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Sorry, I didn't know how to embed with my iPad :( I'm in the red yes, and he is only 50 rating points above me haha. Yeah we've been playing each other since the first year of Uni (2006), a good decade ago I've been struggling with accelerating through my forehand (main weapon) with a modded...

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https://youtu.be/2CxoYZrmV4E https://youtu.be/dMPkcspI4VY

Your weight transfer is what's letting you down. The stroke is big, but no distinct acceleration during contact. Backhand seems to be of the same problem too. A Chinese coach would say your technique is not focused enough, that is, the power you put in your shots are dissipated as opposed to...

Yep, heat gun, putty knife, terrible initial glue job and deceptive angle. I kinda bent the handle bits as I was taking them off so it now no longer sits flush on the blade neck. Another whoops.

So I opened up a cheapie Chinese to improve my skillz and this happened... Whoops.

Soo...I opened up a cheapie Chinese blade to improve my handle removing skillz and found this. Hmm.

Had a full 4 hour knock today with my own beast, modded from 85 to 110, to do Der proud. My first failed attempt used two hurricanes, and not the regular ones, of course I went and chose the stupidly heavy versions. That was an absolute mistake as I couldn't accelerate the setup with any speed...

Small update on beast mods: For the life of me I couldn't get my WSC to fill properly, not until after many experiments, I used sawdust and superglue and just filled up what the PVA left as a gaping hole. Seem to work fine, will see how it plays now.

Damn it, had to join to look at the lovely pics. Anyway, I have also beast-modded a few beauties... the H.S.Cryzer (5-ply hinoki), and a Waldner Senso Carbon. The Cryzer was a second hand blade I picked up and the handle had no chance vs my scalpel. My YEO on the other hand...RIP my good...