Team Korea Youngsters

[Kuan]

After reeding this from dorispulaski on the So Youn fan thread:

"You might want to start a Team Korea Fan Fest thread! There are a lot of up and coming Korean skaters."

I think she is right and it´s time for a thread for the young and promising korean junior and novice skaters. I will start with:

Junior Skaters

Da Bin Choi SP Lp She has awesome jumps and 3-3 combos, but needs to work on her prensentation. She finished 6th at Junior Worlds this year.
Hwi Choi Sp Lp The opposite. Need to work on her jumps. She has no consistent 3-3, but is a lovely skater. Love her Abba programm this year.
Kyu Eun Kim Sp Lp Very expressive girl. Her Interview with a Vampire programm is marvelous choreographed.

Novice Skaters

Yeri Kim Lp Very promising. At Asian Trophy this year she was on the podium togther with Yuna Aoki and Marin Honda. She came in second.
Jun Hwan Cha Sp He is very talented!!! Shoulders a little bit high and tense, but he has very good basics and is very expressive to the music. I am really looking forward to his progress the most

Certainly there are a lot of skaters I forgot to mention. Please feel free to complete the list.

 

[s_parks]

I love Cha Jun Hwan. He's the most promising of the Korean men, imo. I too look forward to him improving this season, before his junior debut.

 

[MiRé]

June hyung lee, a junior is skating at jgpf this season!!! He doesn't have a quad yet but we'll see......

 

[OS]

Wow really love Cha Jun Hwa's Danse Macabre, like this version of music very much (He is more musical than Veronov at his recent Danse Macabre), the drum really make a huge difference. Did he win?

Will he age eligible for PyeongChang? Good to see Korea has many promising youngs skaters. Keep up the good work!

 

[MiRé]

Wow really love Cha Jun Hwa's Danse Macabre, like this version of music very much (He is more musical than Veronov at his recent Danse Macabre), the drum really make a huge difference. Did he win?

Will he age eligible for PyeongChang? Good to see Korea has many promising youngs skaters. Keep up the good work!

He did win Results.

And since he was born on 10/21/2001, he'll be 17 years old by 2018 Olympics, so I assume he is eligible

 

[Ayeshoo]

Kind of looking forward to June hyoung Lee`s senior debut. He seems to be quite successful in the junior circuit.

 

[Kuan]

Jun Hwan Cha fs He is starting to try 3A, but I think it is too earlier for just 12 to practice it. Everything is refined in his performance. Expect to see how he compete at JGP next year.

He did really well. It is not easy for a 12 year old child to do a Rachmaninoff piece justice.
Is his FS from Merano Cup also available on You Tube now?

 

[sunnystars]

Eun Soo Lim sp 3ltuz 3f2t 2a. IMO, she also has amazing musical presentation and it seems that she has great height of her jump. It is so pity that she will miss Pyeongchang Olympics at her hometown.

A pity indeed. What's surprising though is how her jump technique got better from last season. Before, she had this iffy mule-kick for her toe jumps and now they look much nicer. She does need to work on them still as her lutz looks borderling flutzy and because she's not extending her leg enough to pick. The senior tech coaches are definitely paying attention to her due to the expressive presentation she has that the other youngsters lack (sadly).

Moreover, here are some of the skaters I am looking out for:
Im Ah Hyun (임아현)
LP
I feel so sad for her. She's one of the youngsters that I'm really fond of. Please conquer puberty!

Eun Su Yoon (윤은수)
SP
LP
This girl can jump! has nice SS, good presentation. She does need more consistency. Also praying for her to conquer puberty as she's getting a lot of URs in Ice Challenge.

And here are some of the younger ones (like Novice A/B to pre-novice) that I enjoyed watching as much as I can before puberty knocks on their door
Kim Ye Lim (김예림)
SP
LP
Liking her SP more than her LP. I'm wondering how she'll deal with puberty since she's relying a lot on rotation when jumping.

Park Go Eun (박고은)
LP
She hasn't competed lately, which I think is good. Here is her LP. Idk why but it's one of those programs that I keep on watching.

Leen Yoon Ji (이윤지)
LP
One of the rare young skater for team KOR who has lovely arms and good posture. She does need more speed but that will go with her naturally as she develops

Mo Ji Won (모지원)
LP
This girl is so much fun to watch. This version of her LP is longer than her first skate 5 months ago. You can see that she's more focused, hence her presentation was a bit lacking. Fun skater to watch though so look out!

 

[Kuan]

Not yet, but he only didn't do well for 3ltuz2t. However, I think he has great mental control that can be watched in his every competition. It's very important.

Good to know!! Protocol says so too!! :agree: But still want to watch it

 

[jenm]

Wow. Love Jun Hwan Cha's Danse Macabre ending pose! And he's doing the Yuna Camel! Love it. ))

 

[Hailey Shin]

Good to know!! Protocol says so too!! :agree: But still want to watch it

Can you access to this? It's Korean site.

Jun hwan Cha Free skating Merano cup
http://tvpot.daum.net/v/vd169nPnUBndL8Sp8JPL9pP

 

[Hailey Shin]

Also I want to introduce one more young skater.
Young YOU
She born in 2004, so eligible for 2022 olympic.
I picked her best program (IMO) at both short and free.

sp: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTd6QiRZoSs
fs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvmhGUbpUII

She can do 5 triples, 3-2.
Also her presentation is really good. Lovely skater.

 

[sunnystars]

Just want to share this korean music video, even though it's unrelated to the youngsters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZL5xSUS_Fg

it has skating in it along with lovely music!!!

 

[sunnystars]

S. Korea actually has some young ice dance hopefuls. They are currently training in Canada.

Olivia Han and Grayson Lochhead:
Free Dance - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0x1zXtIp0A
Foxtrot - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfdjWR_Vj7Y
Waltz - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC0DMoqI-98

Han Na Kim and Corey Circelli
Free Dance - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgKQYD1Qsig
Foxtrot - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9YKaWVSFqA
Waltz- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zw5UuwlGbLI

Also, two singles skaters has joined to make an ice dance team. They are Ho Jung Lee and Alex Kam (?). They are currently training in the Vancouver Ice Dance Acadamy in Canada. FYI, I think Ingo Steuer is actually training a Korean pair as well but not a lot of info has been given out other than they're continuing to look for partners.

 

[MalAssada]

How old is Yeri Kim?

 

[sunnystars]

How old is Yeri Kim?

I think 11? She was born 2003.....I may have to check this

edit: She's 13 (03.09.2001). Got her confused with someone else.

 

[cooper]

keep up the good work people! thank you for the updates and infos.. i'm looking forward to the young skaters of korea...

hopefully there will be enough support from their own fed..

 

[sunnystars]

Can you access to this? It's Korean site.

Jun hwan Cha Free skating Merano cup
http://tvpot.daum.net/v/vd169nPnUBndL8Sp8JPL9pP

The boy needs some arm muscles!

I actually like his earlier performance of this LP in Korea rather than in Merano...

 

[s_parks]

The boy needs some arm muscles!

I actually like his earlier performance of this LP in Korea rather than in Merano...

He only turned 13 less than a month ago. I'm sure he'll get stronger, along with his jumps.

 

[MalAssada]

I think 11? She was born 2003.....I may have to check this

edit: She's 13 (03.09.2001). Got her confused with someone else.

Thanks. Old enough for 2018 :yay: