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Liu Guoliang played short pips on the forehand side, therefore his technique is less loop, more like a flat hit. Xu Xin needed to loop every ball on the forehand, therefore he needs a straight hand for more angular velocity. Straight arm is definitely more effective, more difficult to master...

Acoustic is a very flexy blade and it might not suite your style of flat drives and quick exchanges. Try out other people's equipment, may be you need something less flexible? I tried both Acoustic and Acoustic Carbon Inner and I think these are good blades, but may be a little outdated for...

Actually, I don't know exactly. There are local resellers here who can find anything 🤷‍♂️

So Stiga Intensity NCT V Xu Xin edition arrived much, much earlier than I expected. Ordered it from prott.vip, pretty good service this guy has. Shipped in time. Now I lack only YEO "wordless" version of all wood blades that Xu Xin and Ma Lin used. Currently playing with Rosewood 5 and pretty...

Such a beautiful blade. Honestly, tried Rosewood V (shakehand version, playing penhold grip) and fell in love and was waiting for CS version to arrive. I am not disappointed. It's a bit slower than modern carbon blades, but the feeling and control is just outstanding. Something even more...

Hurricane 3 was developed during speed glue era. T05 was developed around 2008? Doesn't matter really. The differences between rubbers exist, but it's not something that brings victories to players, especially regular players, not some top pros. Pick what feels good for you and stick with it...

hey, my bday is around New Year. Considering the delivery time it's going to happen around that time, but thanks anyway! 😄

YEO (CS). FH: Xiom Vega China VM, BH: D09c Stiga Rosewood 5 (FL). FH: TG2 Prov. blue, BH: 729 Battle II Prov. 39' w968 (FL). 729 Battle II Prov. both sides (40'+38') Stuor Harimoto SZLC copy (Stuor #20, CS). FH: Xiom Vega China VM, BH: H8 39'. & many more nakes blades and rubbers. These are...

there's no National TG2 AFAIK, there is only TG2 (regular commercial non-neo), TG2 NEO commercial, TG2 Provincial Blue sponge. I've tried TG2 NEO when it was tacky (older batches) and it was a good rubber. Currently playing with TG2 Prov BS on my penhold setup. It plays well on Stiga Rosewood...

Whatever that blade is 🤷‍♂️

Asked my friend randomly whether he has Stiga Rosewood NCT V and guess what ? He had it!!! Borrowed for a test for some brief time. There's like 1 more penhold player in my region and he plays worse than me, so no penhold blades can be found in 2000km range...so if I like that one I might order...

btw, what's with Chen Meng now?

So I see that you're using Q968 and H3's. Why use DHS then?

Well, I wanted to cancel the order, but AliExpress didn't allow me to do this for some reason...so I guess here I am with Stuor 20 (Harimoto SZLC copy). Short game is amazing, blocking is very good, top spins and attacking is a little concerning in comparison to Stuor 301 copy. It's different...

Not sure where Nittaku H3 Turbo Blue/Orange is produced (probably japanese sponge?), but these are good unboosted

How come that I never heard of this rubber 🤔 It happened that my friend just yesterday gave me this (regular Xiom China VM) rubber to try out and I glued it today for a test. I have to say I am impressed, indeed as many pointed out in this thread it's a very good h3 substitution. Will stick...

That's interesting, I never tried Hinoki blades

on my level it already does hold me back, I can feel that with a little bit more power I would definitely win against more experienced opponents. However the feel is incomparable

Hi all, table tennis enthusiasts! I want to talk about the Yasaka Ma Lin Extra offensive (yeah, again..). I think the blade is a little outdated for the modern ball. Probably, it's everyone's consensus that for more advanced play it lacks power and support. My experience kinda confirms it...

Here's some footage of me returning to penhold (again!!) for a week or two. BH rubber is Focus III Snipe, it's quite good. Not sure what alternative legal rubber is there for focus 3, unfortunately...