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Not sure as there are more negatives than positives regarding RPB when comparing jpen with cpen., IMHO. They're not that big, but at the highest level it may well be enough to make a difference.What's the point of playing RPB with a Japanese penhold blade?
The wrist movement and angle is slightly restricted with jpen compared to cpen RPB.
You can not twiddle a jpen whereas you can with a cpen.
Jpen blades are also usually a bit heavier than cpen blades which could be a drawback when adding rubbers on the backside. (sure, there are light jpens too, but in general...) Not great for the wrist in the long run...
One possible positive might be that jpens are usually much more powerful, more about driving the ball than spinning it and may give you more penetration off the table. Cpens work best over or close to the table, IMHO.
That's true, but so are cpensI thought Jpen blades were designed for 1 side penhold players
Cpens began being used with RPB without any modifications. The handle and head of Liu Guoliang's one-sided cpen early in his career, is the same as when he used RPB later in his career.
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