy to hear that. The streaming didn't show much of the crowd as expected, and I was wondering what their reaction was like. (I'm looking forward to your videos too!!!)the step sequence was beautiful, and the program is potentially the most beautiful, so original and perfect for him... and the crowd was all for him...
I was wondering if he had some backache or something, so if it wasn't that, then great. I tend to start suspecting of a back problem whenever I see a skater/athlete moving in this certain way and putting their hands on their back. (I can't explain, but there's this weird movement? that some ppl kinda have when they have a backache, but very often it's just me worrying too much only because I had suffered from one before.)For me it's very clear that his mistakes with jumps were more psychological than technical - it's great that he improved his physical strength and power but he needs to work on his mental strength, too. He was obviously too nervous and anxious to show the results of his hard work. Here's a nice 4T he landed on warm-up: https://twitter.com/cantileverlove/status/1172546293132070917
It's the most important of all for me, and I think some of his goals are achieved I believe, no matter what he thought about it. (Bummer, no press to report his words after the competition!) Remember how exhausted he looked even to us at Gensan's? His stamina actually upped, it seemed, so, (1) getting levels on spins and steps (that's what he said 'mottainai mistakes' that he repeatedly said he wanted to fix before the season started), (2) stamina issue to do these tough programs, (3) delivering the program's atmosphere to the audience, the modern and neat but odd and unique style of contemporary SP, and showing strong and masculine power of FS with figure skating's classic air. All he needs now is to integrate them with big guns and polish bits here and there. Yes, the season has just started and this is not at all a bad start, considering how he needs to gear up towards GP, Nats, and then 4CC and possibly Worlds.Having said that, he did a pretty good job in keeping his levels: All his spins apart from one were level 4, and not only both his step sequences were level 4, he also got great GOE for them. In fact, it seems that he had the second highest StSq score for the whole competition! https://twitter.com/bigfanofskating/status/1173238484787556352 So really well done on this front, Kazuki! :thumbsup:
I agree with many other things you said, but maybe a bit of misunderstanding here I'm afraid; spin levels are not about how beautiful it looks, but it's about how many of tech elements the judges counted as the level features to decide the base value. GOE is where you see how well they're done (to judges' eyes). So you see that his spins in SP were all level 4 but many judges gave negative GOEs, and his level 3 spin in FS got positive GOE, meaning he missed one level, but it didn't look too bad overall. (Like jumps, compare triple to quad, no matter how bad it looked, a quad is a quad once it's called so, and no matter how beautifully done, a triple is a triple and cannot get the base value of a quad.) SP's spins were well-calculated by Mills sensei, like we saw in the choreo video, to gain all the levels he could get and he did it (hurray!), it just needs some polishing (and perhaps even a bit more stamina to do so?)I raise my eyebrows a bit at lv4 for spins because at least in the SP the last two seemed a tad wobbly.
Thanks, Arriba, for informing us!!! (I actually stopped watching it halfway, didn't have enough time watching it all yet)I know TSL is not everyone’s cup of tea, but I was very happy that in this week’s You Tube, they were very complimentary of Kazuki and his skating.
I am just paraphrasing, but they were saying he has some of the best all-around talent. He could be a contender with 4S, 4T, and 3A and by being clean and consistent. He is like a Frank Carroll dream –the Japanese qualities of a Sato, the Frank Carroll refinement like Denis Ten only with even more artistry. He has an exquisite presence on the ice.
https://youtu.be/fnvY3Klo8OA?t=3862
Thanks a bunch, KiraraChin! I'm sure a lot of Japanese readers who have hard time hearing in English are pleased to have it transcribed! (and I can also confirm myself that I did hear them correctly sometimes I can't be sure either!)TBH as a relatively new skating fan, I didn't understand their references very well. I've heard of Denis Ten (but not super familiar with his skating, so don't have an opinion), and Frank Carroll was Michelle Kwan's coach, right? Does anyone know who's this 'Sato' they refer to?
As promised, here's a transcription. I would still recommend listening to it if you can, to pick up on the tone they use, etc. But just in case there's someone out there who struggles with listening, here it goes:
Glad you had the patience to transcribe all that. They interrupt each other so much that I didn't feel like doing it! I like that they acknowledge that his SP was not the greatest, but they still look beyond that and see what his potential is. I think both of his programs are going to really progress as the season goes along. Also, this is the first time he's worked with Philip Mills, so it might have seemed a little more difficult to him. Consistency is going to be the key. Come on Kazuki, you can do it!
Nooo what a terrifying prospect :sad21: From all the clips and reports I've seen he seemed very healthy in practice, and Giu said Hiraike-sensei was smiling, so I do believe he is healthy and was just nervous in his first international competition of the season.I was wondering if he had some backache or something, so if it wasn't that, then great. I tend to start suspecting of a back problem whenever I see a skater/athlete moving in this certain way and putting their hands on their back. (I can't explain, but there's this weird movement? that some ppl kinda have when they have a backache, but very often it's just me worrying too much only because I had suffered from one before.)
Thanks a bunch, KiraraChin! I'm sure a lot of Japanese readers who have hard time hearing in English are pleased to have it transcribed! (and I can also confirm myself that I did hear them correctly sometimes I can't be sure either!)
I was wondering the same thing about their references.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, Giu!I'm sorry for being late; these are the links to my humble videos and pictures from Lombardia:
https://imgur.com/a/4byWd0L
https://imgur.com/a/mTi3T9k
The quality is really poor and probably you have already seen better contents somewhere else! :
All the videos are really short and shaky but I was trying to enjoy his skate with my eyes and, at the same time, filming and hoping that he wasn't moving out of the frame!!!
You will see stumbles and falls (one on footwork ) but believe me he did also some great jumps!!!
I'm sorry for being late; these are the links to my humble videos and pictures from Lombardia: