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Rostelecom Cup 2017 fancams: Yuzuru Hanyu practice & 6-min

(Rostelecom Pt 2/3) Overall, good condition here with some really quality jumps executed. You can see him and the team finding answers, getting a better and better sense of the ice, clearly working to differentiate between the different ways to jump each type of quad, timing, et cetera. As always, the stroking was a treat. (He was always so fast right at the outset, that I lost him momentarily in the beginning every single day. Apologies.)

In other news, Yuzu says his body is in good condition upon his arrival at NHK, all the best \o/

Please do not reupload the videos to other platforms, and please link to the original video for shares and edits. - gladi

2017.10.19 – Day 1 Practice

0:40 Brian and Kikuchi-san tending to Pooh. Yuzu stretching. 2:09 Brian giving Yuzu advice and pats.

3:15 On ice, stroking. 4:46 3A out of nowhere to begin practice 5:22 popped 4T (2T), takes off jacket, speaks with Brian

6:05 perfect 4T. nod in Brian's direction 6:44 niice 4S 7:23 saved 4S 8:42 popped 4Lo (2Lo) 9:28 4Lo 10:32 going through motions for Lutz 10:53 aborted attempted (Misha too close?) 11:32 4Lz, heavy landing 12:34 popped Lutz (Intended? Nodded as if he checked what he wanted to check on landing) 13:08 speaking with Brian

13:40 marks Lutz through twizzles 14:20 Run-through (popped Lz, 4Lo, 3F tight landing, spin, marked StSq, 4S-turnout-3T, 4T turnout, 4T hand down, 3A2T rippon, 3A, skipped flying sit spin, partial ChSq, combination spin)

19:45 cooling down after RT 21:36 speaking with Brian, pointing at his blades/toe (re: Lz take off?)

23:45 Imitating Deniss pose in RT 24:12 sit-skating, putting gloves on, applauding Deniss 25:00 checking with Brian 26:00 perfect 4T+Lo+3S 27:10 perfect 3A (SP entry) 28:35 popped Lz, checking axis 29:35 popped Lz 30:27 popped Lz 31:00 Checking with Brian abt arms and shoulders movements into Lz

32:27 popped Lo (SP entry) 32:45 Annoyed at himself, gestures frustration (it's cute! :P) 34:15 Popped lo (2lo), stretching a bit, does a "no, no" sign to Brian 34:50 Brian talks to him

35:23 marking Loop (SP) with twizzles 35:46 4Lo-turnout-hand down 36:42 perfect 4Lo (SP) 37:55 popped 4Lz (2Lz) 38:28 talking with Brian, squatting near Pooh, focusing

39:15 perfect 4Lz, Brian pat-pats his shoulder, then they speak 40:15 taking off gloves

40:31 4T+3T (rippon) (SP entry), turn out on 3T, huge 4T 41:30 sharp SEIMEI StSq 42:30 Brian telling him to cool down + start stroking 43.18 Bowing at end of practice, bowing to ice, patting it, going out.

2017.10.20 – Day 2 (SP) Practice

2:20 back-counter 3A out of nowhere 2:54 Chopin StSq to warm up 3:54 Brian break

4:50 3-turn sequence 3F 5:30 4S+3T 6:15 4T+Lo+3S 6:53 Brian break

8:06 3-turn sequence into 4T+3T (rippon), lovely transition out 9:43 popped Lz (1Lz) 10:11 Speaking w/ Brian, pointing to shoulder alignment

11:01 popped Lz 11:40 perfect 4Lz 12:15 back to Brian (Hi, gloves!) 12:35 checking video recording by Kikuchi-san 13:20 long-sleeves off, just to put jacket on

13:44 Stroking, stretches, sit-stroking 15:28 Twizzles marking 4Lz 16:06 Entry into back-counter 3A 16:31 Popped 4T (2T) out of nowhere 17:00 speaking with Brian

17:50 3-turn sequence 4T+3T (rippon) 18:55 popped Lo (1Lo) 19:02 checking axis with and shoulder movements with himself 19:23 beautiful 4Lo (in jacket no less :o) 19:42 Brian break

20:30 SE-popped 4Lo (1lo) 21:20 SE-popped 4Lo (3lo) 21:30 taking off jersey jacket by biting zipper. #Viral Yuzu

22:40 Run-through  (4Lo fall, Flying Camel Spin, Sit Spin // 3A, 4T-almost-hand-down-2T (2ft), skipped StSq, Combination Spin)

26:00 cool down after RT 26:40 4T, saved landing 27:04 talking with Brian

28:32 4t3t (rippon) well executed 29:28 Marking SE-4Lo with twizzles 29:40 Stroking to cool down.

30:55 Bows to the audience, to Brian + handshake, to the ice + patting

2017.10.20 – Day 2 SP 6-min warm-up

1:45 Entering rink, distracted while awaiting introduction, confirmed jump actions while waiting 2:50 Pat legs, introduction, followed by stroking 3:40 Perfect 3A, taking off jacket 4:42 Perfect 4T3T (rippon) 5:40 Perfect 4Lo (you could have been perfect during SP, zu -.-) 6:50 Perfect 3A 7:10 entry into 4T (only marked jump) 7:40 marking some steps of StSq 8:15 going through whole entry for 4Lo (twizzle-marked the jump) 8:42 stroking 9:30 bowing to + touching ice

2017.10.21 – Day 3 (FS) Practice

0:00  Pooh arrives with its slaves 0:20 Clapping and waiting for first group to finish 1:00 Slaves working on Pooh, Yuzu lipsyncing to his own tune. 2:44 Practice starts, warming up, stroking 4:04 Warm-up 3A 4:33 4S, a bit tight 4:40 Jacket off, speaking with Brian

6:00 transition into 4T - 3A2T (rippon) 6:32 (hi, Matusoka-san, Nobu) 6:58 transition into 4T-Lo-3S 7:29 Brian, talking and drinking

8:16 4Lo, good but a bit heavy, not much flow out. Cute “stomping ice" moment after it 8:40 Brian, checking shoulder movements 9:02 patting ice where he stomped after 4Lo

9:11 4Lz, step out 9:47 checking with Brian

10:57 entry to 4Lz from the start, transition into Loop (popped to 2Lo) 11:43 speaking with Brian

12:22 stretching sweeping ice 13:08 From start, transition into 4Lz (popped into 1lz) 13:59 pointing to his head, gestures alignment to Brian (same as during practice on 19th)

14:48 popped 4Lz (1lz) 15:28 popped 4Lz (3Lz) 15:48 frustrated sign to his head

16:17 bending down, half-disappearing behind boards 17:22 4Lz, two hands down (fall), low parabole 18:06 speaking with Brian. (Hi Deniss!)

18:44 stroking 19:44 going through StSq 20:02 probably in the way of Deniss' entry into a jump, apologizes to Lambiel afterwards

21:03 pat-pat his own head 21:20 final 3A 22:13 transition into 4S3T, followed by moves until 4T-lo (not enough speed to complete the combo) 23:49 entry to 4Lo 24:26 apologizes to Deniss

25:36 popped 4lz (1lz) 25:51 stretching shoulders, checking hip alignment 26:50 4Lz landed on toe, struck landing, stepped out 27:43 preparing for RT with Brian (quickly)

28:44 SEIMEI RT (4Lz low landing and turn-out, 4lo fall, 3f tight landing, skipped spin, marked stsq // 4s3t, 4tlo3s, 4t hand down, 3a2t rippon, 3a, skipped flying sit spin, marked chsq, final combination spin)

34:23 power stroking to cool down after RT 35:24 speaking with Brian 35:55 taking off long-sleeved layer 36:18 laughter, animated explaining, then pointing at his own head

38:19 transition and entry to 4lo (marked jump) 39:28 putting jacket on 40:14 stroking 42:28 marking Lo and then Lz 43:06 bowing 43:43 shaking hands with Brian, nodding, exiting rink 43:58 bowing to the ice, pats it

2017.10.21 – Day 3 FS 6-min warm-up

0:25 - Pooh surgery by Brian and Kikuchi-san 1:55 - Ooh's and aah's at renewed SEIMEI costume 2:50 - Entering the rink (major, major sparkles!) 3:30 - Presentation 3:40 - Stroking 4:23 - 3A 4:57 - 4S3T 5:30 - 4TLo3S 6:33 - 4Lo 7:51 - 4Lz (two-hands down, fall), applauding someone 8:51 - popped 4Lz (1Lz) 9:11 - Asking Brian if he should go for another try or not 9:40 - Intentional 1Lz

おまけ

[eatrunbehappy]

Two runs >21k in just 4 days and it feels gooooooood! Signed in for a marathon in April and the official training will start in the middle of January. Now I’m about to work on a good basis endurance training. 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼 Also I’m just 200k away from hitting the 3000k mark this year and I’m not quite sure if I’m going to make it. But 2900k would be still impressive, too. We’ll see. And: I’m missing marathons. A lot.

[bluebowties-xo]

Reading Challenge 2017: The Ship of the Dead by Rick Riordan 

Rating: ★★★☆☆

“You have to flaunt the weird, my friends.” 

**see my review on goodreads here**

[scandal-jmusic-mania]

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New Zealand's captain Kieran Read (L) leads the Haka during the second Bledisloe Cup match between New Zealand and Australia under their Rugby Championship test, at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin on August 26, 2017. Marty MELVILLE / AFP

[runningfor-mylife]

Six and a half sweaty, humid, sopping miles through my neighborhood today. I almost didn’t go because of the rain, but I remembered how little time I have left here and decided to make the most of it. I wasn’t as fast as I would’ve liked, but I ran the farthest I’ve ever gone without stopping. Can’t wait to do it again tomorrow  ⛅

[buckmebuchanan]

Like for real tho I much prefer the ladies for the PCS because sometimes the guys rely on their jumps and it just looks like they spend the whole time circling the rink to pick up enough speed for a jump with a step sequence only 'cause it's mandatory.

[aniyah2105]

Great weekend with my mama and friends!! #DontGiveUp #Blizzard2017❄ #CantCopeWithoutHope #RC2017 #CamelHumpIsMostlyFat #ButterfliesAreAmazing #TheMoreYouKnow (at Rosenberg, Texas)

[quidcrusheu]

À la meilleure classe de la Random IV, ça m'a fait trop plaisir de tous vous avoir revu lors de ce week-end de sortie scolaire interclasses ! Le nouveau a fait beaucoup de progr��s, dommage qu'on ait pas eut le temps de danser au bal de promo... Vous me manquez déjà :'(

[alexisfrompalace]

Estamos a 37 días! 9 y 10 de diciembre #RobertKiyosaki en #Puebla celebrando el 20 aniversario de #PadreRicoPadrePobre junto a más de 3mil personas listas para romper el #RécordMundial de más personas jugando #Cashflow MÁS INFORMACIÓN: http://Inner4.recordcashflow.com #RGC2017 #RKM2017 #RC2017

[amakawearsitbold]

When the light is right and MAC eye shadow shimmers... #RC2017 #Dontgiveup! #The weekend #acutesleepdeprivationcoverup #Dubaimetro

[wherespacepooh]

(above: After focusing himself, Yuzuru landed a beautiful 4Lz 35 minutes into Day 1 Practice, COR 2017. Practice notes and footage behind the cut.)

Yuzuru Hanyu’s Quad Lz Debut – 2 subs, 1 article, some personal notes from practice (COR Pt 1/3)

Yuzuru landed the 4Lz (+1.14) in competition for the first time during the free skate at the Rostelecom Cup. The training, the decision, the days leading up to it. – gladi.

🎥 Yuzuru characterizing 4S, 4T, 4Lz to Shuzo

✨✨A tadakixd x wherespacepooh collaboration!✨✨ 

The Lutz still has mood swings. When things go well it snuggles up to me, when things go poorly it's like bye-bye. 

(Asahi Hodo Station 2017.10.23)

🎥 Yuzuru’s philosphy towards challenges, and August 4Lz footage released post-COR

[If I were to avoid challenges], then that isn’t a competition, is it? That’s how I feel. And it just seems that I’ll have lost the point of skating... 

The Olympic anxiety is something particular––I thoroughly understand. To execute difficult jumps amongst it all, is just something that I must [approach] with confidence. 

 (NTV News Every 2017.10.23)

📖 A formidable element summons Hanyu’s combative spirit – The Power of the Quad Lutz (2017.11.6 AERA)

Mie Noguchi https://dot.asahi.com/aera/2017110100060.html

Finally, Yuzuru Hanyu (22) successfully landed the 4Lz. A formidable element that he’d overcome his coach’s objection to master. Will this jump become Hanyu’s weapon? Or is it a double-edged sword?

Hanyu first successfully executed the 4Lz in competition during the Free Skate event of the Rostelecom Cup, the first Grand Prix. Of all successfully landed jumps, it is the one that garners the most points.

Behind his decision to challenge [the element] lies a dilemma stemming from the Autumn Classic in September. 

Due to pain in the right knee, Hanyu had avoided the 4Lo, his most difficult element. Lacking the fire of a challenge, he made mistakes repeatedly and concluded the competition in second place. After his performance, he declared, “Without challenging myself, there’s no way I can perform like myself after all.” However, just as he was planning to train the 4Lz with the Rostelecom Cup in sight, coach Brian Orser objected, “4Lz is a dangerous element. If it [were you, you] can hit the world’s highest scores even without the Lutz.”

So Hanyu explained his approach to competing, “The current world’s highest score was reached with nothing but the Toe Loop and the Salchow [in terms of quads], and if [I follow] that strategy, actually I do have the self-assurance of going clean. But, in going for a safe strategy, personally I feel that I’ll have lost the meaning as to why I skate. If I were to only focus on artistry, then, I think, that is not a competition.”

Orser accepted this explanation, and Hanyu began his training of the 4Lz.

The Free Skate of the Rostelecom Cup arrived. The success rate [of the 4Lz] during Official Practice was 10%, and Hanyu was second place in the Short Program the day before. Even so, Hanyu was in high spirits from the challenge. “All around me, and myself included, everyone looks forward to my landing the 4Lz. I would like to tackle this, properly, and with greed towards victory.” 

And then, at the outset of the free skate. Landing the 4Lz admirably, [Hanyu] demonstrated his “strength at the crucial moment.” 

“At last, I was able to challenge with this layout. Taking this as a step [forward], I’m going to raise the level of completion,” said Hanyu after the competition.

Of course, one sees both good and bad [in this].

On the mental side, the good is greater. Hanyu himself says this: “This time, while tackling a variety of things, I was so nervous, and I really felt the joy of skating until my legs turned to mush. When I put pressure on myself and that [pressure] is aptly released––that’s when I can become stronger.” Through incorporating the 4Lz, the entire jump layout of the program is also boosted.

Under the rule of “repeating up to 2 types of jumps,” “there ends up being one solo triple, and I’m able to jump the triple Axel, my specialty, twice (t/n 3A being 3.5 revolutions). In terms of points, that’s huge. The fact that I was able to place first in the free skate even with such numerous mistakes was due to the base value of the Lutz.” (Hanyu) 

But, the risk is also great. The base value of the 4Lz is 13.6, but in the event of underrotation by 180 degrees or more, plus a fall, it becomes 2.9. A cleanly landed 3Lz is able to garner a maximum of 8.1, so if the success rate is low, avoiding the element would be a good plan. 

There’s also the difficulty of bringing together quads of different forms.”With the 4Lz and the 4Lo, I have to properly reconcile the arrangement of my focus. The ways of executing the jumps are completely different, and if I’m fiddling with this and that (of my form), it ends up in this jumbled state. I’m still inexperienced.” (Hanyu)

An immense element that [allows him the flexibility to] “scale up or dial back.” *

Orser was extremely calm. “With [the inclusion of] the Lutz, [the number of possible] patterns are increased. We will work out strategies with Yuzuru’s fighting spirit and my theory from experience in mind.”

In any case, the fact that Hanyu has a new weapon in hand is certain.

(fin)

* t/n - Interpretation is contextual here based on the QA from which the quote came from: できるだけやりたい。『守ることでも、捨てることでも』、いつでもできるので, on practice day. 

📋 Practice Notes

On review, I had the impression that he was ramping up to it, not quite harried, methodically figuring things out. The ice, the timing, how to switch in the short period between the 4Lz and the 4Lo in a packed program. Perhaps the distribution of energy, the breathing pattern? Plenty of communication with Brian throughout.

3A warmups across all open practices.

📖 2017.10.18: a day before the official practice, Yuzuru borrowed the rink for a 45-min closed practice session alone (media was allowed in). Extracted and summarized from B.B.Mook’s Yamaguchi’s report on Figure Skate Magazine, the first 30 minutes of the practice:

Hanyu began with some stroking, getting a sense of the ice. After warming up: 1A, 4T, 3A, 3A-2T(rippon), 1S, 4S slight stumble, 4S, 1Lz, 4Lz fall, 1Lz, 1Lz, 4Lz landed. 4S, 4Lo, 4Lo (both hands down), 4Lo (fell on butt), 4T (fell). When asked if he would incorporate the 4Lz that day, Hanyu did not reply, smiling as he left the arena.

📋 2017.10.19: Warm-up 3A, 2T, 4T, 4S, saved 4S, 2Lo, 4Lo in the first 10 minutes, before going through the motions for the Lutz, followed by a heavily landed attempt at the 11m mark. He then did a seemingly intentional popped Lz, nodding afterwards as if he had checked what he wanted on the landing. SEIMEI RT (popped Lz). 4T-Lo-3S, SP 3A. Almost 30 minutes into the practice, he began fiddling with the Lz and Lo again:  3 popped Lz in a row, confirming arm and shoulder movements into the Lz with Brian. Lo (SP entry, pop), 2Lo, marking Lo (SP) with twizzles, 4Lo (turnout, hand down), 4Lo (SP). Talked to Brian, squatted near Pooh, and focused. And then, at 35m, a beautiful 4Lz (GIF above).

Practice session fancam, full timestamped annotations in description.

📋 2017.10.20 (SP Day): Back-counter 3A out of nowhere to warm up. Chopin StSq, 3-turns into 3F, 4S3T, 4T-Lo-3S, 3-turns into 4T3T(rippon). Similar to the day before, he attempted the Lz’s around the 10m mark: 1Lz (pop), checking with Brian, pointing to shoulders, 1Lz (pop), perfect 4Lz on third attempt. Then went back to Brian/Kikuchi to check out the recorded footage. Afterwards, marked 4Lz motions with twizzles to confirm.

Practice session fancam, full timestamped annotations in description.

📋 2017.10.21 (FP Day): Focus today definitely seemed to be more about rotating and having the 4Lz in tandem with the 4Lo. Warm-up 3A, 4S (a bit tight), transition into 4T – 3A2T(rippon), transition into 4T-Lo-3S, 4Lo (good but not  much flow out), around 10m, 4Lz (step out), checked with Brian afterwards. 4Lz (starting from the beginning of the program, full entry, followed by transition into Lo), 2Lo (pop). After going to Brian, he attempted the Lz again from the start: 3 popped Lz in a row, 4Lz (two hands down, fall, low). Stroking, StSq, 3A, 4S3T, 4T-Lo, 4Lo, 1Lz (pop). Checking hip alignment here, he then landed 4Lz on toes (heavy landing, step out). SEIMEI RT (4Lz low landing and turn-out, 4Lo fall).  

Practice session fancam, full timestamped annotations in description.

6-min: Stroking, 3A, 4S3T, 4TLo3S, 4Lo, 4Lz (two hands down, fall), 1Lo (pop). At that, he gestured to Brian seeming to ask if he should go for another try or not. Intentional 1Lz.

FS 6-minute warm-up fancam, full timestamped annotations in description.

[ezabeee]

Some sisters in blood... Some by faith. . . . #rc2017 #ate #jwfamily

[bluebowties-xo]

Reading Challenge 2017: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Rating: ★★★★★

“People like us in situations like this become hashtags, but they rarely get justice. I think we all wait for that one time though, that one time when it ends right. Maybe” 

**see my review on goodreads here**

[eisenphire]

Noob driver w/ mico pogi body guard. #cousin #RC2017 #RC

[writefullyyoursjr-blog]

No matter how delicate we could become, let's endure like the butterfly. <3 #RC2017 #DontGiveUp #RevelationVer2.0