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2023 Certified Organ Donor
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Some of you who have been paying casual attention to the stuff I post know I had an important tourney coming up (which is now over) and as always, Der_Echte is there in the middle pimping TT to the hilt.
I saw TTD member Boblioy (remember the couple vids he posted on TTD asking for tips?) the day before in his home club of Han-In NJTTC (New Jersey Korean TTC) and I also saw (and supported) Brian in his matches.
Boblioy (Brian) entered in two events - one at his playing level and one that was TWO levels above his level. I think it was U1050 and U1300, but could have been one level higher, can't remember... Brian can correct this... but IRRELEVANT! Simply winning an event AT your level is tough enough when the field has players who are equally or even moar trained/prepared than you!!! Let alone trying to be even minimally competitive TWO levels higher than your rating !!!
Well, Brian won BOTH his singles events !!!
He had to face the same lobber both times and it made for some exciting prolonged rallies! Brian tried to overpower the lobber after the lobs and mostly failed at that. When Brian decided to do his well trained sudden step around FH, it was a different story, also when he played smarter and used less pace and more angles and sudden speed or change of spin... only then did he get hit points consistently! I dont know if his coach is Lee Byung Chul or KiM Chang Mo (both ex-semi pro players) but his coach has been getting him to be the prototypical FH dominant fast footwork monster player.
We all know it takes MANY months of training to make something you train on work in match play under pressure, so whatever Brian did SIX or EIGHT months prior is what got him to succeed at this level!
Brian's opponents once he reached the knockout stage were NOT push-overs... they all had fight and wanted it.
I embed a few pics I took of Bobloiy below.
I cheered him on from the stands... and I was 4 courts away, and still, his opponents AND his supporters AND the control desk (50 meters away) all had to cover their ears to prevent ear drum damage. This shows what a little cheering support can do to the enemy. Yet, this was only for hte match, the Koreans do not carry it over to after the match, unless they run into me.
Well, enough blabbering, here are a couple pics of Brian (Boblioy) getting his certificates and winners prize (several hundred USD for EACH final victory) ...
OK, cant find the pics of him on the podium, but he posed with me with BOTH of his awards... inside he had some considerable money in checks.
OK, problem uploading... will give links and embed later...
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p69/Der_Echte/Willian%20and%20Boblioy%20awards_zpsb5bho3og.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p69/Der_Echte/William%20Memorial%20Day%20Korean%20venue_zpsvilg8jfh.jpg
I saw TTD member Boblioy (remember the couple vids he posted on TTD asking for tips?) the day before in his home club of Han-In NJTTC (New Jersey Korean TTC) and I also saw (and supported) Brian in his matches.
Boblioy (Brian) entered in two events - one at his playing level and one that was TWO levels above his level. I think it was U1050 and U1300, but could have been one level higher, can't remember... Brian can correct this... but IRRELEVANT! Simply winning an event AT your level is tough enough when the field has players who are equally or even moar trained/prepared than you!!! Let alone trying to be even minimally competitive TWO levels higher than your rating !!!
Well, Brian won BOTH his singles events !!!
He had to face the same lobber both times and it made for some exciting prolonged rallies! Brian tried to overpower the lobber after the lobs and mostly failed at that. When Brian decided to do his well trained sudden step around FH, it was a different story, also when he played smarter and used less pace and more angles and sudden speed or change of spin... only then did he get hit points consistently! I dont know if his coach is Lee Byung Chul or KiM Chang Mo (both ex-semi pro players) but his coach has been getting him to be the prototypical FH dominant fast footwork monster player.
We all know it takes MANY months of training to make something you train on work in match play under pressure, so whatever Brian did SIX or EIGHT months prior is what got him to succeed at this level!
Brian's opponents once he reached the knockout stage were NOT push-overs... they all had fight and wanted it.
I embed a few pics I took of Bobloiy below.
I cheered him on from the stands... and I was 4 courts away, and still, his opponents AND his supporters AND the control desk (50 meters away) all had to cover their ears to prevent ear drum damage. This shows what a little cheering support can do to the enemy. Yet, this was only for hte match, the Koreans do not carry it over to after the match, unless they run into me.
Well, enough blabbering, here are a couple pics of Brian (Boblioy) getting his certificates and winners prize (several hundred USD for EACH final victory) ...
OK, cant find the pics of him on the podium, but he posed with me with BOTH of his awards... inside he had some considerable money in checks.
OK, problem uploading... will give links and embed later...
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p69/Der_Echte/Willian%20and%20Boblioy%20awards_zpsb5bho3og.jpg
http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p69/Der_Echte/William%20Memorial%20Day%20Korean%20venue_zpsvilg8jfh.jpg