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That sounds like a side quest. The thickest I've seen for sale is 11.3mm. But if it's totally custom I guess you could have some fun with it. There's no limit obviously, I guess the manoeuvrable limit would be around 15mm 🤣

Boring answer, a new 94g Cypress V-MAX. I used the previous Ryu Seung Min Max as well. It's what I've always used. A custom 10.5mm V-MAX would be fun, though :)

Sorry for giving so many examples lol. It got too long.

I don't think it's about style. I think it's probably more mechanics. I remember Li Jao beat a prime Zhu Yuling in her 40s/50s. Fu Yu was still winning titles in Europe in her 40s. Kaii Konishi (Yoshida) won the Europe Cup with his team. Nobody would have said Noshad could play at the level he...

I guess you've got it by now, but if ordering from tt-japan, there are a few decent rubbers for below that. Initially, I read 25GBP which is a lot more generous! USD is trickier lol. I'm not sure how good the performance of Mantra H is - that could work. The regular Hammond works great on...

I had this one bookmarked to watch later. I got through about half. I was watching it with the auto-translate dubbing (so you have to decode every word). At about 4:30 he basically says "I'm about to drop a gem on em. This some high level ish" then proceeds to explain exactly how to predict the...

Very very light if only using 1 side. I dabbled with RPB, but eventually saw too many cons. Dignics 05 and 09c seem to be the top picks of the RPB pros. I personally found the feeling of 1.9 thickness a little nicer on RPB, especially if not using it further out. Alternatively, you could put a...

The sanding is crucial. Honestly, all new penhold players must learn this, especially JPen. There aren't really any good tutorials for this on YouTube (in English), that explains for JPen in detail. Maybe I should make one, but I don't need a new blade :/ I thought I saw Cazuo make one but can't...

Oh are you going to try an RPB JPen style like Taisei Matsushita? That could be interesting. He doesn't step-around though and has a 'penhold-shakehand' style like Qiu Dang. Garaydia seems like the best option for that. That's a Hinoki top ply, right?

This thread seems to have descended into EJing (and even a bit of DIY 😆) but the true answer here is the Yasaka Double Face II JP (for a harder touch, Nittaku Acute is very popular). It's genuinely all-round, unlike some of the other options listed ("slightly slower than 1 ply" etc) so you can...

Oh I see. This is a specialised topic but I remember watching those videos a long time ago. I tried it and realised my wrist isn't flexible enough for that. Generally your first thought has to be stop/touch receive. In his JPen clinic, Ryu said he NEVER flicked a backspin ball. His stop receive...

I usually imitate from Ryu Seung Min (90% of shots: serves, 3rd ball etc), Xu Xin (not JPen but the tactical patterns are useful) and Kaii Yoshida (especially for service and backhand variation). I too have been enjoying the content from Coach Ishizuka. I also watch different Korean Amateur...

I can't compare to other 50deg ESN rubbers. I find MXP 50 to be unpredictable and lacking touch compared to tenergy.

I used MX-P hard, tenergy 05 before, now tenergy 05 hard. So I can compare these rubbers. MXP very spinny, and VERY fast. Faster than any of the others. Plays well out of the packet. But feels hard, not very elastic, not great touch and feels dead after a few weeks. Tenergy 05 feels like Tenergy...